Here you will find amazing animals all the way from wild areas of Africa. Please do not feed the animals.
Nature has provided an interesting way to limit the competition between male and female giraffes for food. They each have a different "browsing stance." Females tip their heads downward to browse on smaller trees while males reach upward toward tops of taller ones. This lessons their competing for the same leaves and branches. Giraffes can reach up to 20 feet high.
As you can see, not all animals are in separate cages. Many animals are integrated just like in the wild. You can see in the picture alone giraffes, zebras, and rhinos....well, you can kind of make out his butt next to the front of the middle giraffe and zebra. Can you see him?
And who is the cutest member of the bunch? It got to be the meerkats! Meerkats are active and highly gregarious. They live in groups, unlike most small carnivores. A group of meerkats can successfully discourage predators. They also cooperate in caring for their young. But they do not hunt cooperatively.
Meerkats are members of the mongoose family-capable of damaging Hawaii's native wildlife should they escape and become established. As a safety measure, all of the meerkats in the Honolulu Zoo are males....so what do they do for fun?
And, ofcourse, the African Savanna could be nothing without its king! Does this lion really look ferocious to you though? Looks pretty tame to me. But don't let his good looks fool you. He is a wild and dangerous beast capable of bringing down prey much larger than us mere humans. But don't worry, the lion is surrounded by a wire fence, a ditch, and concrete walls with windows for viewing. How do I know this...I looked over the wall to get this picture.
Can you see the hippo in this picture?
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Hmmmmm..........
Strangely enough, this predator was in and exhibit with the African birds. Not in the same cage ofcourse, but they were separated only by some sort of fiber or wire mesh. Maybe it was just more convenient for feeding since these hunters prefer birds.
The long legs of caracals suggest that they are runners. Not so. Jumping, not running, is their specialty. They are agile and adept at jumping into the air to catch low-flying birds, some times two at a time. They also eat rodents and other small mammals.