I got to pet a giraffe today
Took the family to a small family-owned zoo. Also touched an alligator. All the animals can be hand fed. Grilled some hamburgers and hand fed myself, too.
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Took the family to a small family-owned zoo. Also touched an alligator. All the animals can be hand fed. Grilled some hamburgers and hand fed myself, too.
I hope you didn't feed your hand to the alligator.
The Dull Men's club is getting less and less dull (^_^)
I'm sorry, I have to downvote this for not being dull.
Yeah, I don’t come here to have my sense of childlike wonder replenished!
Sorry, gents. Tomorrow I have to replace my windshield wipers.
My God dude, leave some thrill for the rest of us. What are you, a 90s action hero?
thats awesome; not dull; I am calling the mods and the dullness police
Picture shows an astonishing lack of giraffe-appropriate sized trees
Aside from my personal views on zoos in general, I took the family and (and met our friends there) for a kids' day. There were no trees in the enclosure, but there was a giraffe-appropriate sized tether ball. 🤷♂️
The giraffea are fed carrots, green beans, and acacia leaves (at an eye-watering markup) 3 timers per day from the park guests. Judging by what I saw today that was about 100 people feeding 4 animals. I'm sure they are also receiving proper giraffe nutrition from the park caretakers. All the animals look healthy and are probably over-fed, to be honest. There are stations throughout the park to purchase food pellets that can be given to all the animals.
cope harder. you clearly know you're doing evil.
Stupid longhorses
You were being watched
Uh oh
Yeah man you haven't lived til you've had an animals two-foot long purple tongue come reaching through some bars and grab you by the wrist! Aye-yai-yai!
That's a great photo thanks for sharing
What was it like?
It wasn't life-changing haha. They have short, coarse hair and if I didn't have a carrot stick to feed him he wasn't at all interested in the petting lol. They have a very long, purplish tongue that they curl around the food they eat to draw it into their mouths. And that tongue is wet and sticky. But hey, I got to pet one 😁
And it's World Giraffe Day today! Just found out from doing the NYT crossword.
Not sure hand feeding an alligator is wise...
While they can't be domesticated, they can be tamed. Also it's stupid easy to hold their jaws shut. Like a 5 or 6 year old kid would have the strength to keep their jaws shut. I agree with you though. I wouldn't get near the tame ones when I went to a gator farm in Florida. I still maintain that place is a front for the mob.
Gator Land? I went there as a kid, but still remember it indifferently
I don't actually remember the name. Gatorland sounds familiar though. This was almost 30 years ago now, and I was 15 at the time. It was in the panhandle near Tallahassee, on a scout trip
Gatorland is pretty cool, and relatively affordable compared to other Orlando attractions.
It's basically a zoo specializing in Florida animals.
Weren't you mildly infuriated by this very zoo?
not sure I want to hand feed an alligator.
We get it, you're not a vegan; why do you have to mention it so many times every single day?