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ANIMAL PHOTOS

Whenever I traveled for work, I made sure I visited the local zoo.  I wanted to take photos of animals, but at the time, travel to Africa, South America, or Asia to shoot photos of animals in situ was rare and very expensive.  I made do by spending a lot of time at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. close to where I lived and the San Diego Zoo where I often traveled.  The challenge was making the photos look as if the animals were NOT in a zoo, but living in the wild.

The color photos below are all taken in the animals' natural environments.  In 2015 I changed back to still photography after years of taking videos (see Youtubes and DVDs).
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Male Gorilla
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Polar Bears
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We assumed that this smaller polar bear above was begging for food and then trying to take regurgitated food from the throat of what we assumed was a parent.  However, we were unable to find this feeding behavior described anywhere we looked. In addition, the smaller bear looks too old for this behavior to occur. This is a zoo, so behavior is not always the same as in the wild but it would seem that polar bears of this size should be able to get their own food.  If any of you who are reading this understand what is happening, please contact us!

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Hold on baby!
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Elephants stir up dust.
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Male Peacock Displaying
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This female is the inspiration for the display!
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Young giraffe creates a large shadow.
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Speke's Gazelles at Dusk
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Sea Lion Interaction
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Indian Elephants
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Brief Encounter: Cat Meets Balloon
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Unrequited Love
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Tiger Looking at You
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Zebras Galloping
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Tiger wades in water.
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Barbary Sheep Sparring

HOW LIMPKINS EAT

​This large bird is a limpkin that I photographed in Lettuce Lake Park in Tampa, Florida.  It is hunting for its favorite food - large apple snails. 


ANIMAL DVDS

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To see my animal videos, you can stream them on amazon for $1.99 each for one week of unlimited viewing.  For $15.00 each you can stream them as often as you want forever.

Click on the DVD icons above to view or access my videos on amazon.com.
You will be leaving this website to go to amazon.com. We hope to see you back soon!
All photographs, videos, and books on photo-stories-by-rongoor.com are copyrighted. 
If you wish to use or purchase any photographs or videos, please contact Ron or Nancy Goor at ron.nancygoor@gmail.com.
The books may be found in your local library or can be purchased used at amazon.com.


All the photographs on this site are by Ron Goor.  
Nancy Goor designed and wrote the text for this website.