{"id":153542,"date":"2026-02-12T21:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153542\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:44:11","slug":"photo-diary-zoo-tampa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/153542\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Diary: Zoo Tampa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather here has been crappy for a while, so when we had a nice day I went to the Zoo Tampa to renew my expired membership.<\/p>\n<p>Some photos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55079805756\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1712\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55079805756_84c8eee0e1_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cownose Rays<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55080000908\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1695\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55080000908_3cc833fb7c_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indian Gharial<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55078906202\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1693\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55078906202_ac98132acf_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpen wide &#8230;\u201d The Sun Bear gets a checkup<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55079806276\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1680\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55079806276_ed44923647_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bali Mynah<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55080001833\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1676\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55080001833_b9f11239e0_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hoffman\u2019s Two-Toed Sloth eats his lunch upside down<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55078906507\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1668\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55078906507_2c617f2451_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Black and White Colobus grooming<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55080063249\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1659\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55080063249_050feb11cb_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Alligators are all shut down for the winter<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55079807261\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1653\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55079807261_fde644666a_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some local Ibis helping themselves to the Flamingo food<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lennyflank\/55079806041\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_1643\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/55079806041_1cc6a24545_c.jpg\" width=\"800\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Koala, asleep as usual<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather here has been crappy for a while, so when we had a nice day I 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