San Diego Zoo

Monday, December 29

San Diego Zoo is home to 3,700 endangered rare and endangered animals. We arrived at 10:30 and returned to our truck at 5:30. We covered it all, the only animal we didn't meet were the pandas. There was a 45 minute wait, so we decided to continue with the thought of returning later. When later arrived, we were exhausted and the walk to the panda exhibit was a fifteen minute walk -in dim light-  from the Australia exhibit.
Our neighbour Mark and his family also attended the zoo the same day as us, though we didn't bump into any of them! An employee commented to Mark that it was the busiest day of the year (even though it was a weekday).
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org

There was a line to meet Mama Gorilla and her 3 day old baby. Three zoo employees watched the crowd. Two were stationed at each end of the line and one was stationed near the window.
http://ktla.com/2014/12/30/baby-gorilla-born-after-christmas-debuts-at-san-diego-zoo/

Mama has her legs against the glass. She is cradling her baby with her left arm, as he rests on her tummy.

                   You can see Mama's left hand over her baby and the baby's head.

We moved away from the glass after taking a few photos. Mama stood and walked a few paces to our left and resumed her position with her legs up on the glass. Her left arm continued to enclose her baby.

       This male gorilla was using both of his arms to remove something from a wooden object.

                                                        views from the tramway

                                                          close-up view of snake
                                                               

We had just stepped away from the kangaroo exhibit. No kangaroos!! Then, we detected movement. Boing!! This kangaroo appeared from behind the concrete structure. He seemed to say "sorry, just jumped away for a moment".  Then he tucked into his meal.