Animal Park in Swaziland

We were told not to expect to see any animals today.  It is the wrong time
of year and the wrong time of day.  Imagine our excitement as we found
amazing sites of animals on almost every turn.

The gentle Springbok were so friendly and very plentiful.  They were not
the least bit shy either.

Fascinating animal--the Wart Hog

The Kudo is very hard to film as they are quite timid I'm told.

Now this little guy is quite amazing.  I had to get out of the car to catch
his photo which is against the rules!  Imagine Grandma breaking a rule--
Grandpa couldn't believe his eyes!  This is called a Dung Beetle and it is
moving a huge ball of elephant dung.  We don't exactly know why.
Grandma thinks it's because they just want to.

Now Grandpa on the other hand was determined to get out of the car and slap a rhino on the butt.  They were about
10 feet from our car.  He knew he could make it because they are told to have very bad eyesight.  But we
convinced him that they would probably take out the car and leave Grandpa alone so he gave up the chance to
earn $100.00 that Elder Heninger offered him for the feat.  

Now I am quite impressed with these two photos!  Not bad for an amateur photographer 
wouldn't you agree?  I am very glad we bought the new camera.  I'm really having fun
 learning how to use it.  This bird is called an African Hoopoe (Hupu).

This beautiful creature is called a Weaver.  Notice the unusual nest.  The daddy bird makes
 the nest for the mommy but if it's not satisfactory she'll refuse it and he has to build another 
one.  Even the animal world has high maintenance women.

The first animals we found were these hippos.