Re: Komodo At Chicago's Shedd Acquarium

[Guy Leahy <xrciseguy@sbcglobal.net>]

I saw the Shedd exhibit last week as well. 
Fortunately, I visited at a time where the keepers
were conducting a photo shoot of the Komodo (nicknamed
"Faust").  Faust was walking around the enclosure
during the camera work; very impressive.  At one
point, one of the keepers reached down and petted
Faust on the head as if he was a big scaly dog... :-)

Guy Leahy

--- "Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:

> 
> Was there to see the Tut exhibit and made a quick
> visit to Shedd. Greatly
> surprised and pleased by this. Managed to get a
> picture (available on
> request) of it (I held by fingers over the flash to
> minimize flash 
> effects). Not much of a picture tho, it looks
> bored/sleeping but
> there were interesting tracks in the enclosure.
> Wonder what feeding time
> is like...
> 
> The entrance to Shedd was through a LARGE inflated
> lizard construct. You
> go in through the mouth and come out... you come
> out.
>