Ring-Tailed Lemur in Museum of Life and Science

On 1st September 2008, we spent a few hours in the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina. They have a few Ring-Tailed Lemur in the museum. They are vegetarian by nature eating mostly fruit, leaves, and flowers. Their life span is about 20 years.

They were far away from us and they were only 1.5 feet long. Fortunately, we had our 70-300mm zoom lens with us and we were able to see their funny faces clearly.

Butterfly in Museum of Life and Science

How often do you get a butterfly flying over and resting on your shoulder? Not very often, we would think. However, if you go to the Carolina Butterfly Pavilion in the Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina, the chance of having a butterfly resting on your shoulder would increase tremendously. That was exactly what we did on 1st September 2008 when Sue invited us to visit the museum.

This photo was taken was taken when a butterfly was staying on Sue's shoulder. The butterfly seemed to be quite relaxing but Sue was a kind of nervous about it. In fact, she was excited since she did not want to scarce the butterfly away. So, she moved very slowly, gently, and quietly. That butterfly stayed there for a good 5 minutes and that was enough to take a few good shots.