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MineralMan

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9. One time. I was sitting on the window ledge at the gorilla habitat.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #7)

Sat Jun 6, 2026, 11:23 AM

19 hrs ago

I had been there for a few minutes, when a big silverback came to the window, turned around and sat down behind me. So we were back to back. We looked at each other a couple of times. Very peaceful, it seemed.

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Flamingos in Albania? [View all] MineralMan 19 hrs ago OP

You'll also find vast flocks of them at 14,000 feet above sea level in places like Bolivia and Argentina . . . hatrack 19 hrs ago #1

That's an interesting factoid. I've never given a lot of thought to flamingos, Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #2

Why Are Flamingos Pink? What makes this bird so bright? cbabe 19 hrs ago #4

"Humans, on the other hand, would need to eat quite a lot of carrots... to turn their skin a shade of orange." Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #6

The only place I've seen wild flamingos was Florida. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #5

I used to hang out there to look at the big cats. They slept most of the time, being cats, but Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #7

One time. I was sitting on the window ledge at the gorilla habitat. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #9

Illegal construction of a Kushner-backed luxury resort, violent repression of protesters, and deepening ecological damag cbabe 19 hrs ago #3

I'm not at all surprised. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #8

This is horrible RockCreek 17 hrs ago #10

Maybe a big kaboom. Island riddle with bombs. cbabe 16 hrs ago #11