Dale,
Nice shot. I love how expressive the gorillas (and orangutans) are. Isn't that a great exhibit? I'm a recently retired manager for Los Angeles' Engineering Department and some of my staff managed the planning, design and construction of it. We did 4 or 5 new exhibits there in the past 5 or 6 years, but the Gorilla exhibit is my favorite.
Brad
Thank you for the work on that exhibit. Zoos are often a target of criticism for certain exhibits (ahem), but given the quality of this one, and those poor gorillas' decreasing chances in the wild, this is not only a good opportunity for people to see them fairly close up, but a good opportunity for us to keep a few of them healthy until the day we can offer them a proper home in the wild, if that ever happens. Your team really aced this one, since after watching them for 45 minutes or so, all I could think was how well balanced it was. A real bonus was the different viewing positions, which I assume was really helped by the central location.