Guests on a Rolling Safari get a unique view of the Park's lions!
One of the great benefits of working for San Diego Zoo Global is that it gives employees the opportunity to explore other positions in the organization. For some of us, we can go on loan to other departments to help out during busy times. Although I am a panda narrator at the Zoo, for about three years now during Spring Break weeks I have had the great opportunity to work at the Safari Park and help give Africa Tram Safari and Rolling Safari tours. The best part of this process is learning about the different conservation programs that we are doing on grounds at the Park and letting our guests know that by coming to the Park they have helped us in all of our endeavors.
On the Africa Tram Safari, some of the first animals our guests see are the South African cheetahs. The Park has 1,800 acres, so we have space for a cheetah breeding facility where we have welcomed over 130 cheetah births. Many of our cheetahs born here become ambassadors for their species and go to other zoos to help bring awareness to their plight in the wild.
Southern white rhinos can roam far and wide at the Safari Park.
One of the most famous animals at the Park is the southern white rhino. In the early 1900s, the rhinos were hunted for their horns to the point where there were less than 500. For years, the practice in zoos was to put a male and a female rhino together and wait for them to breed. We now know that southern white rhinos are social animals, and the females like to be in a herd to help protect their babies. They won’t even come into heat unless they have that social group! Right now we have a male at the Park chasing the girls around, trying to court. The funniest thing about these animals is that if a male wants to court a female, he has to get the approval of the rest of the herd!
On the Rolling Safari Tours, our guests get to ride on a Segway X2 while getting to see the Asian animals that are not out for general viewing, such as the greater one-horned rhino, Przewalski’s horse (an extremely rare wild horse), Indian gaur (one of the few wild cattle left), and the Arabian oryx (an animal that was extinct in the wild but was brought back due, in part, to the Safari Park’s breeding efforts).
Taking a Safari Park tour is a great way to really see how involved San Diego Zoo Global is with conservation. Every tour lets you get extra information about what we do, our mission, and how you have helped and can continue to help as you leave the Park. I think the most exciting thing for some is seeing the new babies born. Since the Park opened in 1972, over 20,000 animals have been born here, and we help the scientific community by sharing our knowledge of animal behavior, successful techniques to secure breeding, and successful animal management.
If you have the time, please come check out the Zoo’s sister facility, the Safari Park. Watch these animals interact with each other in the large, open exhibits, and see animal behavior like you’ve never seen before.
Anastasia Horning is a panda narrator at the San Diego Zoo. Read her previous post, Our Growing Takin Calves.
You are a world of information Anastasia. We learn so much from all of you. That is important in understanding the behaviors. You all make it far more interesting than “signs”.
I visited the Zoo and the Safari park last week. I think these are wonderful parks you get so close to the animals and yes of course I went to see the Giant Pandas I live in England and I have watched the pandas, elephants and polar bears on web cam. You should be so proud of these parks its a wonderful experience.
Moderator’s note: Thank you for visiting us, Deborah! We hope you had wonderful experiences at each park.
What a wonderful experience it must be. I have watched both the polar bears and elephants on the cams but never has had the chance to visit in person. Maybe one day. I have also been watching the National Zoo panda cams and it seems like the pandas have quite a bit of room to roam with trees, hills and grass and have noticed that SDZ panda exhibits are much smaller for the pandas. Is there plan to expand and give our beautiful black and white friends more room to roam around.
Moderator’s note: There are no plans to expand our panda exhibits at this time.
What a wonderful place to work, you must just jump out of bed in the morning and rush to get there, i know I would, you’re very lucky and I know we all are envious of you keepers that take such good care of our animal friends. So glad you have the cams, alot of zoos do and I watch alot of them but my favourite is SDZ.
hats off to the SDZ keepers and staff
Thanks for always sharing your experiences with us Anastasia!! Very informative as always. Hoping to visit Bai, Gao and Yun Zi soon
Thank you for your narration on Safari Park. It is a wonderful place to view the animals. Next time, would like to take take the truck out and feed the animals at a closer view.
Just returned from visiting the Pandas at Atlanta Zoo. Had the opportunity to take the tour benind the scenes and feed a panda. It was such an exciting experience to be so close to a precious panda. Be sure to do this if you go to the Atlanta Zoo.
Which panda did you get to feed?
I had the privilege of feeding Yang Yang the father of Po. He is such a gentle panda. Jennifer his keeper put him through his targets. He did whatever she directed him to do.
Would love to visit Atlanta, which panda did you get to feed?
I feed Yang Yang.
Anastasia: It is so nice to read your recommendation of the Safari Park tours.
Last December I had the wonderful experience of taking the Behind the Scenes tour at Safari Park. I can’t say enough about it — it was really informative and a great opportunity to see some of the animals up close and personal. We saw Mabu (the large male African elephant who was recently moved to Arizona) up close and had a keeper tell us all about him. We also had the opportunity to feed an okapi and a black rhino as part of the tour. The tour guides are so fun, friendly and well-informed and pass on all sort of interesting tidbits about all these amazing critters.
I would highly recommend these tours to anyone and everyone — well worth the time and expense.
Moderator’s note: Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences, Deborah! For those interested, here’s a link to info about the Safari Park’s Behind-the-Scenes Safari: http://sdzsafaripark.org/safaritickets/behind_the_scenes_safari.html
Coming for Mother’s Day and taking the behind the scenes tours. Looking forward to seeing Gao Gao up close and personal. never got to see him that way before.
Moderator’s note: We look forward to your visit, virginia!
wow Momma looks so comfy laying on her back eating her boo without a care in the world,
when is little distructo coming back on exhibit, I know he’s getting spoiled and deserving so but miss the BIG fella?
I enjoyed your blog post about Safari Park, Anastasia. What fun for you to be able to pick different jobs between the two parks!
When will we hear about the webbing on the feet of Su Lin’s,cub? In my day it was called “inspection”-meaning one just had to look at something. If the family tree of Tuttankhamen can be found from bits of bone marrow of unknoiwn mummies, how difficult can it be to look at a cubs feet and ascertain whether they have a small stretch of skin between the toes of the back feet.Webbing! Even a keeper would be able to see this.Maybe I do not understand why i think that is very important.
Howev er, Dominant Recessives are not all that plentiful in animals . But genes are!!
Size is not in this case because all the babies are large, not yet one who retains the size.
Not one so far that is all white, as we see in Tigers occasionaly.Nor little like Gao GAo.
Pandas live on has a great picture of Tai Shan from the National zoo in D.C.. He is being hosed down by his keeper, he seems to enjoy it. the weather is hot and they are trying to cool down the pandas.
very cute; we should get Zun Zi a sprinkler
Yes, please!
Yunz
Is there something wrong with Gao Gao’s mouth or teeth, his tongue is working overtime in and out of his mouth?
Panda Team responds: Gao Gao’s tongue-flicking appears to be connected to dental problems. He is scheduled for dental work in the next couple of weeks because he has had a history of dental issues. We should have a better sense of things after his visit with the dentist.
thank you for responding, poor guy. Sending my love to him that it all works out ok for him.
Thanks Kathy i thought it was to moisten his boo and make it easier to eat.Some scientist I “used to be”, haha
what a great shot of Big Daddy at 12;00 he fell asleep eating. something was hanging from his mouth and every so often he would move his mouth to chew. he still had his piece of boo in his hand. great shot
We had the cance to visit the Zoo and also the Park this January. Our guide was Candy, we were the only guests doing the fantastic Rolling Safari – just my husband and I, some kind of VIP tour! – and it was a wonderful experience. We learned very much (she told us also the story about the very social white rhino females) and it was so funny on a Segway. I can highly recommend it!
Moderator’s note: We’re so happy that you enjoyed your visit so much. The Rolling Safari certainly does give one a different and fantastic view of the animals!
‘Hey, son, what you got there?’ asks Gao Gao who was feeling really happy as he just had a big bowl of his favourite boo shoots and tasty treats.
‘Hey, Paps! I was thinking of how I can re-model my enclosure once Mama lets me go back. I hope she starts denning soon. I cant wait,’ replies Yunnie as he looks up from his architectural drawings.
‘Lemme see, Papa was pretty good at drawing. I almost signed up for Engineering, you know, at Beijing University. Man, I would have built the largest bamboo fortress ever.’
‘WOW, Papa, you must have been real smart.’
‘Well, your Pappy is a humble guy so I dont like to boast. That was why the girlies always liked me. I was sweet and polite to them.’
‘Hee Hee, I will remember, humble, sweet and polite’ smiles the young panda lad who was already attracting a large fan club of hoomans as well as panda girls. Many a panda Mama has been checking the stud book to make sure their daughters were compatible with young Gao Yun Zi.
‘Well, let’s see….here is your concrete tree and here you’ve drawn a slide…Hmmm, aren’t you too old for one? Heh Heh, I guess, one is never too old for some fun, come to think of it, draw in a pool over there, son, trust me you will want one….And over there you need a sun deck to chill and drink bootinis…..’
‘And what pray tell are you teaching our Yunior, dearest?’ purrs Ms Bai Yun who had silently entered the enclosure.
‘Just telling him how to get comfy. sweetums!’ and Gao Gao goes and give his wife a cuddle and a quick kiss.
Yunnie spots the bag in her paws. ‘Mama, is that what I think it is?’
‘Hee Hee, yes, I went shopping with Auntie Lun Lun who is here for a few days of R and R and I saw these jelly doughnuts, and some filled with boo jam. I had to buy them for you, my sweet son.’
‘Ahem, and what about the sweet husband?’
‘Well, the sweet husband gets…..hmmm, does he deserve anything?’
Just as Gao Gao’s face fell, she quickly whips open another bag. It was filled with cup cakes with beautiful boo cream toppings.
‘How can I forget my chubby hubby’s favourite treat? 3 Cuppy cakes for you and 3 for me.’
‘Mama, you are the bestest.’
‘Hun, you are the best.’
‘I know I am. Now boys, I am going to get ready to go out for dinner with Auntie Lunnie. It is just us girls so you guys behave. There is some food to heat up in the fridge.’
‘Sure, Mama.’
As Bai Yun goes to get ready, Gao Gao runs up to his son, ‘Boy, you know what this means right?’
‘Yes, PIZZA TIME!’
‘Hush, your Ma has perfect hearing. Pass me my phone…..Hawaiian right and the all Boo Super Special with extra toppings of cheese….’
‘Papa, you’re the bestest!’
Bai Yun is having a great time anointing herself with scent and she was going crazy with her Man’s cologne. Just as she rolled over and somersaulted three times, Yun Zi walks by.
Bai stops herself in mid-roll and pretneds to drape herself on a log. Yun Zi grins as he had missed nothing and he show his Mama his new toy a video camcorder.
‘Wait! WHO gave that to you?’ demands Bai.
‘Hee Hee, Papa. He said I can aspire to be an auteur like Lucas or Speilberg.’
‘I see….what have you been filming?’
‘Oh, nothing much, just my Papa and Mama….’
‘You didn’t!’
‘Mama, what do you mean? I was just playing and trying closeups and wide shots. I have some really funny videos of Papa sleeping in his tub…’
‘Yeah, my chubby hubby in his tubby…..and pray tell, what else have you filmed?’
‘Errr, my nannykeepers…..my friends like Auntie Weeta….hee hee, I have some nice pix of her taking pix of me…..’
Bai Yun places her paw around the shoulders of her son, ‘And what else?’
‘Nothing much….hee hee, Mama, are you asking if I took any videos of you?’
‘Well,…..’
‘Mama, you are the most beautiful woman in the world. You have perfect ears and fuffy full cheeks…you know it is impossible to take a bad pix of you let alone a bad video….’
‘I am waiting…’
‘Mama, I….hee hee, I….have some videos of you with Papa….OUCH! Mama…..no fair, give me my video camera….give it back……MAMA!….’
‘Oh what is this button? Delete? What happens when I press this?’
‘Mama, dont, please, dont….there are none of you in the camera…I have downloaded them already and posted them on P-TUBE.’
‘WHAT???’
‘Papa! Papa! Help, you said it was OK, help…..!’ and with that Yunnie ran like he had never run before with his Mama hot on his paws.
I dont see a drinker in the Gao Gao habitat. And he went over yesterdasy to his pool and it was dry, but he had a little water left from the cleaning wash. How does he get water?
I see the water jet at the pool. I never saw thaT BEFORE! Thanks for showing that. probably others never saw it either! Good Show!!
I couldn’t find a newer blog relating to cats, so will pose my question here.
There was a Zooborns post this morning that said the SDZ had two new jaguar cubs born on April 27th. Are these by any chance Indiri and Guapo’s??? They are the only jaguars other than Orson at the SDZ, correct? Thank you.
Moderator’s note: Yes, we did welcome two jaguar cubs on April 27! They will remain in their off-exhibit den with mother Nindiri until they are able to walk outdoors on their own, which should be in a few months. For now, Zoo guests can enjoy watching their father, Guapo. And remember, Diana S., we do have a “Cat” blog category for our many feline fans!
Sorry, moderator, this was the last post I found under Cats as well, I must’ve just posed my question in the panda blog, instead of the cat blog!! This blog post was posted in a lot of different categories!
And I do thank you for confirming the new arrivals are Indiri’s!!
Moderator’s note: No problem, Diana S. Yes, this blog covered a lot of bases, but I wanted to make sure you knew about our Cat category. Should have known you’re blog saavy.
Sunday is Mothers’ Day in Singapore. I would like to wish Mz Bai Yun, Mz Hua Mei and Mz Su Lin a very Happy Mother’s Day filled with fun and treats. All of you are great mothers who have raised or are raising incredible cubbies. Seeing you raise Yun Zi has been a lesson in motherhood; Mz Bai Yun, you have been loving, tender, patient, fun loving, firm and caring.
And to all the nannykeepers who love and look after the pandas like Mummies and who are also Mummies, Happy Mothers’ Day!
Hi! I am taking my Mom to the zoo for Mother’s day.
Will Yun Zi be out or available to see in the classroom exhibits? It would really be a treat for all the Moms to see Yunnie!
Moderator’s note: I don’t think so, but I’ll try to find out. He was not out on Friday, when I took my mom
Yes, we brought Yun Zi down to the main viewing area today.
AN addendum:
PLEASE don’t take Gao Gao off exhibit on Mother’s Day! My Mom loves him and has never seen him in person (Only on the Panda Cam!) PLUS: We all know how Mr. Gao loves the ladies!
‘PAPA I AM HERE!’ yelled Yunnie as he ran into his father’s enclosure. He was running late as he was on SKYPE with Hui Ling, Ms Panda Universe 2008.
‘PAPA! OUCH!’ as Gao Gao wraps a paw round Yunnie’s muzzle.
‘Mumfpfmmm!’
‘Ssssshhhhh, Mama is around. I want this to be a surprise. She always thinks I am not good at anniversaries and stuff so this Mother’s Day I want to do something special. I need your help, OK?’
‘Oooooooh, sure, what do you want to do?’
‘Look, I have collected all the photos I can find on Mama from the time she was a wee babe with her Mama Dong Dong. I was wondering if you can mix in some Panda Grrls music and also this song I have written for her into a video…..’
‘Papa, you wrote her a song?’
‘Hee Hee, yes….it came one night when I was about to chomp into a piece of boo and I realised that your Mama is like fine boo…..Yummilicious to the core….’
‘Hmmm, Papa, will Mama like being compared to boo?’
‘She knows how much I love my boo, she’ll understand.’
‘OK, I’ll see what I can do…’
‘Here’s the pix of the first time we met in SDZ…..AND here is our first Salsa….I could have hugged her forever, she was my sweetie pie honey bun….’
‘Eeeewwww, Papa, please, heee heee, I am only 2…..Hey, cna I add in some pix of us….Hua Mei…..Sheng….Susie and Zhennie……’
‘Sure, it is the 5 of you that makes her a Super Duper Hero Mummy….’
‘Oh, Papa, noooooo, you had a mullet? Eeeks….’
‘Yunnie, that was so hip then. Papa was cool, you know. And then….’
‘HA HA HA, Papa, those flared pants are so retro……and the sideburns….’
‘Weeeellll, your Mama mentioned she like Elvis Bearsley so I thot what have I got to lose.’
‘Hmmmm, listen to this song, what do you think? Zhennie is playing bass, Hao Hao is on drums and Susie and Ah Ping are singing….it is a new song that Hao Hao wrote….’
‘NICE, and it suits your Mama to a T…’
‘OK, I’ll mix it with your song this way…..AND then I add some snippets of videos that Pawsie Mama took and also some photos by Auntie Weeta…..I like this one of Mama looking dreamy, she looks so much like Elizabear Paylor…..’
‘Son, your Mama could have been a screen siren or a supermodel but she fell in love with me, a simple kinda guy and she was happy. I love her for that…..’
‘AHA, hee hee, I taped you saying that. Mama is gonna cry buckets when she sees her Mothers’ Day gift….’
‘Hee Hee, I hope she loves it……There are still some more Salsas to be danced…Now tomorrow, at breakfast, I am going to ask her to turn on the TV and you have the video ready…….’
‘Papa, what about flowers?’
’2 dozen red roses of the hugest kind…..and a hug box of chocolate covered boo shoots….a bottle of champboo…..and a Day at the Panda Spa for 2….I got the bases covered.’
‘Papa, you are my hero. I have so much to learn from you!!’
‘Son, count them, 4 cubs and still going strong….eh, your Papa knows how to treat his lady right.’
‘Yes, Papa.’
Dear Mama Dong Dong,
I wonder what Panda Heaven must be like. It must be a lovely place cos you are there. I miss you so much. I wish you had an opportunity to see your great grand children especially the latest one. Su Lin’s little one is so adorable. Of course as his grandma I am entitled to think so.
As it is Mothers’ Day tomorrow, I just want to say I love you and I thank you for lovingly raising me to be a good person and to teaching me how to be a good mama and wife.
I am so happy with Gao Gao. He is a really understanding man of few words. But boy does he love his boo. Every time he goes off his boo, I know he wants to salsa. That is the only thing that stops his eating, hee hee.
I am waiting to see if the Panda God has blessed me with a cubby. If it is a girl, I want to remember you and name her after you, maybe Dong Yun or Bai Dong….I dont know…if it is a boy, maybe I will name it after Papa….what?…oh…Gao Gao doesn’t mind….he is wild born and cannot remember his parents….Mama, can you hear me? I sometimes think you are watching over me and protecting me with your prayers…like all loving Mamas do…Everyday I pray for good health and a good life for each of my cubby and for my grandcubbies too.
Mama, you have been a great mother and I hope you have a great Mothers’ Day in Panda Heaven.
Love and Hugs,
Xiao Bai
Beautiful.
what a sweet letter Bai Yun wrote to her mama
Happy Mother’s Day! Rita Petita’s photostream has a beautiful mother’s day card for Bai Yun and of all her cubs. Check it out:
http://www.flicker.com/photos/ritapetita/
‘MAMA! Come quick, Jie Jie is on the line!’
‘Which one?’ asked Bai Yun turning away from the TV screen.Lately Bai Yun has otten hooked on Korean soap operas and she was bawling her eyes out.
Yunnie looked at his Mama suspiciously.
‘Mama is busy watching Episode 1027, quick which Jie Jie is on the line?’
‘Errrr, all….’
‘WHAT HAPPENED?’ Bai Yun jumps off the sofa and take Yunnie Approw phone. ‘Hello, girls, Mama is here….what’s happened? Is it Sheng or the little one?’
‘HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY TO OUR BELOVED MOTHER!!!! MAMA WE LOVE YOU MUCH MUCH!!!!’ all the panda girls from SDZ yelled down the line.
Yunnie could hear them and he grinned. Then a lone low voice called out ‘ AND I LOVE YOU TOOOOOO, SHENG HERE!’
Bai Yun looked stunned as she was not expecting this. Then a tear rolled down her cheeks, then another.
‘I miss you all so much….’
‘Mama, come and visit, with Papa…’
‘Mama can’t just yet….’
‘Heee Heee, we saw the video, we know why, hee hee’ giggled Zhennie.
Bai Yun blushes. At that moment, Gao Gao sneaks to the player and replaces the K drama with his special video. Yunnie goes to the fridge.
‘Mama, we think you and Papa make a great team!’ remarks the ever diplomatic Su Lin.
Then Gao Gao starts to strum his guitar as Yunnie fetches a lovely cake from the fridge. It is a lovely cake made to look like Bai Yun down to the lovely round ears.
‘Hey, did you happen to see the most beautiful girl in the world?’ croons the Gaoster,
Bai Yun turns round and she sees the video tribute. Her children in China were in on it and they started to sing along with their Papa. At the end of the song, Gao presents Bai with a huge bookay of roses.
Yunior runs to hug his Mama, ‘WE ALL LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH! HAPPY MOTHERS’ DAY TO A FANTASTIC MAMA!’
And his siblings cheer and yell with much gusto. Bai Yun was just totally a mess, a happy mess, knowing how she much she is loved. Quietly she wondered if she will still have one more cubby to cuddle and hug and love….
Happy Mother’s Day Bai Yun, you ‘re the greatest Panda mommy
Good to see Yun Zi back on display. He was certainly scent marking everywhere. Hope Bai Yun has a good rest with a resultant cub.
This is the BEST Mother’s Day present…Yun Zi is back!!!!!!! So so so happy to see our “little” guy still doing the silly half rolls he does. And oh that sweet face!! Thanks SDZ staff for putting a huge smile on my face today!
Moderator, is that a layer of sand I see in Gao Gao’s enclosure? Does Gao like it?
The layer of tan-looking material is pine shavings, and it is one of the bears’ favorite substrates to sleep on and roll in.
I don’t know if anyone noticed but Yun Zi in on exhibit now!!!
was Yun Zi moved to the exhibit where Gao Gao had been? today the panda seemed very active and to hang around different areas than I remember seeing Gao Gao, like up in the tree structure. also this panda appeared to have symmetric ears but I still don’t really know how to tell Gao Gao and Yun Zi apart. but also the panda I saw today seemed to be curious and sniffing around a lot. also I never saw Gao Gao eating bamboo leaves but today’s panda seemed to really like the leaves.
That’s me!
Yunnie
Dear Bloggie,
Today was my first day at work. I had to walk to work as I dont have my driving licence yet. Wait till I get my licence to thrill, hee hee. Maybe Papa will let me have his red corvette. Actually I almost ran to work as I was sooooo excited. I am at least earning my keep. I am paid minimum wage in boo.
What is my job? To go on display and of course pose so that the visiting unkas and aunties get good pix of me. As you know the Panda Council of Elders have decreed that we are always to give good poses, hee hee.
Papa is in the main exhibit and some unkas and aunties can’t tell us apart. Hmmmm. Papa has his left ear almost chewed off. I have both mine still.
Papa has very furry front paws. You can see his long brown fur. I have some but they are not as long as his.
Papa has a square shaped face. I think mine is more round like Mama’s.
My eye patches kinda look like peanuts and Papa’s look like they have a short point at the bottom.
And Papa has a big tummy and I dont, heee heee heee, though the keepernannies tell me I am bigger than him
I ran round Mama’s enclosure and boy, could I smell her scent and she has been putting on her favourite ones; ultrasound gel and men’s cologne. I covered them with my scent as Papa taught me. I also sat and munched on boo. I find the thicker boo hard work. Will need to work on my technique.
And when I had a nap, well, a few. It was hot. I also used Mama’s pool. She is right, a dip now and then is great.
After dinner, I skyped my family in China and also Hui Ling. Mama is on maternity leave and that means she cannot communicate with us too. She left behind her approw phone as she wants total rest. I am praying for cubbies as I really am ready to be a hands on uncle. I will soooo help look after the cub or two. WOWEE, wouldn’t it be great if Mama has twins of triplets….or maybe she becomes Octomom!!! Nyah, I think 8 is too much…I mean all at once.
I am so happy my first day at work went well, I am celebrating with a banana split! Yummy!
Love,
Yunz
Hi Yunz! Are you not in Daddy’s enclosure just now or has his hammock moved? Also, if Mamma has a cubbie or 2, you will be a big brother not an uncle. Hope you don’t mind me keeping you right. Best wishes from Scotland, home of Yang Guang & Tian Tian in Edinburgh Zoo.
Hee Hee, I am in Papa’s enclosure but there is some scent left by Mama too. Oh yes, I meant I want to be a paws-on Ge Ge. I was too excited about going to work. My first job. Thanks for setting me straight.
Yunz
Hi everyone!
My Mom posts here as “virginia” and she was supposed to see the Pandas this weekend but is now in the hospital.
Everyone please think good thoughts for her so we can come to the zoo soon, especilly now that Yunnie is out!
Moderator’s note: Will do!
Get well soon, Virginia!
Love your moms blogs – give my best wishes
Welcome back Yuni
Thanks Marylin and Maureen and Moderator!
Get well soon Virginia. Hope to see you back on the blog before too long.
Get well soon, Virginia–the pandas are waiting for you at the Zoo!
so great to see our young man back on exhibit, he’s been missed.
Moderator: I think you better fill his exhibit with toys for him, Mr. Destructo is back and looks very busy this morning.
Moderator’s note: Yikes!
Yun Zi has grown since he’s been away. It’s nice to see him back I just wished he had been out on April 23rd when I visited. I have watched him since he was a baby and I would have loved to seen him. But I did she Gao Gao and Bai Yun and that made my holiday to San Diego. The keepers do a great job they should be so proud of the pandas.
Moderator’s note: I hope you had a wonderful time at our zoo, Deborah! Thanks for visiting from so far away.
I remember my first visit to the WAP now Safari Park not too long after it openned to the public. Their success in breeding white rhinos was very visible. ALL I remember from that first tram tour is “AND THERE”S ANOTHER RARE WHITE RHINO.” It was over 20 years before I made another triip there.
Moderator’s note: Thanks for sharing, Ginger! We continue to have wonderful success with our rhinos.
Hey Ana, loved working with you at the Park! Looking forward to visiting you down at the zoo.