Taming of the Giraffes
In my opinion, the reason the San Diego Zoo is "World Famous" is because of the Wild Animal Park. For those who don't know, it's an incredibly cool park with a massive valley area where many animals roam together "free-ish" (unlike most zoos with their small, separate enclosures). One of the opportunities available to visitors is a photo safari, which I highly recommend. Where else in San Diego can you get up close and feed a pack of hungry giraffes? (who I discovered really are quite nosey & pushy things after all!)
posted by at Thursday, April 12, 2007
8 Comments:
this is so funny - you certainly got close up and personal. Still, I imagine it was safe enough - the worst they could do would be to give you a nasty slurp!
What state is your lens in after that encounter?
Angela
The Giraffes are very dangerous when they kick you with their longs legs.
"I'm ready for my close-up!"
Nice photo. I've always wanted to do one of the special tours at either the Wild Animal Park or the Zoo. Did you also get to feed them?
If it's safe it's great. By the way this photo is stunning !!!!
Thanks, everyone. :) Yep, we were actually feeding them when this photo was taken (acacia leaves, if I remember correctly). They came up to the truck to get the treats. It's safe, but you aren't allowed to touch the giraffes on the head because of the risk that they'll use their heads as battering rams and smack you about. We got to feed both giraffes and rhinos on the trip (rhinos got apple slices).
haha that was funny about the pushy giraffes - the PBS channel has a special on giraffes - amazing how large they are - quite beautiful animals
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