We didn't know what to expect. Would it be cheesy and small?
We ended up being pleasantly surprised. It was the perfect stop to kill 90 minutes:
Here is a massive crocodile:
This is a desert monitor. It was about 5 feet long, and was walking all over his pen and sticking his tongue out like a snake. These animals live it the deserts of Queensland and Western Australia:
Big beautiful hooded chameleon:
Green tree python just hanging out in his branch:
King cobra. Not found in Aus, but it is a beautiful animal anyways. Little known fact: they only eat other snakes. You can put a live rat in the cage and it won't eat it. Put another snake in there and it is all over:
My favorite Aussie snake- the Death Adder. These things look so mean:
The snake with the most aggressive reputation in Australia is the Taipan. They don't just hold their ground and hiss. They sprint towards you and lunge. And their venom is one of the strongest in the world. They live in the sugarcane fields of Queensland:
Cam got to pet a big iguana. Check the tongue action:
They had more than just reptiles. The koalas were awesome. Very cute and apparently docile. They just napped in the trees the whole time we were there:
Up close with a kookaburra:
Kangaroo just wandering the park grounds. You can pet them if you want:
Galapagos tortoise:
Tasmanian devil, acting very un-devilish. Actually looked like a cute little bugger as he rolled around in the wood chips:
A dingo! These wild dogs were brought by the aborigines from Papua New Guinea some 10,000 years ago:
If I remember correctly this is called a yellow footed Wallaby. Really cool looking animal that is endangered and only found in a very small part of the Australian outback:
Here are more of those wallabies with a big cockatiel in the tree behind them:
Once a day they feed the alligators. They feed them kangaroo meat, and it is quite a show. Check the open jaws:
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