Haller Nature Park

If you ever feed giraffes, don’t be afraid; they don’t have any upper teeth so they can’t bite you like other animals. Instead, giraffes use their upper lips, lower teeth, and long purple tongue to scoop food from your hand.

Wild monkeys kept a vigilant watch for any spilled pieces of giraffe chow. I must say, however, these monkeys were the most well-mannered ones I’ve ever encountered.

In Indonesia, Gibraltar, Malaysia, Philippines… really, any other place you can find wild monkeys, I’ve seen them pester, and even bite, humans who they think may have food on them.

The giraffes, crocodiles, and venomous snakes at Haller Nature Park were caged, but the elands and giant tortoises roamed freely.

I enjoyed seeing the pythons, black mambo, pit viper, and green mambo, but there was too much glare on the glass to get a decent photo of them.Read more