EPISODE 134
LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, BOYS AND GIRLS! For the very first time on Zoo Tours, we are finally joining the World’s Most Magical Celebration at the Walt Disney World Resort. As much as I would love to present every aspect of every park, it does without saying that our hearts are set on Disney’s Animal Kingdom. 580 acres of balance, harmony, and wonder - real, ancient and imagined! There’s so much we could do to grow for our appreciation for wildlife, but today, I will be taking you on a journey through one of the park’s more peaceful attractions. The Gorilla Falls Exploration Trail opened with the rest of the kingdom in 1998. An African forest exhibit that goes above and beyond anything we’ve seen before. As a Disney park, every corner is designed with a greater purpose, there are twists, surprises, and a well told story. The Gorilla Falls is no exception… Colobus monkeys have taken over the rehabilitation center, you’ll find and study tools used by Dr. Kulunda and their research students to document wild animal behaviors, discovery color combinations you didn’t think we possible in nature inside the aviary, listen to hippos underwater at the Safi River, and learn all of the ways Gorillas live and work together as a family.
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Since this video is quite lengthy, the longest on the channel - here is a timestamp breakdown in case certain stops don’t interest you:
1. Harambe’s Endangered Wildlife Rehab Center: 4:29
2. Walt’s birth year animal: 6:40
3. The Research Center: 8:28
4. 30 Feathered Friends in Flight: 12:50
5. The Safi River Bloat: 20:26
6. Timon and….: 22:58
7. The Family: 25:48
8. The Boys: 29:00
Full Species List:
1. Angolan Colobus Monkey
2. Okapi, Yellow-backed Duiker (Didn’t see)
3. Arabian Spiny Mouse
4. Naked Mole Rat
5. Pancake Tortoise
6. Kenyan Sand Boa
7. African Bullfrog (Didn’t cooperate)
8. Emperor Scorpion
9. Angolan Python
10. Hamerkop, Red and Yellow Barbet, Great Blue Turaco, Northern Carmine Bee Eater, Olive Pigeon, Amethyst Starling, Blue Bellied Roller, Racket-tailed Roller, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Tambourine Dove, Green Wood Hoopoe, Purple Glossy Starling, Emerald Starling, Black Crake, Taveta Golden Weaver, Snow-headed Robin Chat, Crested Coua, African Pygmy Goose, Marbled Teal, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Black-cheeked Lovebird, African Jacana, Blue-naped Mousebird, Blue-headed Dove, African Collared Dove - Separate: Lake Tanganyika Cichlids, Ornate Bichir
11. Slender-tailed Meerkat
12. Grevy’s Zebra
13. Western Lowland Gorilla Family Group
14. Western Lowland Gorilla Bachelor Group
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