Newborn Mandrill
Unnamed 2-week old Mandrill reaching for the stem of a bunch of grapes
On December 14, 2009, the Jacksonville Zoo was greeted by the birth of a baby Mandrill, the second female born there in almost three years (although this one has a different father from her older sister). The zoo now has four Mandrills. Deanna, the adult female and mother to the other two, Mandisa (sometimes called ‘Gucci’…I don’t know which name is stage and which is in-house), a 2-year old female, and Gunnite (called Gunner by his trainers), the recently arrived 19-year old male and father to the newest addition.
The baby Mandrill is unnamed because the zoo is waiting for one of their benefactors (who paid for the rights to pick the name) to tell them what he/she has decided. Until then, the caretakers will be using an in-house name that I’m not allowed to tell you. 
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I'm an engineer by trade, and a photographer by hobby. In the fall of 2007, I bought my first digital SLR, a Nikon D40x, and haven't looked back yet. The majority of my photographic expeditions involve abandoned structures in Western Pennsylvania, but I'm never without my camera while on the road or at a Pirates game, and I have been known to take the occasional photo of a plant.