Primates at the Los Angeles Zoo
When I visited the Los Angeles Zoo it was raining and very cold. Although it stopped some primates from coming out of their dwellings, it did not stop all. I analyzed many primates at the zoo but not all. Each species had their own interesting , and unique personalities and characteristics.
The first primate I observed was the Orangutan, which belongs in the ‘Great Ape’ category. The pongo belongs to the ponginae family. What I saw was a large male, with flanges, he was a reddish orange, and alone. Male Orangutans can grow anywhere from 54” to 60”, and weigh up to 150 lbs to 300 lbs. And its sexual dimorphism is very high. He had no tail, but very strong, …show more content…
This species of lemur is female dominated species. The lemurs in general had really long limbs, and the size of their bodies are estimated to 39 to 46 cm long. There was no noticeable characteristics to distinguish male for female lemurs. They both had white, grey and black fur. They had tails but they are not prehensile. These lemurs had foxlike faces, with yellow eyes. When I saw them in their cage, they were very social towards each other, they were also picking each others fur for what it looked like …show more content…
Now this was the most difficult for me. Not because it was hard actually observing them, but it just felt uncomfortable. It was just the sense that these people are just like me, doing the same things as me. The males were about 5”6’ and bit overweight whereas the females were fairly short clocking in at about 5”2’. From what I observed, was that these people actually went to the zoo in the rain for fun, most of them wore no hoods, and looked to be around their mid 40’s. Most couple were heterosexual and only had one child, and the degree of sexual dimorphism was high, females had longer hair, made up faces, and mammary glands, whereas the males had shorter hair, plain faces, but wore brighter colors. Their limbs seemed to be of equal length, but their thighs looked noticeably stronger than their forearms. The homo sapiens had no harsh brow bones, and front facing eyes. They were walking (bipedally). I saw other humans, taking notes on the other primates, and small children screaming, or crying, what I thought was strange was how the parents of the offspring ignored many of the cries of their children. Human are very oblivious when you are observing them, and that quelled my worry, that they would say something to me. What I find scare is how oblivious many of these humans were to their surroundings, which could prove dangerous in uninhabited lands. Overall my visit to the zoo was overall
When I visited the Los Angeles Zoo it was raining and very cold. Although it stopped some primates from coming out of their dwellings, it did not stop all. I analyzed many primates at the zoo but not all. Each species had their own interesting , and unique personalities and characteristics.
The first primate I observed was the Orangutan, which belongs in the ‘Great Ape’ category. The pongo belongs to the ponginae family. What I saw was a large male, with flanges, he was a reddish orange, and alone. Male Orangutans can grow anywhere from 54” to 60”, and weigh up to 150 lbs to 300 lbs. And its sexual dimorphism is very high. He had no tail, but very strong, …show more content…
This species of lemur is female dominated species. The lemurs in general had really long limbs, and the size of their bodies are estimated to 39 to 46 cm long. There was no noticeable characteristics to distinguish male for female lemurs. They both had white, grey and black fur. They had tails but they are not prehensile. These lemurs had foxlike faces, with yellow eyes. When I saw them in their cage, they were very social towards each other, they were also picking each others fur for what it looked like …show more content…
Now this was the most difficult for me. Not because it was hard actually observing them, but it just felt uncomfortable. It was just the sense that these people are just like me, doing the same things as me. The males were about 5”6’ and bit overweight whereas the females were fairly short clocking in at about 5”2’. From what I observed, was that these people actually went to the zoo in the rain for fun, most of them wore no hoods, and looked to be around their mid 40’s. Most couple were heterosexual and only had one child, and the degree of sexual dimorphism was high, females had longer hair, made up faces, and mammary glands, whereas the males had shorter hair, plain faces, but wore brighter colors. Their limbs seemed to be of equal length, but their thighs looked noticeably stronger than their forearms. The homo sapiens had no harsh brow bones, and front facing eyes. They were walking (bipedally). I saw other humans, taking notes on the other primates, and small children screaming, or crying, what I thought was strange was how the parents of the offspring ignored many of the cries of their children. Human are very oblivious when you are observing them, and that quelled my worry, that they would say something to me. What I find scare is how oblivious many of these humans were to their surroundings, which could prove dangerous in uninhabited lands. Overall my visit to the zoo was overall