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Tara: This skater is very graceful.

Johnny: Yes, his quintuple squoosh is impressive.

Tara: But I truly can't tell if he's a traitor.

Johnny: Me neither, Tara. Not a clue.

The LA Zoo will be participating in the GBBC with an early morning bird walk for members, but anyone can join from anywhere!

Not really a football fan, but this thread had me at binturong.

South African photographer Wim van den Heever is this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year, an annual contest run by the Natural History Museum in London. Van den Heever's photo beat out over 60,000 photos submitted from 113 countries. His photograph shows the elusive and endangered brown hyena prowling through an abandoned diamond mining ghost town in Kolmanskoppe, Namibia. WIM VAN DEN HEEVER, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR

Winner of last year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a gothic masterpiece.

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A brown sloth rests face up on a perch in his habitat, eating a corn cob. His clawed feet are raised in the air, grasping into a branch.

I never get to see Charlie the two-toed sloth awake, but today he was up and munching on a corn cob. Precious!

Two teen girls stand opposite each other. The one on the left has her left arm outstretched and is touching her index finger to the other’s forehead in a gesture mimicking a new hug invented by a character in the Welcome to Nightvale live show.

Brought my kids to the show tonight too. Here they are hugging. (We all had a blast.)

Oh cool! They sometimes have activations here (basically a tent with a nice lady who has clipboards to sign up and maybe a thank you gift)

The cover of the Winter 2026 issue of Zoo View featuring a chimpanzee mother holding her infant in her arms and a pinecone in her mouth. In the bottom right corner a headline in white letters reads A Great Ape Baby Boom.

In case you need a break from the doom and gloom, here’s something I’m proud of. My second issue of the L.A. Zoo’s official magazine Zoo View is out this week! You can read the digital version for free here (no paywall!): lazoo.org/join-our-com...

Although I work at the zoo now, I still know a lot of people in entertainment journalism, so let me help you out. If you’re going to use puns in your Primate coverage, remember that chimpanzees are great apes, not monkeys. You’re welcome.

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up https://theonion.com/australia-admits-all-those-animals-made-up/

Apparently a Laker walked past me and a co-worker at the zoo today? It was my co-worker who recognized him, obviously. I didn’t get the name.

You will be visited by three spirits

A cartoonish drawing of a skinny orange cat with a tiny Santa hat seeing himself reflected in a red ball ornament. The text beneath it reads “Happy holidays! Eddie’s waiting for you guys!”

My daughter drew this picture of our cat for our relatives as they were deciding whether or not to brave the storm and come over for Christmas.

Fridge is broken, roof is leaking, older cat peeing everywhere but the litter box, and we’re all at some stage of getting over being sick, actually being sick, or starting to feel sick. But at least our Xmas Eve and Xmas Day plans were canceled because of the torrential rain storm. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Happy Halfway out of the Dark to all who celebrate!

An Irish one I heard recently "He's thicker than the glass at the zoo"

A stall at a Christmas market filled with logs decorated with faces and traditional red hats, known as tío nadal in Barcelona.

We discovered tío nadal on a trip to Barcelona last year and bought one at a Christmas market. The kids were so excited to see him again this year.

Barista: Can I get a name for the order?

[Music starts]

Snowmeiser: I’m Mr. White Christmas, I’m Mr. Snow, I’m Mr. Icicle, I’m Mr. 10 Be-

Barista: Dude, I just need something to put on the cup.

The walls change, but everything is very scaled down, so it’s not as impressive.

They do, but fewer lights and they don’t swing as far.

A phone case with shipping labels and a logo of a cartoon back cat with a white mustache carrying a smaller back cat in its mouth.

I used to have this Casetify phone case with a knock-off design!

The Broadway set is so expansive! I saw it at the Walter Kerr back in 2021 and have only seen national tours since. It makes a difference. (The trap door, for one thing.)

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

A chorus line performing One

🎶 One . . . Battle After Another 🎶

I’m so glad to have a chance to see Merrily We Roll Along via pro shot I didn’t even mind the odd editing and too many close-ups. But I did keep thinking about Lindsay Mendez and Katie Rose Clark playing Elphaba and Glinda (Clark especially), and how Wicked was playing right next door.

Out of Office Reply:

I am busy the month of December mapping out a hypothetical 3rd season of “Smash” instead of writing poems.

Have a blesséd day.

A Bornean orangutan mom sitting with her newborn infant in her arms.

The L.A. Zoo has 5 great ape babies right now — three chimps, an orangutan, and a gorilla! Here’s the oran baby (no name yet) with his mom, Kalim.

Our final show was My Neighbor (or Neighbour) Totoro. What a magical theatrical experience! It uses elements of Japanese traditional stagecraft, puppetry, and the film’s brilliant musical score. Honors the original while making the most of the stage medium in a charming and artistic way. I cried!

After getting out of Cabaret we booked it to Canada Water for Phantom Peak. Not a stage show but an open world adventure set in a western mining town with townsfolk who send you on quests. There are games, challenges, and a mysterious backstory and secrets to uncover. Would definitely go again!

Wednesday was a double feature. I wanted to see Reeve and Eva together in Cabaret (we saw them in Hadestown in 2021) but Eva was out sick at the matinee, so we got an understudy. Still just as good as it was in New York, though.