2004-09-05 - 3:05 p.m. After eight (?) years of living in Brooklyn, two of which I was a card-carrying member of the Prospect Park Alliance , I finally went to the Prospect ParkZoo. After a somewhat stressy day of looking at rentals (coming face to face with the dark side of the New York experience), it was nice to hang out with: red pandas wallabies emu gekkos lilac breasted rollers demoiselle cranes (their white head fringe and bald heads reminiscent of late-70s Brian Eno) red crested Turacos cute but ultra-fierce tamarins unbelievably cute hyraxes, meerkats, and prairie dogs sea lions many turtles and frogs And yet the weirdest, most alien experience was feeding the sheep and goats. Their faces are so other-worldly. The most satisfying part of the excursion was sitting in the baboon house, watching the baboon family frolic and cavort. I want to go back and spend some more quality time with these amazing creatures, maybe on a day when they aren't being tormented by little kids banging on the plexiglass. thoughts? (7 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact