The Crocodile Farm
After the Cairn's Tropical Zoo we headed to Hartley's Crocodile Farm and were greeted by this beautiful fella.
We went on a tour around the farm and saw the huge tanks full of 100 + crocodiles - yikes!
we even got to pet a baby crocodile
and play on one!
Forest was chosen to be the assistant in the snake show.
He did a great job demonstrating what to do if you are bitten by a snake.
After the demonstration Forest was asked to stand like a tree.
Before Forest realized what was on him he stood for about 3 seconds with the snake around his neck and was smiling big as can be. Then, he looked down... you can see in the picture below how he felt about it. (After the show Forest told us that he thought that the snake was a tire at first)
Forest was quite the little celebrity the rest of the day. Everyone kept coming up to him and telling him he did a great job. He loved all the attention and soaked it all up!
Once the snake show was complete we headed on a boat tour to spot crocodiles
and watch them get fed.
such scary animals...
The sound the crocodile teeth make when they chomp is incredible! It is so loud! They have some of the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom.
After our boat ride we watched a very entertaining crocodile show.
All of us were pretty enthralled. Forest was actually totally scared for the host. He kept saying, "I can't watch"
I do feel bad for the poor host- what a scary job.
After all the shows were complete we wondered around Hartley's, which was a really pretty zoo.
We again got to feed more kangaroos and wallabies.
And the best part was we got to see a little joey still in his mamma's pouch!
AWESOME!
3 comments:
What a great trip. The boys were really good too.
I love the photo of Forest looking at the snake wrangler with his hands on his hips, just so happy to be the center of attention. He is such a cutie.
That looks pretting exciting. That picture of Forest and the snake is SO funny. Poor kid.
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