We ended our San Diego trip with an afternoon at the zoo. Erin and Adrian have taken up enough space here, so instead I give you: pictures of animals mostly in black and white because I can’t take a good picture of a zoo animal in colour except for once in a while so there are a couple of colour photos of zoo animals here too.
![Flamingo?](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4965-640x427.jpg)
![Elephant Butt.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4966-640x427.jpg)
![California Condors (which look a lot more like vultures than the majestic eagles I'd always pictured.)](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4970-640x427.jpg)
![Baby giraffe babing giraffely.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4978-640x427.jpg)
![Mouse Face.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4982-640x427.jpg)
![Was that a goat?](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4998-640x427.jpg)
![Alligator or crocodile.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5004-640x427.jpg)
![Lizards gettin' busy.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5005-640x427.jpg)
![This picture is not out of focus. This lizard is just blurry in the back.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5006-640x427.jpg)
![The wonderfully coloured lizard of many colours.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5007-640x427.jpg)
![Snake.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5009-640x427.jpg)
![Polar Bear Face.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5022-640x427.jpg)
![River Cow.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5045-640x427.jpg)
![Takin. That's a real name for a thing.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5052-640x427.jpg)
![The zookeeper insists that pandas aren't actually black and white and I'm all "Have you even SEEN a panda?"](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5057-640x427.jpg)
![BABY GORILLA FACE!](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5072-640x427.jpg)
![More baby gorilla, because this is my blog and I say so.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5075-640x427.jpg)
![Pygmy river cow.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5076-640x427.jpg)
![Capuchin not eating poisoned dates.](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5080-640x427.jpg)
![DEFINITELY FLAMINGO!](http://backpackingdad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5081-640x427.jpg)
I like zoos.
Capuchin eating dates would have been epic, poisoned or not.