Your Daily Photo (Festivus Ostrich Has Just Completed Its Feats of Strength, Soon Come the Grievances Edition)

Festivus Ostrich is making a list, and checking it twice...

Your Daily Photo (Turns Out the Festivus Eve Eve Ostrich Is ALSO the Ostrich of Festivus Eve Edition)

And still disappointed, and working on those grievances.

Your Daily Photo (It's the Ostrich of Festivus Eve Eve Staring at You Disappointedly Edition)

This bird clearly has a list of grievances, I may too come Festivus.

Your Daily Photo (The Respite From Primates Was Only Temporary Edition)

There are hair dyes that can help with that.

Your Daily Photo (It's Not Just a Zoo, It's a Botanical Garden, Too Edition)

Your Daily Photo (It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas Edition)

Hey, it may be an old photo, but at least it's not of a gorilla.

Your Daily Photo (Gorillas, Gorillas, Everywhere Edition)

Don't know if I'll get time to do other stuff, so think of this as Placeholder Gorilla (Magilla's more erudite cousin, not only does he wear a snappy bowtie like Magilla, but he also wears a monocle in private, away from the gawking zoo-going masses)

Your Daily Photo (The Gorilla My Dreams? Edition)

Another day, another gorilla, still haven't uploaded my LA Auto Show shots from this past Saturday. On the film list front, that's going to be delayed a day or two as well.

Your Daily Photo (I Just Can't Get Enough of Primates Edition)

Your Daily Photo (That Is One Pleased Looking Primate Edition)

Your Daily Photo (George Burns, Reincarnated? Edition)

Your Daily Photo (Anderson Cooper's Favorite Primates Edition)

Teabagging, it's not just for humans playing Halo.

Your Daily Photo (What Are You Looking At? Edition)

Should get over to the zoo one of these mornings, try and snap the critters while they're a little cooler and fresher.

Your Daily Photo (There's One in Every Crowd Edition)

Your Daily Photo (Not Jim Treacher, Or Is IT? Edition)

Your Daily Photo (Some Pictures Are Just Asking For an LOL Cats Style Caption Edition)

You know you want to caption this picture (feel free to make suggestions in the comments).

Your Daily Photo (Laugh and the World Laughs With You Edition)

Your Daily Photo (Three Cheers for Long Lenses Edition)

Using all 200mm of the 55-200mm zoom lens. Much safer than trying to get the close up this person snapped (as the croc snapped back)

(and my pic is of a gator, not a croc)

Your Daily Photo (The Merest of Kats Edition)

I guess it's old Zoo photos week here at Immodest Proposals. Just haven't been in the posting photos to Flickr mood, lately.

I can't imagine it's easy being a captive meerkat. It's in their nature to keep vigil over their community, and their display at the LA Zoo near the entrance with a constant stream of, what must seem to them, possible threat.

On the one hand, they must realize humans probably mean them no harm, but on the other hand, all those humans trundling by might mask the approach of something more hostile.

I bet the zookeepers lace the meerkat's feed with a touch of Xanax to keep them from being in constant terror, or maybe they appreciate the chance to hone their surveillance skills and enjoy the tension.

Never assume animal pyschology is in any meaningful way like ours, even if some of their behaviors resemble our own, doesn't mean their reaction to similar situations are also similar. Hard not to, though, make certain assumptions, especially with other social mammals.

Your Daily Photo (What Are You Looking At? Edition)

Another day, another shot from the archives.