Wild Animal Park - San Diego

lion exhibit.

they sleep 20 hours a day.

in a certain part of africa, lions are running out of game to hunt because of human encroachment. so, they've gone after little children in a nearby village. children are easy targets aren't able to fight back.

baby elephant.

giraffe.

elephants are known to have a keen memory.

urinating and defecating.

avg. height: 16 to 18 feet.

sumatran tigers. from the island of sumatra.

elephants have been hunted by lions as a last resort. it takes a lot of lions to take down an elephant.

sumatran tigers usually live near water sources. they are avid swimmers.

sleep 18 to 20 hours a day because they spend so much energy hunting.

it's a tough life.

lions live up to about 16 years in the wild.

cheetah run. they have it once a day.

they run up to 70 mph. 

cheetahs are skittish creatures. the handlers had to bring out a dog first to make this cheetah feel comfortable.

rodrigues fruit bat. found only on rodrigues, an island in the indian ocean.

prairie dogs (?)