Day three of our Disney vacation started out rainy once again. The good news was that we were headed to the Animal Kingdom and the rain kept the crowd at the park way down. It was also good for being able to see lots of animals. Thankfully, it was only a little drizzle now and then, unlike the torrential downpours from the previous day.
Above is a picture of the Tree of Life. It's a little hazy because, once again, it was just a wee bit humid there in Africa....I mean Florida!
Closer to the tree, you can see that there are animals carved all over the trunk. It's pretty impressive.
After riding a couple of rides, we hopped on to a safari tour. We were able to see quite a few animals because it was a bit cooler than the previous couple of days and by that time, the rain had pretty much stopped so the animals were out and about.
I apologize in advance because the pictures are a bit blurry or off-center at times due to a new camera that I haven't completely mastered (or at all!) and we were in a moving vehicle.
A momma elephant and her baby.
The king of the jungle looking pretty peaceful on top of his rock.
A very close view of a great big warthog. They're pretty ugly.
And then there's the best shot I could get of this rather pretty animal (no idea what it's called). Sorry for the rear-view angle!
A better view of the lion through the trees.
And then there's the king of our jungle!
After the safari ride (which is about 15-20 min. long), we went on a walking tour.
Anybody like meercats? I'm pretty sure this is Timon from The Lion King, which I guess makes the warthog Pumba!
I think this is a silverback gorilla, but I'm not sure. The pictures aren't great because they were through glass, but the gorilla got right up beside the glass for a while.
And here's our resident gorilla...I mean girl!
More to come in another post!
1 comment:
The "horse with no name" is an okapi, and it's a closer relative to the giraffe than to anything else.
They have those here at the San Diego Zoo.
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