We went to our local wildlife park during the weekend as my birthday present. My wife bought us tickets for the "lion encounter" which is where you join the keepers in the cage on the back of a truck at feeding time. They drive into the lion enclosure and pass small pieces of meat out through the cage while the lions jump on top and drool on you. At the end they drop larger chunks of meat through the chutes, one for each lion, then make a getaway while the cats are distracted.
It's quite an experience and not one I'd want to repeat without the cage. They said the males weigh about 1/4-ton. A close-up roar is quite scary. But their fur does look so plush and cuddly... I only used my cellphone camera as the weather was a bit uncertain and I couldn't be bothered trying to use an SLR through cages. I should have used my wife's P&S as she was happy with her iPhone. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/gallery/44/#geso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
