The guardian has waited for time immemorial, watching for intruders, challenging all pilgrims, verifying that they have the knowledge and moral character to be worthy of the passage.

Alas, all knowledge of the temple has been lost and the guardian has had no visitors for over a century.

This is why it’s always wise to put a term limit on contracts before you sign them.

Bill extender technology is not yet very advanced.

The road leads every onwards, but sometimes turns unexpectedly.

“Woof!”

(He’s been taking foreign language classes.”

Self-cannibalistic geese seldom live long in the wild.

“Igotacricket! Igotacricket! Igotacricket!”

“All for one, and one for all”

Dandelion cosplay.

This guy was relatively new to the zoo and was hiding a lot. To get this shot, I had to wait for an hour, give up, leave, then sneak back in when he thought I’d gone and get this shot in the thirty seconds before he realized I was back.

The wacky toy lenses are hard to use, but sometimes they work pretty well.

Remember that fancy lens I got before I went to Peru?

Well, it can snap an Eagle’s tongue from 100 paces.

Granted, that’s not a feature I anticipate needing all that often … but it’s pretty cool.

The bald eagle is not bald. It has white feathers that fall as little decorative bits over their brown feathers on their necks. These little decorative bits are often called “lappets”.

The lappet-faced vulture is, of course, completely bald.

The one in the middle is not a green kangaroo, but she does have a cricket.

Sometimes you frame photos, sometimes they frame themselves.

You don’t need a bell, book, and candle to tell when a bird is possessed.