Saturday, August 1, 2009

Pretty Kitties




15 minutes from my house is the Lion Park. Creative name, no? A petting area where you can play with cubs for a few minutes (much cooler then the Tiger Temple in Thailand where you could pet the tiger, which was chained down…) although, inevitably, one took a little bite of my thigh and a swipe at the mug. Cute little guy. Lion enclosures where you drive through and around these incredible creatures. A cheetah area, giraffes roaming free, and according to the shadiest employee there, possibly even a hidden leopard: (looks around maliciously, sneers and asks) ‘Do you want to see the Le part?’ No. No I don’t.


Ellie the friendliest Giraffe in the world


Warning: Animals eat other animals…


and they really don’t waste a scrap.




I struggled to muster the right mix of eloquence and panache to truly describe the majesty of watching lions devour their meals, from only a few feet away. I thought some video and commentary would best do it justice.

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