Sijun Forums :: View topic - Sijun Geographic: The Netherlands #3

gLitterbug · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:23 pm

Hi, back again from another Phototour, this time I visited my relatives in Apeldoorn�s Ape-Zoo "Apenheul". Enjoy!

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gLitterbug · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:26 pm

This are my favorite fellas, called Kattas:

gLitterbug · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 1:27 pm

These things look like guinea-pigs, but the size of a swine! They look like they had a bad day too

These ones might look very cute, but they are running around in huge packs and steal, shit and piss on people.
One jumped on my camera while I took a movie and then sat on my hand, when I put him back on the ground he grabbed my finger and bit in it, he didn�t want to let go really, but did after a bit of pushing him. I wouldn�t have thought they have that strong teeth, but my finger felt like I had it in a door that got slammed shut, for quite a while.

Piss and Bite proof here:

I hope you like them, even though the weather was pretty bad for shooting photos, some turned out good I think. It was alot of fun at that Zoo, in Summer it surely is even more! So go and visit it

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

DEAR HOLY GOATS THE GIANT GUINNEA PIG THINGS ARE SO FUCKING CUTE I WANT ONE DADDY CAN I HAVE ONE I WANNA TAKE IT HOME!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Andromeda · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 5:53 pm

the guinnea pig things look ... weird
arent they the worlds biggest rodents ?
I dont know rodents, but I think they are the world's biggest rodents .. i wonder if theres anyone in sijun whos rodent-crazy enough to confirm my suspision. I can think of two =].

I prefer the KATTAs theyre so cute !!! Lookie them just sitting there .. hehehhe
Glitterbug, are Kattas monkeys ?

elam · Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2002 8:56 pm

What the hell is that thing with the orange face?!
That is the coolest looking animal.

gLitterbug · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 4:20 am

@Giant Hamster - maybe I can try to steal one, altough it will probably eat me then :P

@Andromeda - those guinnea pig thingies are called Capibara�s and afaik they are the worlds largest rodents.

Katta�s are half-apes, thats why I like them more, they don�t have that "human-like" face, but more of dog-snout and stuff. Also their eyes are sooo cool.

@elam - sorry can�t remember the name and I don�t have my 4000 animals book here. I�ll tell you when I find out

Dr. Bang · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:06 am

Sweet pic dude! Guess what, i've just been here 2 weeks ago during a school fieldtrip. Amazing isnt it!?

Cool pic and all, but you've missed the red monkey. That monkey i think is the best ever, it let you pet them and doesnt move much just like a fat cat!!

WHERE ARE THE BABES?1

gLitterbug · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:16 am

Bang, you mean Orang-Utans? Those huge apes with the long arms and stuff?

And WHY didn�t you tell me about that school fieldtrip before, I might have met up with you!!

Dr. Bang · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:44 am

NO N O, the small one that look like a fox! Its red and it let you pet them, they dont bite you. I put my finger infront of its mouse and it licked my finger, it was quite a senxual experience!

It was two weeks ago, and i thought you live in Canada!

edraket · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:09 am

These are some neat pictures!
The one with the orange face is just too cool. He looks like he is hiding under this big wig.
hehe

Why are you in holland anyways? It's not exactly the vacation season... And it's not like it's the coolest of places you know...

Dr. Bang · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:11 am

Cuz i think thats is the only Holland's natural forrest park left or sometihng, so they take big pride in it......i'm not sure, just my prediction.

Gort · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 9:25 am

Whoa Captain - those are some nice images; may I ask again what kind of camera you're using?

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

so, what's riesenmeersau mean in english?

Giant Hamster · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 1782

Nevermind, I figured it out on my own by not being stupid, heh. Sau = Pig, Meer(or Mier) = Lake...So. Lake pig. not sure what the first part is though.

But, I searched around for that, and found this word: Capybara.

Did a search for that and got These, wheeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Click to look at massive amounts of ultra cute Capybara pictues!!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, again!!!!

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elam · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:00 pm

i so want a monkey now.

this makes me want to go to the zoo.
I'm gonna bag my moms digital camera and hit the detroit zoo this weekend and post some shots.

this should become a thread.

anyone know what that orange faced animal is?

Rat · Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2002 8:35 pm

I LOVE those guys with the striped tails...they look like coati. THEY'RE SOOO CUUUUTE!

So're the others, but I like the stripey ones best.

gLitterbug · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 5:47 am

@edraket - I�m here in Holland, because an online friend of mine (King of Url), allowed me to stay in his house here for a while and I wanted to meet him and I wanted to see the Netherlands for quite a while.
I couldn�t go sooner caus I would�ve had no place to stay then. About the coolest-place thing: I think every place has something worth visiting it and the Netherlands are pretty nice imo. I�m not searching for the thrill here, just for a nice time. Never been to a foreign country before, so I took the chance and drove here, since Austria isn�t THAT far away (my place to here about 1100km).

@Tom Carter - Thank you. It�s a Fuji S602z(see for info on [url=http://www.dpreview.com),]www.dpreview.com),[/url] bought it not too long ago, still not really a pro using it, but it�s a great cam that makes those nice pictures nearly automagically

@Giant Hamster - little Sherlock Holmes ey?

"Riesen" means giant, you got Meer and Sau right, altough "Sau" is a female pig(male one is called "Eber" and pig in general is "Schwein") and the word is used as an insult quite often here.
If you combine those words to "Riesenmeersau" it means giant guinnea pig, as guinnea pig in german is "Meerschwein"! This concludes the little german lesson for today! ;P

@elam - YES DO it! We NEED more sijun geographic threads here. I�ll go to the famous "Tiergarten Sch�nbrunn" in Vienna, when I�m back home as soon as the weather is nice for it(could take ages though I�m affraid :\)

gLitterbug · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:26 am

Uploaded some more pictures:

gLitterbug · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:30 am

And some more Katta�s:

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Gort · Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2002 11:50 am

Amazing - I have extensive experience with emulsion based photography, and your digital shots rival the shiznit out of some of the best emulsion I've seen. I gotta get me one of those.