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Conservation sign
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Centre for Species Survival
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Centre for Species Survival
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Tapir
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Friendly dinosaur
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Elephants in Ireland?
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Natural ivory carving: Elephants in the wild are poached primarily for their ivory.
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Artificial ivory helps to prevent poaching by providing an althernative material for carving, inlays, piano keys, etc.. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230908-the-alternative-ivory-sources-that-could-help-save-elephants
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Chris at the Meerkat Cafe
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Temperate rainforest: Similar to Pacific Northwest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_temperate_rainforests
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Elephants
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Bongo
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Okapi (related to giraffes)
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Baby okapi
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Okapi
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Red River Hog
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Eurasian Magpie
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Eurasian Magpie
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Words to live by
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Gibbons
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Ducks (in the primate moat)
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Adult moorhen (Real Live Nature): Mother and chick were hanging out by picnic tables at the zoo, looking for food scraps.
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Moorhen chick: Little guy was looking pretty bedragled from the rain.
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Moorhen chick
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Chimpanzees : Didn't get any good shots ☹️
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Juvenile gorilla: The gorillas seemd to have turned the shed in their enclosure into a playground climber.
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Gorillas having a chat
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Gorillas
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Climbing sequence
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Climbing sequence
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Climbing sequence
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Alpha giving me a look (he wasn't impressed)
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Climbing sequence
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Alpha giving another gorilla a look (he still wasn't impressed)
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Silverback gorilla attempting to discover the doorknob principle
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
GREEN! Parts of eastern Ireland are basically a temperate rainforest.
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Hippo
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Rothdchild's giraffes and Grant's zebras
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Slighty soggy red pandas
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Red Panda scultpure
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Red panda plaque
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Save Dublin Zoo
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Snow leopard
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Snow leopard
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Snow leopard
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Snow leopard
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Siamangs hanging out
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Siamangs hanging out
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
Siamangs hanging out
        
      
     
    
      
       
        
          
No orangurans in the rain
        
      
     
    
    
      
       
        
          
Sulawesi crested macaque