We already have a 'little monkey', who goes by the name of 'April'. However, we suddenly had an urge to see some simian primates. Simon's parents came to stay for the weekend so we took them to Cologne Zoo. Plenty of monkeys there.
The zoo has an island colony of around 150 baboons. We took lots of photos. Unfortunately, because baboons like to take every possible opportunity to display their large pink bottoms, most of those photos will never see the light of day. I have managed to salvage this cute photo of a mother and baby, by cropping out some bottoms that were placed on either side.
We saw lots of other fascinating birds and animals. Here is a bird who had such remarkably long eyelashes that he could have taken on a career as a pantomine dame.
He was making the most of his beauty - an artist was there painting his portrait and he was standing helpfully still. Showing his best side. I bet he was glad he'd booked that eyelash tint last week. Sadly I didn't get his name.
There were also many meerkats in residence. This grouping amuses me because it looks like they've lost someone and are trying to decide which is the best direction to go in which to find him.
He went that-a-way!
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