Christmas at the Zoo!

Cobra

Cobra

In Memoriam. TPer Emeritus
Admin
Messages
115,214
Name
The real Chris
Edit My Images
No
On a recent visit to Whipsnade,
even the animals were gearing up for the big day!

Hey guys! Heads up"
Fat bloke, red suit, escorted by reindeer,
what's all that about?


IMG_6133 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Saaaanta Paaaaaaaaaaaws is Comin' to town ♪♪♪
(Gratuitous gob shot)


IMG_6095 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr



Ooo I like reindeer,
not sure that I could eat a whole one though.


IMG_6082 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Oo Oo Me me, I like Reindeer too! please share!


IMG_6108 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

He knows if you are sleeping ♪♪♪


IMG_6092 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr


IMG_6107 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

He knows if you're ........................ ♪♪♪
Oh! do shut up!


IMG_6089 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr

Et Oh!
Caught with my hand in the cookie jar,
that's me on the norty list,
my first Christmas too :(


IMG_6099 by Chris-the-falconer, on Flickr
 
Last edited:
Ah Chris, you're the modern day Johnny Morris! :D


And how many times have you been told not to wear the red suit whilst visiting the cheetahs (and where did you get the reindeer)? ;)
 
simonblue said:
Nice set :)
Click to expand...
Thanks Simon :)

fabs said:
Ah Chris, you're the modern day Johnny Morris! :D
Click to expand...
LOL thanks Marc, (I think :D)

simonblue said:
And how many times have you been told not to wear the red suit whilst visiting the cheetahs (and where did you get the reindeer)? ;)
Click to expand...
BUGGER I forgot again :(
As for the reindeer, they were just grazing by the fence, they looked bored so I opened the gate.
And they followed me. I thought they'd appreciate the walk TBH :D
 
Great set, I've been trying to convince the wife to take the kids to the zoo so I can have some practice before the mad mentalist meet.

Love the baby panda, as you know its a love hate relationship with them hating me!

But the cheetah is a magical shot, can't think how you managed to avoid all the fencing around them so big :clap::clap::clap::clap: (y)
 
Tintin124 said:
Great set, I've been trying to convince the wife to take the kids to the zoo so I can have some practice before the mad mentalist meet.

Love the baby panda, as you know its a love hate relationship with them hating me!

But the cheetah is a magical shot, can't think how you managed to avoid all the fencing around them so big :clap::clap::clap::clap: (y)
Click to expand...
Cheers Bryn, much appreciated. (y)
But just to annoy you a little more,
the baby Panda was on the ground for quite awhile I got loads of shots :D

The Cheetah, I'll let you into a little secret if you promise not to repeat it,
just between you and me OK? ( :D )

The head shot was quite close to the glass, shoot "wide open", and bye bye background.

The Cheetah rock shot, when they get up there,
(you only have to ask them nicely and they pose like that. Rather like the Pandas TBH :D )
Kneel down, and the fence is obliterated by the rock ;)
 
Raptor Mike said:
Soppy bloody lion. I just wanna rub his belly....

Nice set Chris
Click to expand...
Throw it half a donkey (or red meat of your choice) and I'm sure it'd let you :D

Cheers Mike (y)
 
Cobra said:
I didn't realised they were breeding there as well (y)
Click to expand...

There's 2 at Drusillas too.
There was an appeal on the news for people to donate fresh bamboo!
 
Thanks for the likes guys :)

ST4 said:
The light and sky back drop really make 1, it could be the wilds. Lovely feeling to that shot.
Click to expand...
Cheers Steve I appreciate you taking the time to drop by (y)

viv1969 said:
There's 2 at Drusillas too.
There was an appeal on the news for people to donate fresh bamboo!
Click to expand...
3 laws of breeding anything,
Forward planning, forward planning and forward planning :D

But cool they do seem to breed readily nowadays :)
 
............ooops

Forgot....Lovely set as usual Chris :)
 
Lovely set as usual Chris (y)
Went to see the other Red Panda shots on your flickr page, but was more struck by the (what I've since discovered are) Genets from Wingham. I've not seen those before :)
 
new2me said:
Lovely set as usual Chris (y)
Went to see the other Red Panda shots on your flickr page, but was more struck by the (what I've since discovered are) Genets from Wingham. I've not seen those before :)
Click to expand...
Cheers Neil (y)
The Genets, yeah there was a pair IIRC.
They were out and about, but as you can see,
like a lot of stuff that day, they refused to move away from the background :(
 
Just superb as always and the captions take it up a notch. Bravo sir

.DAVID.
 
Fantastic set Chris, and great captions as usual, I haven't been able to log-in for a while with isp probs, all sorted now hopefully! :)
 
Wonderful as always Chris:)
my favourite has to be the panda tho little ones are way cute!!
 
LCPete said:
Wonderful as always Chris:)
my favourite has to be the panda tho little ones are way cute!!
Click to expand...
Cheers Pete (y)

And yes they are aren't they? :)
 
Cobra said:
Cheers Pete (y)

And yes they are aren't they? :)
Click to expand...
yes definitely
I haven't been to the zoo for ages but am going to try to get some pics of the Panda cubs at Chester
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top