Archive for December, 2009

December 8th, 2009 Photo Blog 012 – The Sumatran Tiger, 1000 and counting

My trip to the zoo yesterday led me to take this shot of another critically endangered species, the Sumatran Tiger.

The Sumatran Tiger is the smallest of all Tiger subspecies, making it easier for them to move through dense rain forrests. It is also a fast swimmer due to the webbing between its toes which when spread can give it that extra advantage. It is even known to chase prey into the water before moving in for the kill.

The typical meal for a Sumatran Tiger consists of larger prey such as deer and wild boar, but also smaller animals like fowl, monkeys and fish.

There are less than 500 of these left in the wild Read the rest of this entry »

December 8th, 2009 Photo Blog 011 – Meet Luk Chai

Luk Chai is Australia’s first Asian Elephant calf, born on July 4th this year at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. I had the pleasure of seeing him today as I visited the zoo with my girlfriend Sonia and we were lucky enough to see him out and about in the enclosure feeding, mucking around in the mud and just having what appeared to be a jolly good time!

It was a baking hot day today and I am suprised my camera didn’t melt Read the rest of this entry »