Omaha Zoo Penguins

Look how cute the penguins were! They were all lined up outside this door like a bunch of preschoolers lining up at the end of recess. They were too adorable.

Omaha Zoo Birds

 Here's this neat crane that was sitting all by itself. I don't know what it was up to.

 This is a black swan. I think they're really pretty! Prettier than normal swans.

 These flamingos were having a heated discussion about something, which is why they got all poofy in the back.

 They resolved it eventually although I don't know what the argument was about.

I'm not sure what kind of bird this is, but he was pretty chill and sat on this branch the whole time.

Omaha Zoo Madagascar Exhibit

 One of the cool things at the Omaha Zoo is an exhibit that's all about Madagascar. Some of the nocturnal animals I couldn't get good pictures of, like the bats, but there were some I could photograph. For example, the tortoises above.

 This is pretty much  my most favorite thing ever. It's a pile of ring-tailed lemurs. They were all asleep in this little fluffy pile. I think there are four or five of them in there.

 See? They are adorable. I want a pile of lemurs. They look really fluffy too, like they would be awesome to pet.

 The tortoises a little closer up. No, they aren't getting it on, they were just being extraordinarily active.

This is a brown lemur. It's asleep in that incredibly uncomfortable looking position. I don't know how it managed to sleep that way.

Omaha Zoo Big Cats

 The tigers were mostly very sleepy while we were there. It's weird to see big cats stretching and doing the same things that my cat Memo does.

 This tiger had an attitude! He reminded me a lot of Wisp-he was giving us some angry eyebrows and looks.

 This lioness reminded me of Miss Demeanor. She looked like a long-suffering matriarch over the other lions.

 They had white tigers! I love white tigers. This one was stretching and looking all cute.

 It's Memo's bigger cousin, the black panther! He was very very sleepy.

Memo actually sleeps like this on the arms of my sofa sometimes. It's hilarious.

Omaha Zoo Desert Dome

 This is the geodesic dome that the desert exhibits at the Omaha Zoo are in. It's a gigantic dome.

 This is a desert cat. It was very sleepy and ignored me while I took its picture. It was pretty cute though.

 There were five or six of these pretty birds. I wish we had more colorful birds like this in Iowa.

 I was able to get a close up of one of the pretty birds. They were really cool!

 This is some kind of funky bird with little thin legs. I don't remember exactly what it was called though.

 This desert deer was in the same enclosure as the meerkats. All these kids were freaking out at the meerkats, and the deer just stood there chewing something. It was very calm. So I took a picture of it because I liked it better than the meerkats.

 It's a kooaburra! I really want one. They are super pretty! My dad said they were all over the place when he visited Melbourne.

 Lynxes! I was lucky to get a shot of both of them together, because the one on the left was prowling around a lot.

Desert tortoises. Their shells are more colorful in person.