Goodbye Global Wildlife

It's been a good week looking back at our visit to Global Wildlife. Who knew I would be able to make a WEEK's worth of blog posts out of a 1 1/2 hour trip on an animal feeding wagon!? Those of you that know me well, know I have a tendency to perseverate on something for a while, so you aren't surprised. (You also know that perseverate is one of my favorite and frequently-used words.)

Here are a pictures I have left from the visit.

Hope you have enjoyed the week here at Out My Back Door.

One of my favorite pictures from the day~

One Hump...Or Two?

Long Necks, Part II

Isn't this crazy!? All the animals just waiting for us to show up. In January our family made the trip to Animal Kingdom at Disney World. The safari ride there was alright, but my children declared that the trip to Global Wildlife was BETTER than Disney's safari. You KNOW it has to be good for them say that!

Long Necks, Part I

I have so many great pictures (in my opinion...plus they are my favorite animal to see) of the giraffes at Global Wildlife, I've decided to separate them into 2 blog posts...one today, one tomorrow. As I said while the giraffe was standing RIGHT in front of me eating out of my cup, "It seems all is right with the world when a giant giraffe is eating out of your hand." They are magnificently odd creatures with such stature.

Check out the giraffes gathering for some food~

(I called the bison a 'buffalo' in the video. Sorry Mr. Bison.)

Long Necks, Part II coming tomorrow!

Don't Eat With Your Mouth Open...

or with your tongue hanging out!

Having been to Global Wildlife once before, we knew what to expect when we got to the 'big cows'. (That is what we call them. We understand it isn't their proper name or scientific classification.) Even when you know what to expect, it's still hilarious to see the big cows come up to your cart, stretch their mouths out wide, and then stick those big tongues out. Evidently we are charmed enough by these strange antics that we fill our cups with feed and POUR it into their mouths.

Watch the pattern here...

Open mouth, stick out tongue.

Someone dumps food in the mouth.

Open mouth, stick out tongue.

Someone dumps food in the mouth.

If you don't have a very large tongue and 4 hooves, I don't think you should try this method of getting fed.

White With Black Stripes?

Or black with white stripes? You tell me!

We were told not to feed the zebras at Global Wildlife. Evidently they bite....hard. So we couldn't pet them or feed them by hand or by cup, but we threw the food down to the ground for them to eat 2 feet away from us. They are unreal creatures. So odd looking and fascinating.

Tomorrow....the 'big cows' are coming with their nasty, long tongues! Stay tuned.

A Louisiana Must-Do

http://globalwildlife.com/

Our family enjoyed a visit to the Global Wildlife Center in Folsom, Louisiana this past Saturday. The rest of this week I will post daily pictures from our animal trek. If you are in the area....it's a must-do!

Passengers ride on these long, open-windowed carts.

The animals KNOW that the passengers bring the food. You can buy a bucket full of food (enough for the 6 of us) to feed all the critters during your ride. Most of them eat out of the cups provided.

We just lean over and find just the animal to feed.

The picture below is from out the back of our carriage. We were in the last one, so the animals all followed as we went. I wonder if this is what Noah must've felt like as the animals began coming 2 by 2 to the ark...