although both of my cameras died in the very beginning of the paws/ark 2000 tour i took with my class this year, it dawned on me that i never really scanned in most of my pictures from last year.
so i had five rolls of film to develop after my arizona trip mlk weekend and after the PAWS/Ark2000 field trip the weekend after that. but because i relied heavily on the zoom lens this time and took pictures in a lot of “questionable” settings (as in, very dark. not as in, a fetish strip club), i didn’t really want to get prints of everything. on the advice of the davis wiki i decided to just get the negatives printed out from costco at $2.20 each and scan them in at home. so i actually have a few to share already, with more on the way. it is a little more work but it looks like 40% of the pictures didn’t turn out, so probably a wise move on my part.


what kind of language is this?



look, it’s abu! but don’t look too close, this guy will probably tear your eyes out.


there’s something very haunting about the way harriet peels apart your facade and stares into the very essence of your soul, isn’t there? “she’s already looked at all of you and knows you completely now.” pat would say this about all the animals, but you could actually believe it was entirely true with harriet.

your native language is beautiful, but we prefer english.


it makes me sad to see these guys locked up for life.

i bet you anything they’re sad too.

if you see anyone walking a large cat in new york, shoot them.

it was really hard for me to fathom that these guys would rip me apart if i strayed into their enclosure.



when does my life start?

we swear we’re cute and cuddly, just like hobbes. come inside!


idle trunks are the devil’s playground.




although they tried to get the oliphaunts weaned off meat they had been turned young, and bloodthirsty carnivores they would always be.

that’s pat derby with one of the oliphaunts. the ‘sucky face’ is apparently an elusive and long-sought-after expression to elephant enthusiasts.


the surreality of ark 2000 summed up
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