27-11-08 (Thursday) "Ulcers are 'ouch-sers' "

Been going out everyday for the past few days. I just wanna post some pics about yesterday's outing at the Singapore Zoo with Vui Yung, Chi Weei and Aravind courtesy of VY's aunt. Free entrance!!

It was quite a nice place really. We watched all three shows that were available before going around the place. Some more, we got to witness some excitement when this spider monkey kinda broke out of its holding area, running along the tarred path with several caretakers hot on its tail while its pals were going bonkers swinging around the vines they were supposed to stay among. How timely, just as "Madagascar 2" was just released recently as well.

Here're some of the animals...

The otter that 'smears his anal scent to mark his territory', which translates into it rubbing its butt everywhere that it treads to turn others around. They put this as one of the very first exhibits and with its strong smell, I suspect they're actually hoping you might enter the zoo and just turn around and go home straight away, saving the zoo space. Blech... Nevertheless, these creatures are still adorable!

Zebras! Real zebras as fake as the fake zebra we have back in Taman Selera. Hmmm... I guess MMC did a good job back there, eh?

Rhinos. Majestic creatures. They really look as if they were from the days of the dinosaur, with their leathery hide and muscular build.

This reminds of Matt Parkman's 'spirit walk' in Heroes Season 3. Heheh... I think this tortoise is pretty cute too!

The sth sth tamarin!!! It is SOOOOoooo tiny and cute and cuddly you wanna just grab it and squeeze it tightly in your arms! You can't tell from this picture but its only as big as a chihuahua. The body's abour the size of your two fists combined! So tiny and cute, with those innocent looking eyes!!!

Orang utan. Or as the non-Malay ppl pronounce it... "Oh-raeng woo-taen". Not so much interested in the adults than in the infants. Those infants also make you so wanna run up to it and hug it. Too bad no touching... Sigh...

Sun sth Somer sth... Aiya. Forgot the name le la, so complicated... This is a cousin or somehow related to the tamarin. Same size, equally cute. This one you get to get REALLY close up with but still not allowed to touch it. If touch... Must be fine some few hundred dollars one ah, this being Singapore.

Kangaroo! I just love its pose here. Looks so human, so relaxed and laid back. I just pity their not having lots of space to hop around in. Honestly, I think most animals in the zoo are quite pitiful as their 'territory' is super limited. Imagine yourself being limited to just your bedroom with walls of glass and having animals stare at you every single minute of the day. Yeah... I think that's what they go through...

The giant tortoise. They weren't kidding with the adjective 'giant'. Once again, I couldn't use anyth to accentuate its size in this picture but the shell itself is almost a meter high and 1.2 long. I think you should get the picture. Imagine walking in a forest and a dozen of these start walking around you. It'd feel like some Jurassic Park scene in slow-mo ah...

The white tiger. The animal that caused a lot of hoo-ha recently after the caretaker committed suicide by harassing one of the tigers. No kidding. The tigers themselves were traumatised by the commotion and everyth from the onlooking visitors that day. They look nothing but cool and power-oozing now. There're only like 7,000 tigers left in the world. And... did you know they're only found in Asia? So cool...

Act Cute Indian Lionwannabe. This one ah... Very rare. Can only be found in the urban jungles of Penang.

Philip the sea lion. Very intelligent and smart animal. Seen here kissing a young girl. Philip is one of the main 'entertainers' of one of the animal shows. Splash sth sth ah... I liked his action when he kinda hides his face behind its flippers as if being coy... Heheh.

PENGUINS!!! Man, I just adore these birds of the water. Walking with that unstable feeling and their childish standing posture. Heheh... Enough said.

From the cast of "I Am Weasel"... Baboons!!!! Their bottoms are rather scary actually. The older ones have bigger and redder butts than the young ones. I guess their balding happens on the other end as compared to humans.

Meerkats! Timons!! Why meerKATS and not meerDOGS when they sound like they're barking all the time, ah? Anyway... They're about the same size as a tamarin. Very cute stuff as well! Like tiny versons of the uh... Wolf?

Mousedeer. Or "kancil" as it is more well-known in Malay. The cause of many, MANY deaths in Malaysia. Sigh... How unfortunate that such a beautiful creature be named after a human-killing machine.

Chinese Forced-to-be-lion-by-VY-but-very-sian Liondontwannabe. This one ah... As long as VY's there, there's a chance of sighting this creature. (At this moment you must be wondering where MY picture is, which you will never have a chance to behold as well... Bwahahaha....)

Some random-big-guinea-pig-looking mammal. Reminds me of "Sky High", the girl with the dyed hair...

Okay... Done with the animals. Of course there're many more animals but my memory card was running out of space cos I didn't clear the media from previous days. The zoo was very informative as well, with posters and several signs of information of the animals.

Snakes help to keep rats and other pests under control. Heh... I like that comic on top.
In fact, they don't neglect the less fortunate. There're even messages in Braille!

Can you read the message on the right? No? Well, you're blind if you can read 'em so... yea...

Here's a close-up of the message above. Can you SEE it now?

Lots of weird totem thingies around the compound to make the place look all 'natural' and ancient I guess...

I was trying to put on the constipated face those totems had on them, not being able to sh*t with their privates being exposed and all... Yucks...

To conclude, I found this rather interesting...

Tiger Airways adopted a tiger. Hmmm... So... What should Perodua be adopting from the Zoo Negara?

The kancil lo... So profitable what. All its customers are temporary. Buy the Kancil a while then wreck very fast then they either end up in heaven/hell/purgatory(whichever you prefer) or buy another Kancil since its the cheapest around...