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Someday I'll assemble all those zoo pics into a page. But for now I have all the komodo dragon pics on one page. It's a start.
Is it my imagination, but does the Seattle komodo seem more bored than the Orlando komodo? The one in Florida was not in a cage.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
"Here and There"
6:07pm
As I think about it, there are several differences between the two komodo dragon sites which I shared in yesterday's entry. One is located in a warm place, whose climate would be harmonious with the dragon's needs. The other is in a place that can get cold and rainy, not to a komodo dragon's liking. The cage would be able to afford a climate controlled environment. Perhaps a larger cage would be a happier environment for him, however.
The glass walled environment seemed to pose no hinderance to the gorillas from carrying on. They seemed quite oblivious to the humans on the other side who were observing them:
It is terrible that the gorilla's fates are so precarious in their native habitats. The tale is really dreadful, of gorilla and chimpanzee slaughter to gain 'bushmeat'. Conservation efforts continue, but poachers and loss of forest lands make it difficult.
It is an ongoing struggle. The Woodland Park Zoo has information about the gorillas.
Meanwhile, I turn to current events. Yuma has a news page that goes out with the Wednesday advertisments called 33.10. It is really just a gimmick to get people to look at the much thicker ads which are sandwiched within the small news paper. Nevertheless, sometimes there's some interesting tidbits in it.
One feature was interactive. The editor invited people to send in "News Haiku" "The Rules: Write a news haiku on a current event with a first line of five syllables, a second line of seven and a third line of five." The news that North Korea has tested a nuclear weapon inspired Julia:
"Bomb's Eye," Baby Kim!
North Korea joins the Club;
Her people starving...
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I saw an interesting feature on the Oprah show about North Korea. A reporter sneaked into there and took pictures and got information on this country. They are allowed no contact with the outside world. They have no internet. They have no cell phones, for they think the US spies can track cell phone calls. The leader is worshipped as a god. The humbly furnished home the reporter was allowed into had no sculptures, no paintings, save photos of their leader. She was cautioned to not let any of the women see the fashion magazine she'd brought with her. The isolation is unimaginable.
So it is a worry, all these new countries getting involved with nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, I hope for humanity's sanity to be strong in the face of all this. I will end here, for I could go onto to perilous situations everywhere in the world. I won't do that. It is a good Wednesday, and I want to spend the rest of it with Julia, so I bid you good night.
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