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zoobilation 2008: "no fear, never fear," said the white-breasted cormorant 2008-09-10 - 9:21 p.m. The new September date for Zoobilation is a little weird. I presume that because full dark comes earlier in September than in June, the new Zoobilation hours were from 3 to 7 PM, instead of from 4 to 8. As a result, hardly anyone was there at the opening, and it was a tad awkward to walk past a band playing on the main stage with only 4 people listening and then to stroll into the reptile exhibit where there was, literally, no one except us and the zookeepers. In fact, one of the curators came out as we paused to look for the Panther Chameleon in an outdoor exhibit attached to the building, and he pretty much went through the whole exhibit with us, telling us about this and that -- which is kind of cool in its own way, but you still kind of feel for the guy who was itching to tell the story of being barricaded in the reptile exhibit for Hurricane Gustav. And here we are totally over Gustav and asking questions like, "You know, that Emerald Boa has to be getting up there, isn't that one of the original snakes from 1987?" Because of the lack of crowds, we got great views of classic acts like the White Tiger feeding. The two white tiger brothers even played together a little bit, horsing around and pretending to wrestle, but one of them could never quite turn his eyes away from the keeper and the source of the food. We also watched the alligator feeding, something we hadn't done in years, because of the crowds, and whoa! Those things have gotten large and they don't hesitate to get up on their hind legs and grab the entire spike threaded with such things as half a chicken and skinned nutria. I would not care to be the keepers who had that job. But I guess it's more scary than it looks. There's a difference between late spring/early summer and early fall, and this year the Crowned Cranes were shyly, if proudly, escorting three baby chicks. By contrast, the Peafowl, who are usually outrageous attention seekers, seemed to be hiding bitterly in the shadows in hopes that we wouldn't notice that they were in molt. As always, the hit of the event was the pelican feeding at the African exhibit. A Snowy Egret positioned himself right up close and in front. The minute he spotted the keeper, he erected his crest and flew forward. At that exact moment, dozens more Snowy Egrets, some Black-Crowned Night Herons, and even a couple of Great Egrets dived in from all directions out of nowhere. WTF? Is there no end to the unfairness in this world? I am pleased to report that the original Snowy Egret nevertheless did succeed in snatching one of the pelican's fish. Oh, and a funny moment came when a pelican and a Snowy went for the same fish at the same moment, and the poor pelican almost found himself swallowing a beaky egret head. We noticed a pair of White-Breasted Cormorants billing and cooing on their nest up front and center in the African Exhibit. Well, there's a cute story behind that. They actually started to work on the nest two days before Gustav and came through just fine. They knew all along that everything would be OK. The limited food and drinks menu at this year's event was not low carb friendly, and we went to Lager's afterward for dinner instead of dining at the zoo. I planned to indulge in some premium beer or other, but when I sat down, I suddenly realized how tired I was and, fearing I'd fall asleep over my chicken, I just drank ice water. Next time! DH has been invited to travel to England but whether or not the ticket will actually be purchased...time will tell. Stay tuned. back - next All Rights Reserved, Copyright 2002-2017 by Elaine Radford