Yesterday being fine, Mr C dragged me out for a walk through the Lincoln Park Zoo. It’s amazing to have a free zoo nearby. Sometimes I walk through in the morning and am the only one to hear the lions roaring.
Yesterday the sea-lion was particularly thrilling to see. What pity I felt was overwhelmed by my awe of its marvelous shape, its enormous eyes, its grace while swimming. Is it wrong, to render captive this creature which brings such joy?
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- A mound among mounds
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- The Kovler Sea Lion Pool
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- Similarity
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- Those eyes
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- Sea lion swimming
Harley says
Once in a while I get to that zoo, and on a good day, have actually seen the sea lions playing.
Celia says
It would be fun to see them playing together. I saw two seals the other day, but not together.
Celia says
An additional note on the sea-lion exhibit: it’s one of the zoo’s oldest features, having first opened in 1879! It was rehabbed and improved a couple of years ago and is now known as the Kovler Sea Lion Pool.