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fasanerie wiesbaden again & zoo erfurt - animal maniac.

i have forgotten a few pictures in my last post, haha. the first seven pictures were still shot in the fasanerie wiesbaden. the other pictures are from my visit to the erfurt zoo in the middle of june when i visited my parents on short notice. yeah, i love me some animals.

big pig in the mud.

little mouflon baby.

big mouflon.

sleeping racoon.

racoon dogs. they are equally as good as normal racoons :P

swimming coypu! they may be one of my most favourite animals in the park :)

grooming itself :)

erfurt zoo.
we visited the zoo because of an event that takes place throughout summer: tropical nights. the zoo is open until 11 or 12 pm & everywhere are stages with street artists performing all kinds of shows, like belly dance, african music & many more things. it is quite an interesting atmosphere. plus you can see what zoo animals are doing in the night - some of them get really active :)

the lions were really photogenic this time :)



most favourite lion tongue :)



the ring-tailed lemurs had a baby! it was so fragile.

optical illusion.

domestic yaks have quite a lot of fur.

we walked this trail for the very first time! a shame! all these years we didn't know that this nature trail existed but when we went past the bisons it suddenly was there. of course we had to see what we had been missing out on. it was very quiet out there and we learned a lot about trees & bushes, flowers & nature.



and we had the pleasure of getting to know this perfect erfurt panorama. what a sight! almost as good as the view from the petersberg mountain in erfurt city.

they are building a new elephant residence & and i'm so excited to see the outcome :) later that evening we visited the old elephant facility & i realized again that they are such sensible & kind animals. they have really expressive eyes.

belly dancers.

fast little harvest mice.

can you spot the chameleon?

i'm sure you can spot it here :) notice the ringtail :)

oh, i guess you have to search some more!

i love camouflage games! spot the stick insect :)

a hiding short-eared elephant shrew. curious little things.

mission golden-eyed tree frogs :)

snakey snake. a russian rat snake.

i love these tails quite a lot.

a western beared anole.

to close this beautiful evening they had a light show finale. not your average firework :)


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