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On this beautiful
spring day, we took a break from our normal school schedule, met up
with some friends from our LDS Homeschool group, and went to the Ft.
Chiswell Safari Park. We spent the first little while in the petting
zoo where the goats were very friendly and seemed to think they were
human. |
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Then it was time
to load up on the Safari bus. The bus took us on a tour of 45 acres to
see animals from 6 different continents. |
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One of the first
things that happened is that an ostrich reached it's head right into the
bus and stole Amber's cup of food, then while I was trying to help her
get more food, another bold ostrich reached it's head in on the other
side of the bus and dumped Jared's food all over his lap. We learned
pretty quickly to guard the food as the animals were not at all shy. |
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Krystal is looking on with trepidation, not sure what this ride will bring, but glad to be with her friends. |
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Amber and Liam
are happy to watch the animals from afar, but are a little more cautious
when the animals stick their heads in the bus windows. |
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I had to help
feed the animals or the kids would have lost all their food, but they
enjoyed seeing the animals, like this water buffalo, come right up to
the bus. |
The ostriches were very bold and obnoxious. They tried to take
everyone's food and with those long necks, you really had to watch them.
Cody the American Bison was rather large, but very gentle. He would
just hold his mouth open and wait for you to pour the food in. Amber
still seems a little nervous about him being that close though.
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Then came the
camel. He was not at all shy and really had the whole bus in an uproar
of either crying or laughter. He was very big and very friendly. Most
of the kids enjoyed petting the camel and trying to avoid being
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Clarissa and Cailin were two of the ones in fits of laughter over how
close the camel kept getting to them. By the end, everyone was really
having and good time and realized that the animals were just fun.
There were some more calm animals to see as well, like the turtles and the zebra.
Once we were done with the bus ride, we spent some more time at the petting zoo.
These are mama wallabies with joeys in their pouches, but unfortunately
they wouldn't show them off. Jared enjoyed feeding peanuts to the
monkey and the monkey enjoyed trying to catch them.
Clarissa's favorite animals were the pigs. She saved some of her food
from the bus to feed the baby pigs, but the mommies wouldn't let the
babies get any of the food. We all had a great time with friends and
animals alike and enjoyed being out in the beautiful weather.
What a fun trip!
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