A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight

[austin_dern]

Pinball league was great and fun and long-lasting tonight so I didn't have time to write anything up except, of course, What's Going On In Alley Oop? Why do Alley Oop and Ooola have a daughter? October 2022 - January 2023 So please enjoy that and pictures of the Potter Park Zoo's Wonderland of Lights and we'll try and get back to normal-ish stuff tomorrow.

The windows outside the avian house used to have illuminated peacocks. No more; they've got these penguins instead, which are also birds that the zoo has, and I guess more seasonally appropriate.

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The penguins look pretty good as light fixtures.

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It's not just birds inside the avian house; there's cuties like this critter.

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And way up there? A porcupine, for some reason. Also, in the floor of this enclosure? A mouse, just like we saw the year before.

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Snakes!

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Oh, now someone let this snake get all bunched up and it's going to be forever unwrapping it from the pole.

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Trivia: Potatoes consume more oxygen at 7 am, noon, and 6 pm (sun time) than other times of day. The noon peak of oxygen consumption is more pronounced in wintertime, and less prominent during the summer. Source: Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Anthony Aveni. Finally I have a science experiment to send up on Skylab! What is the circadian rhythm of space potatoes?

Currently Reading: Standpipe: Delivering Water in Flint, David Hardin.