Kingly, Creepy and Crawly

Ok, so this is the deal. With our current SLC Security Manager here for just a month he wants to see all he can on the three Saturdays he is here in South Africa. Last weekend it was mostly pouring rain so he was on his own in museums around the city. Yesterday we joined him touring a nearby Lion Park where massive lions, sleek cheetahs and sinister hyenas abound in gated acres near open grasslands holding grazing zebra, wildebeest, Red Hartebeest, springboks, kudu, gentle giraffe and lanky ostrich. When this lion passed by on our right he was on a bank and seemed as large as our car, very awesome.



Next we crossed the street to a Crocodile Farm. Here I held a 6 week old Nile crocodile (notice the handler very close at hand) and observed what it will look like in 40-60 years. We learned that an adult with its mouth open is cooling itself down. Ron held a harmless Milk snake and Chilean Rose tarantula. It was not my favorite outing but admittedly very interesting.