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The drive through the
Fossil Rim Wildlife Center was more enjoyable than I'd expected. The opportunities to get decent shots of the animals were more abundant, too.
The
giraffes have a sneaky second option for getting food out of you. If you roll up your windows, they can try and get through the sun roof.
Nice profile.
See those antlers on this
European Red Deer? They can leave some impressive scratches on your car. Just saying.
This young
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra was mainly interested in soaking up some sun.
The cheetahs have their own enclosure behind a wire fence which can't help but get in the way of your photo. It provides sort of a
bokeh effect, so I thought I'd include one. Besides, it's
cheetah.
This
Addra gazelle is clearly the Neighbor of the Beast.
Get it?
A small group of
white rhinoceros are one of the last species you see on your drive. I have no idea how they can eat enough grass to fuel those ginormous bodies.
I wonder what made this rhino's horns grow so long. Since the horns are made of
keratin like human hair and fingernails, could it just be a sign of old age? Whatever the case, it's gotta make it hard to graze.
I think I mistakenly called three other hoofed stock
scimitar-horned oryx before we actually saw some.
Nice light on the antlers of this sunbathing
blackbuck.
Ostrich can give you some interesting images when they run around. But like most of the other animals, by mid-afternoon this one just wanted to catch some rays.
We ended up buying a family membership, because we love supporting places like this. I'm seriously considering a return trip for one of their guided photography tours, which take place in the late afternoon so you can get some great light from the setting sun. But even right smack in the middle of the day, I was happy to get some decent shots!
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