Scared Stiff
Uploaded: August 24, 2009
Animals - August 24/09
In an effort to coexist with wildlife, consider the enormous hardships these intelligent and fascinating wild creatures encounter because so much of their habitat has been destroyed. Each year they are forced into closer contact with people and must compete with us for food, shelter and space. This little racoon was up high in the rafters of a huge waterslide at a Wild Waterworks Park. Apparently, they love to sleep on the slides in the early morning and when the park attendants come to work, these racoons panic, and climb upwards and try to hide...
Of-course all the kids had to wait until staff managed to get him down before they could go up and enjoy the ride down.
Exif: F Number: 4.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/1600 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 1600, FocalLength: 36.40 mm, Model: DMC-TZ5
Ann Coates
August 24, 2009
Laura E. Swan
August 25, 2009
I hope the park attendants are sweet with the little racoons...but likely it could go either way when having to SHEW an animal away.
Great timing here and good conversations for us to have about this issue!
-Sister Lala #7885375
Christine Lobsinger
August 25, 2009
Thank you very much for your warm comments/understanding of these wild racoons...
I have a soft spot for all creatures who are contained...yesterday I took my son/his friend to the Toronto National Exhibition and we entered the Farm Building and was thrown back to see these huge Mother Pigs stabilized by steel (they just gave birth to many little piglets, and they needed to stay in one place/calm, I guess.) I tried to get photos of their piglets threw this glass, but huge mom was in the foreground and it was hard to see these little ones...
Smiling CHRISTINE #7886519
Laura E. Swan
August 25, 2009
Christine Lobsinger
August 25, 2009
SMILING WITH YOU
CHRISTINE #7887119
Teresa Burnett
August 25, 2009
Christine Lobsinger
August 25, 2009
Christine Lobsinger
August 29, 2009
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