Zoo Negara Kuala Lumpur

Just about 12 miles from Kuala Lumpur is the Negara National Zoo. It just happens to be on the way to the Ridge Hike. I went there early in the morning and it was definitely the right time to go. There was no one around for the first hour I was there. As far as zoo's go, it was pretty good. They had lots of animals in a large area. The hardest thing was figuring out what was what because not everything was readily marked. Good thing I know my animals, but there were still some that came as a surprise.

Hippo basking in the morning light. I found it sad that his water mud hole was dry. The only reason he was wet was because he just got doused with the hose.

Big turtle eating a leaf. It always amazes me how strong they must be to card there home around with them.

Beautiful pink flamingo's. I love they way they stand on one leg when they are resting.

I could have spent all day watching the chimps. There were three, two males, and one female. It amazes me that they have so many human characteristics. The female is in the front playing with her nipple.

This cute fellow is the world's largest RODENT! He did look like a huge rat! This was about the size of a small pig, but there were much larger of his kind hiding in the shade.

This beautiful graceful swan reminded me of the swans near Island Park, Idaho. They really are beautiful.

This pelican was very interested in making sure that he was presentable to the lady pelicans. He groomed himself the whole time I was there.

Not sure what type of flamingo this one is, but they had hundreds of them. They'd fly if you got too close and boy was there a lot of s_it around their area! You had to walk carefully, especially in flip flops.

They also had lions, tigers, bears...Oh, my! Camels, giraffe, zebras. Really, just about every animal you'd normally see. It was a nice way to spend an early morning.