A Green Elephant?

This was taken at the Singapore Zoo. The gardeners sure did some good work trimming this to look very much like the real thing :) And it looks like a very young elephant.



Thought it look quite cute.
Does your country or city have something that like in at the local zoo or parks?

Singapore Zoo - 4

Today will be the last post of the Singapore Zoo series. And in this post, will feature the largest land animal that is alive today ie the elephants! Most elephants are from Africa and the most visible difference would be their ears. African elephants have bigger ears. These featured below are from India and they have smaller ears.

Was at an elephant show at the zoo and the elephants performed some tricks that delighted the audience.



In one of the tricks, this elephant was trying to place back the straw hat back on the man.



And finally the elephant got close enough to place the hat on the man's head :)



Finally when all the tricks are done, the elephants were gathered in a row to curtsy to the audience :) And you should have heard the applause from the audience! No wonder the elephants did the bow so well!



Hope you enjoyed this series.

Singapore Zoo - 3

Today we look at white tigers. Thought that white tigers are rather rare, as usually we see the ordinary orange ones. If i am not wrong, was told by a friend before that white tigers is the same as the orange ones, but they have a genetic condition that causes the colouration.



Here's how the whole tiger looks like and its smiling to the camera :)



I find the white tiger more beautiful than the usual oranges ones.

Singapore Zoo - 2

Continuing on another sight from the zoo. Another interesting bird i caught was the peacock (also known as peafowl, for males. Females are known as peahen). There was only the white peacock, not the usual Indian blue species.



And any peafowl has a beautiful plumage (or tail) which is used as part of courtship to the peahen.



Hence, it takes the appearance of the peahen to see the sight above.



And even when the peahen is about to walk away, the peafowl still maintains his beautiful plumage, until the peahen is out of sight! How vain ;)



Its interesting how this courtship goes on between peacocks and i always am amazed by the peafowl to look his best in front of the peahen. Hope you enjoyed this!

Singapoore Zoo - 1

Have you been to the Singapore Zoo? Its one of the "must-go" places when you visit Singapore. Its surrounded by the tranquil waters of the Seletar Reservoir and have a rather dense forest.



One of the interesting birds that the Singapore Zoo has is the flamingo. I caught a couple of flamingos on my trip there recently. Isnt this pair lovey-dovey?



More information here on the flamingos

If you would like more information about the Singapore Zoo, do visit: http://www.zoo.com.sg/