Shawn & Jackie in California - Day 1 - 4/2/05

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The entrance to the San Diego Zoo. NOTE how there is no warning for...
1) the amount of walking you are about to do...
2) the extreme heat you will feel even though its April...
3) the hills and mountains you will climb through
4) the stench of the poop of the bigger animals.
Enough said.
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Someone had WAY too much time on their hands. Is it an elephant, or is it a bush? You decide.
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Flamingos. They stand on one leg because if they stood on no legs, they'd fall down. Duh.
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"Will you PLEASE let me, the koala bear, sleep in peace? It's bad enough they dragged me all the way from Australia, and now I have to deal with YOU."
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These are the weirdest looking pigs we've ever seen.
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Hakuna Matata.
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Either these camels really like each other, or they really hate each other. Either way, you should've heard the noise they were making. The neighbors were complaining all night!
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Oh, deer.
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...where the deer and the antelope play.
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This animal forgot to shave this morning... and yesterday morning, and... you get the point. It's called a BEARDED PIG for a reason!
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"I'm taller than you are! Na-na-na-na-poo-poo!"
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Talk about racing stripes!
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I didn't know some of Shawn's co-workers are in the zoo, too?
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A panda in heat. We didn't get too close... Puffy + Panda = Puffda. Any questions?
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Are those your horns or are you happy to see us?
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"Excuse me, I'm taking my weekly bath, can I PLEASE have some privacy?"
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"Mom will NEVER find me hiding UNDER her!"
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The closest Shawn could get to the animals for fear he might eat one.
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Refer to the earlier warnings. The hills are SOOO bad they provide foot massagers throughout the park.
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The footsie wootsie was too muchy-wutzy for Shawn's feetsy-weetsys.
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This may look out of focus, but its actually the elephant shading himself with the dirt.
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This is in downtown San Diego... what do they do, fix your teeth by cracking them?