Wazza's European Adventure!

Paradise Wildlife Park - Part 3

Hello again! I'm continuing on!

Well, we just visited the tigers, and as you can tell, we got quite a lot of beaut photos'. Now, we were wondering if there were any fast cats there, and we got to the enclosure of one of the fastest in the world - the cheetah.

This girl was beautiful. She was shy, which is totally understandable if you were in a cage/enclosure, with no mates of any sort, and you had humans around you with cameras at every turn.

She came out for lunch though!

As you can see, she is really beautiful. I can't remember what her name was, but the zoologist had a pretty perfect name for her. 

It was such an obvious name - but I can't remember for the life of me!

Anyway. She came out to eat. The keepers put this large plump carcass on a stick, on top of a little landing strutting out of a bunch of grass and wood. 

The cheetah slowly, looking all ways, went up to her lunch, took it between her teeth and ran away with it.

We tried to get some other shots of her whilst she was eating, but couldn't manage any decent and clear shots. So... sorry!

After walking about 10 or so metres, we thought... "where are the lions?" So we went for a small walk around near the cheetah enclosure. And there they were. Just lounging around...

I mean, like, really REALLY lounging it..

Look at the size of the males paws! They were huge!

Just lying around doing nothing at all

 We figured that we weren't going to get any action out of the lions, so we decided to walk back to whence we came, and got a great surprise. 

We saw our cheetah feeding, and was able to get some great shots.

She was really going for it. She seemed very hungry, but throughout her feeding, she was keeping an eye out for threats. 

 Such a beautiful cat...

 I love the big cats, but what are smaller and slightly cuter?

OTTERS! These little guys were out of their enclosure and put into one where they were able to be seen a little bit better, and they were just adorable. They stood up, scuffled the floor, doing all these cute movements, And they all seemed to be very comfortable with the attention.

In the reptile enclosure, we saw these two getting up close and personal

and a few snakes here and there... especially this one below

 

 

They are somewhat more famous than others, but the meerkat was on hand, and in its own outdoor enclosure. It was such a well made one, with heaters for them (above) and plenty of places to check out things, like logs and bases of chopped trees (above right). They seemed very occupied.

And the final animal we saw, were the zebras. I love zebras. One, because they start with the last letter of the alphabet, and two, because they have amazing markings. 

All the other exhibits were under construction or deconstruction, so that was the end of our day at the zoo...

On the way back to Harlow, we stopped in at the Sun Inn. I experienced a couple of pints that I had not had before, which was good, and made it home in time to watch some well needed football!!

Thanks for coming back, and for having a read

I'll be back again to continue my adventures soon...

Until then

Cheers!

Waz