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Overall, it turned out to be a great day for pics, even though it was cloudy and windy and not your stereotypical San Diego weather.

It was ape and monkey day. This one, I think, is one of my favorites of all time now. It's damn near perfect, I think, and I didn't crop or alter it at all. This is Clyde, the big male orangutan.

Here's a bonobo. Watching these critters was somewhat creepy, because to me they look far more human than any of the other apes. I really like this pic too.

Here's fellow orang Janey, using a stick to poke the holes in the termite mound to get bugs and stuff.

This is Cinta, looking somewhat defeated after he tried and failed to hang that burlap sac on the hook there and turn it into a hammock of sorts.

And here's Karen checking out the little furry meerkat visitor. The meerkat was hand-raised and lives in the children's zoo, and goes out to schools or out for walks with the keeper.