Gatorland - Orlando FL

sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
edited February 10, 2007 in Journeys
Saturday morning my best friend and I met up with Robin over at Gatorland down near Orlando, FL. We had an awesome time walking around the park, perfect weather, and saw a couple cool events!

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We caught the end of the first show of the day. Some crazy guy wrestling gators and putting his chin near the jaws of death. I dont know how safe this is... the guy does it at least three times a day though. I'm sure these show gators are WELL fed. Last place you want your face is on a hungry gators head!

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They have a real nice park there with mile or two of trails/exhibits. There are A LOT of gators there (duh), and the park is full of wild birds and plant life

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Then they have the gators! The ones they use in shows are babies. The big guys...well... ARE HUGE! They have an assortment of crocs and gators all the way from little mini gators to MONSTER Nile crocs.

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The Jumparoo was kind of a let down. It was a bit on the cold side that day so I think the crocs were more interested in catching some sun. We did get one to come over and grab some chicken, but i'm sure they have shows that are a lot more lively.

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The last event they have is called "Close Encounters". They basically have a couple boxes they open and put the critters in the hands of a few in the audience. Robin and I were making some rukus so we got selected as the people. Robin, thankfully for me, got the tarantula! HAHA! I hate spiders as well, so I was very happy to get the albino burmese python.

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They also had a couple cool big birds. They were all clipped and hanging out on perches near the front of the park.

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If you go, skip the train ride. You see everything on the trails... so taking the train is nothing more than a 15 minute break while some dude tells a boring story.

Comments

  • PoseidonPoseidon Registered Users Posts: 504 Major grins
    edited January 30, 2007
    Thanks for sharing! That looks like fun.
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  • Deano955Deano955 Registered Users Posts: 50 Big grins
    edited February 2, 2007
    There's some great shots in there!
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2007
    sirsloop wrote:
    Saturday morning my best friend and I met up with Robin over at Gatorland down near Orlando, FL. We had an awesome time walking around the park, perfect weather, and saw a couple cool events!

    Rebel XTi, 70-200/2.8L+kenko 1.4x FTW!!

    gallery - http://photos.tallmanphoto.com/gallery/2409628


    Hi there Sirsloop :D

    Those birds sure have some great colours in them too.
    These little guys really look like lizards had to look twice eek7.gif


    Looks like you had a great day clap.gif .. Thanks for sharing... Skippy
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  • sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
    edited February 3, 2007
    yeah, they are definitly "lizards"... unofficially mini-gators :)
  • lastvisibleratlastvisiblerat Registered Users Posts: 9 Beginner grinner
    edited February 5, 2007
    Great shots. The gators are adorable. :D
  • CookieSCookieS Registered Users Posts: 854 Major grins
    edited February 5, 2007
    Very Nice , all nice and clear and sharp, Im aonly an hour and a half from Orlando and Ive never been to gatorland, i need to put that on my list.
  • com3com3 Registered Users Posts: 423 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2007
    verry nice colors on the parrot shots. do you normally shoot birds? you're good at it!
  • sirsloopsirsloop Registered Users Posts: 866 Major grins
    edited February 10, 2007
    Thanks! In the past I haven't been much of a bird person. On this trip I made an effort to take some time to get some nice in flight shots, etc. I found it pretty relaxing, even though I only really put in about 30 minutes to get those in-flight shots.

    looking back... I really love this photo..

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