Animals and Good News

Emily and I have been spending the month of August in Atlanta. That means my birthday and our anniversary were spent there. As has become the tradition, to celebrate my birthday, we went to the zoo. It was great they had all sorts of animals. I got to see my first Pandas. That was cool. They won't be around much longer as they are a doomed species. They had a grown male and female as well as a cub that is approximately the size of a small dog. I'm not sure how old because pandas are small as kittens when they are born. Here's the male.


I particularly liked the gorillas. They have a huge group. I'd guess about 20 or so in one group and then another 4 bachelors they keep in another pen. I got to see them fed. The Zoo Keeper stood on top of the observation booth and threw fruit to all the gorilla's that were all standing spread out waiting their turn. the keeper started with the Greyback. Then moved on to the others. It was cool to watch. Here's the Zoo Keeper and then them standing around. The big one in the front was the grey back.


This bird was in a pin with a whole bunch of birds. You walked into their enclosure and this one was just sitting on a branch a couple of inches from the banister.

This tiger was playing in the water and then walked right at us as you can see. Once it got to the glass, it turned peed all over the glass, then stalked off. It was really cool to see.

Here's a couple more animals we saw.


The one on the left is a warthog. The right is the crazy Lily. The one on the bottom is the munchkin Kenzie.

For our anniversary, Emily and I went to the Atlanta Aquarium. It claims to be the largest aquarium in the world as well as has the largest single tank. They have a strong argument. Their main attraction is a tank that was built to house 6 fully grown whale sharks. It currently only has 4 not full grown ones. They say the largest they have is 25 feet long. I tell you it was massive. They said a full grown one is 30 feet. The small fish in the picture are about 2 feet long. This picture was taken from a room that claimed to have the largest single window. I don't know if that's true but it was huge. One of these whale sharks was not even half the length of the window. It was cool.

Here are a few of the other creatures in that tank. These pictures were taken from a tunnel running through the tank. The saw fish was particularly cool.



Here's the beauty that has made the last 4 years of my life heaven. I love you Emily!


Now that you've looked at all my pictures, here's the great news. I am in the midst of turning in all of my med school applications. The great news is that I got an interview invitation from Rochester. Yeah!!