Monday, March 09: The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (Part 2 - frogs and fish)

[mistressofmuses]

Part two of the trip to the zoo!

Frogs and fish. :)

(As always, we spent the bulk of our time in Tropical Discovery, which is where most of the reptiles/amphibians/fish are. I know I've shared pictures of many of these same critters before. I don't care, because I love them.)


What mossy frog? I see no mossy frog. Just some moss! (I do like the little water droplets on the moss.)

Six more frogs:

The most -_- face in existence.


Panamanian golden frog. Sadly probably extinct in the wild.


This is doing zero justice to HOW SMALL this frog is.


Fat and happy.


Dart frogs!


Lake titicaca frogs remain my beloved weirdoes.

As at the aquarium, I do really love lionfish.

Seven more fish:

Cooperatively posing fish. :)


Epaulette shark snuggling up with an eel. And a fancy fish!


These epaulette sharks were very sociable.


This guy looks like one of those little ice cream sundaes. The kind with a cup of vanilla ice cream and chocolate 'stripes'?


This kind.


So dramatic!

One last zoo post to come, featuring some reptiles!

Comments

[galadhir]

Oh my goodness, that frog is so scrunkly! I've never seen anything like it.

[mistressofmuses]

SO scrunkly! It's such a bizarre looking texture for a frog, haha.

[omens]

Awww I love the frogs!! Especially the mossy, what texture *__* but you're extremely correct about the Lake Titicaca frog (and the sundae fish lolol)

[mistressofmuses]

I always love frogs! The mossy frogs are so cool - it's such a wild texture, and does such a good job of helping them blend in.

The Lake Titicaca frogs are such bizarre creatures. I love them, and I love that our zoo has succeeded in breeding them, and they're really interesting... but MAN they look weird.

The sundae fish made me laugh.

[cosmicjellyfish]

Gorgeous gorgeous photos! I love the dramatic lionfish ones especially (and that -_- is a mood).

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you!

I really do love the lionfish.

And I do feel the -_- expression in my soul some days.

[scarlipswolfwife]

Okay that mossy frog is freaky! I love all of them, though! The Lake Titicaca frog is definitely a weird little unit there.

[mistressofmuses]

I love the mossy frog! It's hidden so well!

The Lake Titicaca frogs are so bizarre looking. Deeply interesting animals... but they have quite the look, haha.

[olivermoss]

Froggies! And fish! And some very cute moss.

[mistressofmuses]

I always love the frogs! And the frog-shaped moss. :)

[boujee_redneck]

Wow these are neat pictures! (I love your photography!) *_*

Lake Titicaca frogs are just... so many levels of weird and inner-child immaturity level funny. xD

The "cooperatively posing" fish (angelfish of some kind?) is really pretty!

[mistressofmuses]

Thank you so much! :D

Right? Lake Titicaca frogs really are SOMETHING. I love them.

I think it is an angelfish, though I forget what kind the sign said it was. It was lovely!