The highlight for most people is probably the lion cubs cage, where you get to go pet them (as Raj will demonstrate for you). But my personal favorite was the giraffe feeding area, of which I have posted a video onb my YouTube site.
The sequence starts off in the cub cage, then moves on to the other parts of the park. No narration is really needed here, although I have put a few comments in if you mouse over the pictures.
Interesting facts about zebras: They are one of the very few animals on the African plains that can see in color. Also, you will notice that they always look kinda fat; that's because zebras are full of gas, and when predators approach, they let it go. That's one of their defense mechanisms. I know a goalie who used to do that in hockey.
That was it for the Lions Park. I was hoping to see elephants on this trip, but I am told that they are seen only on the safari trips. Ah well. At least I got a lot of great shots of giraffes.
If you look carefully, you'll see that the moon, seen here rising on the day of first quarter, is upside down compared to how it looks from the northern hemisphere. Also, it's facing the other way as it rises; when we see it rise at first quarter, the flat side is to the left. These are several of the interesting properties of the sky in the southern hempisphere. which of course includes the fact that they don't see the Big Dipper down there; instead they do see the Southern Cross.
Outside of the Lions Park are some of the townships that you've no doubt heard of. I've enclosed a couple of shots just to show the other side of South Africa.
