Friday, May 29, 2009

Safari Park!!!

Okay, I know it was a while back that I said I would put pictures up from the Sarafi Park. Well, here they are. This was one of the most fun things we have ever done. It was definitely worth going to see!







Below is a picture of one of the most popular exhibits. She almost stole the show from the animals. We considered asking the Safari Park how much they would give us to put her on display.


Below, Sierra is with one of the animal exhibits. DOGS! Only in China would you see dogs in the zoo.



Hehehehe......everyone in China was amazed by Sierra's hair. Everyone including the animals.


See this cute little guy? It is called a Red Panda or Lesser Panda. It didn't look like a panda at all. It looked more like a red raccoon. We were able to pet and feed the Red Pandas. They were so cute!





This is a Lemur. They were not as sociable as the red pandas but we were able to pet and feed them as well.

That is an elephant walking down the street. For 100 yuan (about $12.70 USD), you could have an elephant ride. It looked like lots of fun, but we didn't feel like spending that much at the time.


But, we did feed the elephants. I thought he would take the carrot off of the stick with his trunk, but as soon as he saw it he opened his mouth up wide.


It is somewhat hard to see with the lighting, but Sierra and I are sitting next to a monkey. She has her hand on it's head.



TIGERS!!!!

Okay this was the most fun of all! There was a tiger pen. See that cage in front of the tiger? The tiger was not in that cage---we were! They had a little truck with a cage on the back. We got in the cage and the truck drove into the tiger pen. There were dead chickens tied to the sides of the truck. The tigers came up and ate the chickens off of it. We were about 2 feet away from these tigers and we even got to reach out and touch their paws. Below are some video clips from in the tiger pen.

















3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It is sad, to see this wildife taken from their homes and put here. :(

Shannon Wallace said...

Wonderful pics!!! Thanks for sharing your adventures!

Anonymous said...

I think you have some amazing photos, too. The animals are beautiful. We learned about red pandas years ago - they had one in the small but nice Good Zoo in Wheeling, WV. Barbara