At the top of the path behind the waterfall in the "Aztec" themed section. (Aside from wanting a place to put jaguars and parrots, no, I don't get why the zoo wanted an Aztec temple ruin, simulated, one of, either, but it was the 70s.) No idea what they are, but they've got that not-quite-scarlet squishy-red "some bird has evolved to be a very specific mutualist for these, mind the nasty, nasty alkaloids" look to them. (At which point an astute reader will tell me they're obviously on a feral lingonberry bush and quite tasty.)One of many shots where I notice the spider web only when processing the picture; missed it completely at the time.
has that shrub honeysuckle look to it with those sometimes-fused berries.
ReplyDeleteand yeah, i wouldn't eat them. if they are lonicera, they're mildly toxic.
-piranha
I tend to assume that anything only one or two species of bird shows any interest in whatsoever is ... inappropriate for human consumption. :)
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