February 20th is President's Day in the United States and a public holiday for the weary. Sarah took me to West Palm Beach to experience a true American drive-thru zoo.It was exciting enough getting out of Miami, and the Safari Lite we embarked upon was well worth the money and the ride North. The 350 acre+ park is divided into different sections, each serving as the 'hood for animals of different famous national parks from all over the world. This included, the Kalahari, as well as parks in India, Zimbabwe (The animals got outta there in time.), Kenya etc.
Halfway through our Corolla's aircon died on us and we had a taste of the animals' experience of Florida's humidity, with our windows rolled up!
Some beautiful specimens of rhino's, zebra, gazelle, Kudu, gemsbok, waterbuffalo etc. were strutting their stuff. There was some great photo opportunities and I included a few pics.
Unfortunately the lions went on their smoke break just as we arrived at their camp and only a lone sentry was there to entertain us. The sentry of course was a lioness for the males don't work. The lion king and his buddies sleep an average of 20 hours a day. This leaves only 4 hours/day to mark their territory, mate and eat. An awesome life and mindset in my opinion, although Sarah had serious issues accepting these males' attitudes towards their women.Pic (above): Looking at these Waterbucks' expressions, they didn't try and hide their irritation at being inconvenienced when I asked them to pose for this group photo. Quite unprofessional behaviour, I'd say.
In the tourist recreation area, there was an elevated gazebo where you could feed the giraffe's. A few less exposed characters tried to attract these grceful animals by calling them like you'd call a dog. Obviously the giraffe in question did not respond and his "facial" expression was classic. "You talking to me? You must be joking lady!"
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