If you scratch a Galapagos tortoise on the chin it will extend its neck and legs and often close its eyes, a set of responses called "finching" because it allows finches to land and pick off ticks that might be hidden inside skin folds. #galapagos #tortoise #finches #finching #philadelphia #zoo #birds #parasites #ticks #biology #reptiles

If you scratch a Galapagos tortoise on the chin it will extend its neck and legs and often close its eyes, a set of responses called "finching" because it allows finches to land and pick off ticks that might be hidden inside skin folds. #galapagos #tortoise #finches #finching #philadelphia #zoo #birds #parasites #ticks #biology #reptiles

Exactly 2 years ago, I went to the Zoo with my mother.
No, she is not in the pictures. Neither am I. 😉

#zoo #animals #photography #featuredphotos #camel #rhino (edit: checked…it is a rhino…😇) #fish #flamingo

@𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗼𝗼
Happy 6th Birthday to Audra & Lenore the red panda sisters. Red pandas aren't actually related to giant pandas! These adorable tree-dwellers are in a class of their own — literally. They're the only species in their family, Ailuridae. https://t.co/jheSg2y8z9
∙ 𝙹𝚞𝚕 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟿:𝟶𝟶𝙰𝙼 ∙

#zoo #animals#CincinnatiZoo

@𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗭𝗼𝗼
Happy 6th Birthday to Audra & Lenore the red panda sisters. Red pandas aren't actually related to giant pandas! These adorable tree-dwellers are in a class of their own — literally. They're the only species in their family, Ailuridae. https://t.co/jheSg2y8z9
∙ 𝙹𝚞𝚕 𝟻, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟻 𝟿:𝟶𝟶𝙰𝙼 ∙

#zoo #animals#CincinnatiZoo