Sunday, November 25, 2007
The Lion Park - Part 3 - Up Close and Personal
Because it's a reserve game park that looks after endangered or discarded animals (some are left behind by circuses for example), there is an opportunity to get up close and personal to a couple of the animals. The Giraffe is one example. There are volunteers that sell bags of food for a giraffe.
Here is a picture of my sister Jaclyn feeding the giraffe as Sahara looks on and on the right, I am feeding him as well. (Click to enlarge pics)
The last thing we did before leaving was to visit the petting area. They have a few cubs in an area where people can go in and interact with them. There were these French people who just wouldn't leave so I ended up getting near one of the cubs that really had had enough for the day, he was kind of grouchy. He was playing with a little wooden log block. I was sort of putting it back up there when he would knock it off. At some point, something caught his eye...and...he BIT MY SHOULDER!!! It only hurt a little bit--more surprising than anything--but it did leave a couple of welts. I was pretty glad Jackie took Sahara back out after a few seconds.
Here is a picture of my sister Jaclyn feeding the giraffe as Sahara looks on and on the right, I am feeding him as well. (Click to enlarge pics)
The last thing we did before leaving was to visit the petting area. They have a few cubs in an area where people can go in and interact with them. There were these French people who just wouldn't leave so I ended up getting near one of the cubs that really had had enough for the day, he was kind of grouchy. He was playing with a little wooden log block. I was sort of putting it back up there when he would knock it off. At some point, something caught his eye...and...he BIT MY SHOULDER!!! It only hurt a little bit--more surprising than anything--but it did leave a couple of welts. I was pretty glad Jackie took Sahara back out after a few seconds.
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