In the middle of the lovely state of Ohio, there is this really cool place called The Wilds. This is a picture of just some of the land that they have. From the 1940's to 1970's it was all strip mined for coal. After they were done they started reclamation and then donated to The Wilds. It took 10 years after the donation before the park opened in 1996.
They have all kinds of rare and endangered animals from all over the world here. They are part of an captive breeding program to increase populations of certain species and release them into the wild. They have tour busses that go around the park and drive right up by the animals.
Here are the Asian Rhino's, ain't the little one cute:)
Giraffes, if you couldn't tell. There are actually 3 kinds here, the reticulated, the Rothschild, and the Messi (Messiah, with out the -ah sound). Amazing. They told us the differences, it has to do with their spot pattern, but I can't remember which is which, although I think these are the reticulated. They told us that they will go up to the fence and not move until they get treats. When they stand in front of the gate, none of the tour busses can get through, so someone has to come out and lure them away from the gate. Smart animals!
This sign was in the carnivore enclosure. Sean and I got a big kick out of it, mainly cause it made it seem like they were more worried about the animals :) The fences are actually pretty high and seem hard to climb. I say seem, cause next thing you know, some knuckle head will try to climb them.
They have all kinds of rare and endangered animals from all over the world here. They are part of an captive breeding program to increase populations of certain species and release them into the wild. They have tour busses that go around the park and drive right up by the animals.
Here are the Asian Rhino's, ain't the little one cute:)
Giraffes, if you couldn't tell. There are actually 3 kinds here, the reticulated, the Rothschild, and the Messi (Messiah, with out the -ah sound). Amazing. They told us the differences, it has to do with their spot pattern, but I can't remember which is which, although I think these are the reticulated. They told us that they will go up to the fence and not move until they get treats. When they stand in front of the gate, none of the tour busses can get through, so someone has to come out and lure them away from the gate. Smart animals!
This sign was in the carnivore enclosure. Sean and I got a big kick out of it, mainly cause it made it seem like they were more worried about the animals :) The fences are actually pretty high and seem hard to climb. I say seem, cause next thing you know, some knuckle head will try to climb them.
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That place is incredible!!! And that sign, he, ha, hoo. I love weird signs. I am forever snapping pics of them to my utter delight and the confusion of many.
By the way, I love you girl!!
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