On the Loose in the Zoo

At the city zoo in Buenos Aires, there were certain animals who just seemed to have the run of the place. This included some odd ducks with red bumps on their face, and some Maras, aka Patagonian Hares.

Here's a photo from the zoo featuring both, from Evan Schaeffer's website:



Schaeffer describes the maras as "scary rabbit things". I didn't find them at all frightening, but he went to the zoo with a child, and I did notice that a lot of children found them scary.

Frankly, I thought some of the red-bump ducks were scarier looking. Here's another pic from the zoo that someone else took. Apparently this is a "Muscovy Duck":





Despite its name, the Patagonian Hare
is not used for the Easter Bunny down there.