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FOTO FRIDAY Winner of the Week! Kudu Ooze

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This male greater Kudu has his horns in a twist. What the heck?

Welcome to the Houston Zoo’s FOTO FRIDAY Caption Challenge results post from Friday, February 25!

We have the best Zoo/Facebook fans ever. You all had us in stitches! Last Friday, we posted a photo on Facebook and asked you to leave your best shot at a caption in the comment section. Then readers could “like” each caption comment to vote for their favorite captions. Their votes, combined with those of our own panel, determined the caption to appear under the picture right here on the Official Houston Zoo Blog this week. We hope you’ll come back for the fun EVERY FRIDAY.

YOUR VOTES HELP DETERMINE THE WINNERS!

Here is the picture that was posted on Facebook last Friday, with the winning caption by Brad Orr.  (insert crowd roar)

I'VE AUDITIONED FOR NARNIA THREE TIMES! WHY CAN'T I GET THE PART?

 There was a tie for runners up: 

Kathy Breard Pratt:  Are you sure this mud treatment will take years off my face?

Mike Finch:  It’s camo! You can’t really see me and the lions will stay away too!

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There were two Lady Gaga references we really liked,

And these two just made us laugh:

Donna Lybarger: I didn’t make fun of your hair, which you did on purpose, don’t make fun of my antlers.

Katherine Anne Williams:  My new hat for the Royal Wedding in April. Do you think the Queen will like it?

Thanks to everyone for participating

and

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!  

DID YOU KNOW:

Greater kudu are considered to be the tallest antelope species, reaching heights of between 40 and 60 inches at the shoulders! 

To learn all about Greater kudu, like this one, visit their page on our website http://www.houstonzoo.org/africanforest/kudu/

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Check out our Facebook page to see the rest of the entries. We hope this brought a smile to your face. And stay tuned for next Friday’s photo!Tell your friends, share this on Facebook, Twitter or your own blogs, and start your office pools to see who can come up with the best lines. (To show the picture and link on your social media, just click the little icons under the title SHARE THIS on the lower left of this post).To find us on Facebook, type in Houston Zoo Inc. in the search field or go to http://www.facebook.com/houstonzoo and become a fan.

 

FOTO FRIDAY Winner of the Week!

Posted by in Contest,Funny,Giraffes,Photo of the Day

Welcome to the Houston Zoo’s FOTO FRIDAY Caption Challenge results post from Friday, February 18!

We have the best Zoo/Facebook fans ever. You all had us in stitches! Last Friday, we posted a photo on Facebook and asked you to leave your best shot at a caption in the comment section. Then readers could “like” each caption comment to vote for their favorite captions. Their votes, combined with those of our own panel, determined the caption to appear under the picture right here on the Official Houston Zoo Blog this week. We hope you’ll come back for the fun EVERY FRIDAY.

DON’T FORGET, YOUR VOTES HELP DETERMINE THE WINNERS.

Here is the picture that was posted on Facebook last Friday, with the sweet winning caption by Christina Long (drumroll please).

I WAS GOING TO STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES, BUT I FOUND YOU FIRST!

 

And the first Runner Up is Frances Zollinger:

All right, Mr. De Mille, I’m ready for my closeup.

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Once again we had an enormous showing of creative and humorous captions.  Here’s just a sample:

*Sheila Livingston:  I beg your pardon but would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?

*Christine Forisha:  Sorry! From up here you looked like a dandelion!

*Katie Broussard:  Do you think I need to trim my nose hairs?

* Stephanie Hiller:  Does this angle make my nose look big?? and *Rachel Lundy:  HEY! Does my nose look BIG or is it just ME?

*Dina Smith Ferreri:  Can you tell me if I have a “Bat in the Cave?”

And it even inspired a poem by Rachael McClanahan and what could easily be a little song Elise Mangin… check back on our Facebook post to read them all.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!   

Check out our Facebook page to see the rest of the entries. We hope this brought a smile to your face. And stay tuned for next Friday’s photo!

Tell your friends, share this on Facebook, Twitter or your own blogs, and start your office pools to see who can come up with the best lines. (To show the picture and link on your social media, just click the little icons under the title SHARE THIS on the lower left of this post).

To find us on Facebook, type in Houston Zoo Inc. in the search field or go to http://www.facebook.com/houstonzoo and become a fan.

FOTO FRIDAY Caption Challenge Winner of the Week!

Posted by in Bears,Contest,Funny,Photo of the Day

Welcome to the Houston Zoo’s FOTO FRIDAY Caption Challenge results post from Friday, February 11!

Last Friday, we posted a photo on Facebook and asked you to leave your best shot at a caption in the comment section. Then readers could “like” each caption comment to vote for their favorite captions. Their votes, combined with those of our own panel, determined the caption to appear under the picture right here on the Official Houston Zoo Blog this week.

Without further ado, here is the picture  that was posted on Facebook last Friday, with the winning caption by Caitlyn Craft. This one is appropriately holiday themed…

WITH VALENTINES DAY SOON APPROACHING, ANIMALS ALL ACROSS THE HOUSTON ZOO ARE UPDATING THEIR eHabitat PROFILES. HERE WE HAVE THE LATEST PHOTO UPDATE FROM A SPECTACLED BEAR WHO IS HOPING TO MAKE A CONNECTION BEFORE THE BIG DAY!

Once again we had an enormous showing of creative and humorous captions. It’s very hard to pick from them but here are a few honorable mentions:

* Greg Davis: Alright, who turned up the gravity?

* In keeping with the gravity theme, David Frels got poetic:

The problem is I keep falling down.
I’m seem to be attracted to the ground.
I wonder if the people I meet
will notice the fact that I’m not on my feet.

* A very punny one from Wil Albright: OMG…….I’m Naked!!! How EmBEARrassing……

* And all the way from upstate New York, Joyce Nicodemus said: I’m not letting Goldilocks out until she makes more porridge!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

Check out our Facebook page to see the rest of the entries.  We hope this brought a smile to your face. And stay tuned for next Friday’s photo!

Tell your friends, share this on Facebook, Twitter or your own blogs, and start your office pools to see who can come up with the best lines. (To show the picture and link on your social media, just click the little icons under the title SHARE THIS on the lower left of this post).

To find us on Facebook, type in Houston Zoo Inc. in the search field or go to http://www.facebook.com/houstonzoo and become a fan.

Introducing the Foto Friday Caption Challenge

Posted by in Contest,Mammals,Photo of the Day

Just because the holidays are over, it doesn’t mean the next few months of winter has to be dreary. Today the Houston Zoo begins the weekend with a little fun — a creative caption challenge.

We will post a photo each Friday on Facebook and ask you to leave your best shot at a caption in the comment section below. It can be funny, clever, throught-provoking, witty, or something you imagine the animal is saying.

What’s the point? It’s FUN.  And it’s Friday!  

Tell your friends, share this on Facebook, Twitter or your own blogs, and start your office pools to see who can come up with the best lines. The winner will have their caption posted with the picture on this, the official Houston Zoo blog, on Tuesdays.

You can leave captions or vote for favorites. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO BOTH!

VOTING:
Vote for any captions you like by simply “Like”-ing  each individual comment right there under the post. Comments and votes can come in until noon Monday — your votes, along with our esteemed panel here at the Zoo — will determine the winning caption, which will appear with the picture right here on the following Tuesday morning!

Let’s get this party started! If you want to find us on Facebook, type in Houston Zoo in the search field or go to http://www.facebook.com/houstonzoo and become a fan.

Here’s a sample of what’s to come:

Imagine Your Caption Here

Photo of the Day: May 11

Posted by in Mammals,Natural Encounters,Photo of the Day,Red Panda

Toby the Red Panda

Toby

Photo of the Day: May 10

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Texas Brown Tarantula

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Photo of the Day: May 9

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Forest the Slow Loris

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Photo of the Day: May 8

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Skunk Anemone Fish

Skunk Anemone Fish

Photo of the Day: May 7

Posted by in Marine Mammals,Photo of the Day,Sea Lions

Astro the California Sea Lion

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Photo of the Day: May 6

Posted by in Marine Mammals,Photo of the Day,Sea Lions,Training

Sea Lion Training with Astro

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