Click to enlarge. Lake overlooking Great Adventure in Jackson.
Mat and string by Lorie Davison. Worn photo overlay by Vera Lim.
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String and mat by Lorie Davison
Mat and photocorner by Lorie Davison
On this particular day, the zebras were all out. Some of them had babies, which were brownish in color. We saw one feeding, which invariably brought up the topic of mammals/mammary glands and the old question, "When we were babies, did we drink milk from your breast, too?"
These Ostriches are a trip. The minute that they see an inspection sticker on the windshield, they start pecking away at it. My only consolation is that while this one was attacking my car, the car in front of me had 3 of them. :)
North American Bison
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The llama (Lama glama) is a
South American camelid, widely used as a
pack animal by the
Incas and other natives of the
Andes mountains. In South America llamas are still used as beasts of burden, as well as for the production of fiber and meat.
The height of a full-grown, full-size llama is between 5.5 feet (1.6
meters) to 6 feet (1.8 m) tall at the top of the head. They can weigh between approximately 280
pounds (127 kilograms) and 450 pounds (204 kilograms). At birth, a baby llama (called a cria) can weigh between 20 pounds (9 kilograms) to 30 pounds (14 kilograms). Llamas are very social animals and like to live with other llamas as a
herd. Overall, the fiber produced by a llama is very soft and is naturally
lanolin free. Llamas are intelligent and can learn simple tasks after a few repetitions. When using a pack, llamas can carry about 25%–30% of their body weight for several miles.
The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the five species of
rhinoceros that still exist and is one of the few
megafauna species left. Behind only the
Elephant, it is probably the most massive remaining land animal in the world. It is well known for its wide mouth used for grazing and for being the most social of all rhino species. The White Rhino is the most common of all rhinos and consists of two
subspecies, with the northern subspecies being rarer than the southern. The northern subspecies may have as few as 13 remaining world-wide - 9 captive and 4 wild - although the wild population has not been seen since 2006 and may have disappeared entirely
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The Moluccan Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis also known as Salmon-crested Cockatoo is a
cockatoo endemic to south
Moluccas in eastern
Indonesia. At 50 cm, it is the largest of the white
cockatoos. The female is larger than the males on average. It has white-pink feathers with a definite peachy glow, a slight yellow on the underwing and underside of the tail feathers and a large retractable recumbent
crest which it raises when threatened, revealing hitherto concealed bright red-orange plumes to frighten potential attackers (may also be raised in excitement, or other 'emotional' displays). It also has one of the louder calls in the parrot world and in captivity is a capable
mimic. They live 50 to 80 years and some have been known to live up to 100 years.
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Snapshots from our latest Safari/Great Adventure Trip/Evil Ostrich - Part Deux
