These lovely little creatures are basically giant South American guinea pigs, although they look more like rabbits crossed with antelope. Dublin Zoo and Fota Island, where this was taken, has quite a few of them, and at Fota they’re totally free-range. They’re very very shy and charming, and I spent a lot of time at Fota sneaking up on them to take pictures. More pictures than might be strictly necessary, really. I have a lot of mara pics. :)
A bit more of a distance shot from yesterday’s in your face owl. I’ve no idea what the big fuss was that morning, but there was a lot of hissing and clicking and ferocity going on!
In your face, Monday.
Okay, so it’s all Liffey pictures this week, pretty much, but it was such a lovely evening and I liked several of the photos, so. :)
You’d think I could have SEEN a ship this size, wouldn’t you? I like how the effect here is that it and the buildings are of an exact height. Not that they were far off in actual fact, because that was in fact a big ship. First time I saw a cruise ship–a whole line of them, in fact–was with my friends Sarah and Christie (we were going on a Highlander cruise) and my impression was that we were drawing up to a row of big white buildings. My brain…