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Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo

Sriracha, a tiger at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
Sriracha yawns. Check out those teeth!

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Animal or Bird in farm or zoo.’ See more responses here.

Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, is the only zoo on the island. It’s quite small, but is definitely a family-friendly destination. We like to visit once in a while to see the zoo’s star attractions, Sriracha and Tzatziki, a pair of Bengal Tigers. Captions are on the photos.

An Emu at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
An Emu having a good hair day.
A Red Tegu lizard at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
A Red Tegu lizard.
A Peacock at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
Peacocks wander the grounds looking for tasty snacks.
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtles at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtles.
Tzatziki, a white tiger at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii
Tzatziki, staying cool in the shade of a stand of bamboo.
A bench representing Hawaiian crows at Pana'ewa Rainforest Zoo, in Hilo, Hawaii

This is one of the many benches in the zoo representing animals that live there. These are ‘Alalās, the endemic Hawaiian Crow. There are no longer any ‘Alalās in the wild and just over a hundred in captivity. The building behind this bench is one of the few places where these birds are bred, with a view to reintroducing them in the wild. So far, attempts to do this have failed, for a variety of reasons including disease and predation. One of the current projects is a release on Maui where Ios, Hawaiian hawks, a major predator of ‘Alalās, are no longer found.

The Numbers Game #123

This Gold Dust Day Gecko was exploring a Pink Ginger moments before it was chased away by a Coqui Frog resting in the flower. Can you spot it?

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 245. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A kayak fisherman in Hawaii
A kayak fisherman paddles by.
Boats on blue water in Hawaii
A couple of boats ply the waters off the South Kohala coast.
A small Blue helicopter waits on a helipad at Hapuna, Hawaii
A blue helicopter at rest.
A gulch at Kalopa State Park.
Hiking down the Hilina Pali Trail at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Tzatziki, the white tiger at Pana’ewa Zoo and Gardens in Hilo Hawaii
Tzatziki enjoying the shade at Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens.

The Numbers Game #117

A Whitemouth Moray Eel.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 239. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

The L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant in Kapaau at night
L&L Barbecue in Kapaau.
White Bengal tiger, Tzatziki, rests in the shade
Tzatziki resting at Pana’ewa Zoo in Hilo.
Wild Turkeys.
A bee in a cannonball tree flower in Hawaii
A bee in a Cannonball Tree flower.
Shadows on a beach in Hawaii
Shadows on the beach.
A View of Hualali from a bench on Pu'u Wa'awa'a, Hawaii
A bench on Pu’u Wa’awa’a with a view of Hualali.

The Numbers Game #111

A praying mantis showing the patterns on its wings
A Praying Mantis with wings unfurled.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 233. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A school of fish dart through white water
Fish surfing.
Surf breaks at Mahukona in North Kohala.
High surf at Mahukona.
“Or we’ll put you in there to explain why you were doing that!’
A Phalaenopsis corno-cervi orchid.
A close up of taillight of a Honda Metropolitanscooter
The tail light of a Honda Metropolitan scooter.
A Green Turtle at the beach.

Hot cat, no tin roof

Sriracha the tiger at Pana'ewa Zoo & Gardens in Hilo, Hawaii
Sriracha the tiger at Pana'ewa Zoo & Gardens in Hilo, Hawaii

Sriracha is one of two tigers at Hilo’s Pana’ewa Zoo & Gardens. It was a very hot day and both tigers were sheltering in the shade of a large stand of bamboo. Luckily, after a while, Sriracha ventured out of the shadows to check out us humans. She didn’t stay long. It was too hot for that.

Posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

Animals

Casper the dog, rests at a bakery in Hawaii
Casper is the greeter at a local bakery.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘World Animal Day.’ See more responses here.

Goats on a trail in Hawaii
A contented goat at Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park.
A wild pig with a mango in Hawaii
A wild pig with a mango.
A gold dust day gecko in Hawaii
A watchful Gold Dust Day Gecko.
Three cats resting in Hawaii
Resting cats.
Sriracha the Bengal tiger at Panaewa Zoo, Hilo, Hawaii
Another resting cat, this one at Pana’ewa Zoo & Gardens.
Two horses on the Big Island, Hawaii
A pair of horses wary of paparazzi.

Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo benches

This week’s Friendly Friday challenge theme is ‘Unique.’ See more responses here.

I’ve posted photos of the benches at Pana’ewa Rainforest Zoo before (here and here), but realized I had some others available, so here they are. I don’t know whether they’re unique or not, but I’ve never seen anything like them elsewhere.

Top photo is the Namaste bench, Namaste being a white Bengal tiger, the zoo’s star attraction, who died in 2014. The middle photo shows a couple of birds, though I hesitate to say what kind! The bottom photo represents the zoo’s ring-tailed lemurs.

The zoo is currently closed, in part because of the Covid virus, but also for construction required to make the zoo compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act. It’s scheduled to reopen in early 2021. For more information about Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, go to hilozoo.org.

Signs: Don’t tease the tiger

This sign can be seen at Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens in Hilo, and that’s Sriracha pacing behind the fence. I post this because I really want one of those signs. It would be great, give local kids something to think about, maybe even cause the neighbor’s dogs to think twice before pooping in the yard.

The only thing that could improve this sign is to add, ‘or we’ll throw you over the fence.’

For more information about Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens, go to hilozoo.org.