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Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - Pckts - 08-10-2015

I did the behind the scenes Tiger Exhibit.

We got to feed a gigantic One horned Rhino, he was absolutely massive. Its insane to see an animal as tall as me at the shoulder and the length of a SUV.
He literally looks like a living Ford Explorer, its unreal.

We got to go where the Sumatran Tigers Sleep, one female was there and all the other were out in the exhibit.

I saw both the Africa and India Safari exhibit and we stopped behind the scenes of the India Portion and Fed a Blue Bull who cam over to us.

I saw White Rhino's, Giraffe, Cape Buffalo, different types of gazelle and goat in the africa exhibit.
I saw Nigale, One horned rhino, Guar, Gazelle, Sambar in the India exhibit.

Obviously the Rhinos rule the herbivore safaris, but the most aggressive animal at the entire park was the Guar, according to my guide.
The bull Guars horns are absolutely gigantic, they are so wide and long, its crazy.
All animals are female except for a single bull of each species, it would be to aggressive and dangerous if multiple bulls were there. So they sell them to other sanctuaries and zoos to keep the breeding process alive.



I didn't get to see the Male lion, only cubs, but the male lion there is almost 500lbs according to my zoologist guide.


All in all, I had to pay a little extra for the experience but it was well worth it.
I highly recommend it at least once.

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

@Pckts , Images are not showing. Please upload it outside from your mail

Thanks

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

No,
You are linking them through your mail. It will not work that way. You need to download them and upload it here

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

See the black [i] button (3rd from the last) in the below editor (it upload images to imgur and insert here). Did you get it ?

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - Pckts - 08-10-2015

Ok here we go again

Guar

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Sumatran Tiger Weights and Ages

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Majel

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Blue Bull

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Big Boy Rhino

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I'm 6'5'' and this rhinos shoulder was as tall as my head, his head was as long as the width of a jeep cherokee and his skin looked like armor. He is the size of a large suv, you imagine this is what a dinosaur would of looked like in terms of awe inspiring power.

Gaur and Friends

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Shoe Bill

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@sanjay
Please tell me it worked?

Also, the 2nd to the last image with the Gaur and Friends, look to the left in the pool, what do you see?

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

Yes, Its now showing


I see a rhino. Amazing they all live in one enclosure

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - Pckts - 08-10-2015

(08-10-2015, 11:26 PM)sanjay Wrote: Yes, Its now showing


I see a rhino. Amazing they all live in one enclosure

Yes, the male is the one I showed, but he is getting shipped to a different enclosure as well as being a bit to feisty with the young one and the other animals in the enclosure, there are 3 females and a youngster in that pond.

It really is what I imagine a real safari would be like, just on a much, much smaller scale and without predators, its a massive amount of land for these animals to roam but still goes to show you how much they truly need.
There is just enough space for a herd of females and one male of each species, imagine how much space is needed for 100s of 1000s of these beasts?

I got to see both White and One horned rhino and I must say, they are the most powerful and compact animal I can imagine.

I saw african elephant as well, they were training, and they are just huge. I wasn't close enough to get a true grasp of their size.
Which brings me to my next point, there is no way of truly knowing how large these guys are until they are right in front of you, I was blown away even at the blue bull. He is the size of a horse, then to think that there are predators capable of taking these massive animals down, its just so cool to think about.

And I almost forgot, we watched the cheetah run,
The first let a dog do it for you to see, then the cheetah.
The cheetah is so sturdy and tall, its strides are so long and it is sooooooooooo fast. Made the dog look like it was standing still, the dog was probably a sheppard mix, the cheetah was probably 4-6''s taller at the shoulder and much larger and longer. Its a big cat, just gets lost in the fray of all the other large animals it lives with.

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

True words, and one more thing when you see these animals live than you relize their true greatness and most important we feel that these are much better than our imagination and chlidish talk (sometime on forum like this  :smile:)

RE: Trip to the San Diego Safari Park - sanjay - 08-10-2015

I think this topic should be in ' Vacations and Holidays'. So I am moving it here

Edit: Moved it