{"id":2118,"date":"2010-10-01T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T21:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2010-10-01T20:54:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-02T03:54:41","slug":"work-and-play-at-the-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/01\/work-and-play-at-the-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Work And Play At The Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"

First I met with Rick, the San Diego Zoo Ambassador<\/a>, to talk about his interest in one of my pictures.<\/p>\n

Then I walked around taking pictures, with an emphasis on the gorillas because of yesterday’s passing of 45-year old Alvila.<\/p>\n

\"African <\/a>
African Slender-snouted Crocodile laying on top of its pool <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Western <\/a>
Western Lowland Gorilla waiting for some treats <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Four <\/a>
Four Meerkats wrestling <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"I've <\/a>
I’ve been spotted <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Silverback <\/a>
Silverback gorilla in profile <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Start <\/a>
Start of my Skyfari ride <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Over <\/a>
Over the Panda exhibit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Over <\/a>
Over the Gorilla enclosure <\/div> <\/div>
\"Midway <\/a>
Midway through my ride <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Over <\/a>
Over Albert’s restaurant <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Descending <\/a>
Descending over the entrance\/exit <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Area <\/a>
Area where 3-million year old whale bones were found <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First I met with Rick, the San Diego Zoo Ambassador, to talk about his interest in one of my pictures. Then I walked around taking pictures, with an emphasis on the gorillas because of yesterday’s passing of 45-year old Alvila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14,26,153,7],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-ya","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":290,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/01\/san-diego-zoo-trip-13-this-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":2118,"position":0},"title":"San Diego Zoo Trip #13 This Year","date":"June 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent the whole day at the San Diego Zoo with my mom (for a while), Kate and her daughter Jasmine. 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