Day Eleven Pictures - Busch Gardens
Tampa, Florida

As the boys hit the first roller coaster of the day,
TazGirl pretended to feed the fake horse

Then we wandered into a bird show

We liked this vulture because the announcer said "Oh oh! Look lively".....

*grin*

As noted in the tale, the "boys" hit a BUNCH of roller coasters -

Like "The Python"

And in case you think they really didn't go on it:

(Doesn't Avatar look TOO cool in his sunglasses?)

We got to see a lot of birds while we waited for the guys

Like black swans

And flamingoes

And a golden eagle or two

Ostriches

Parrots

And a peacock "strutting his stuff"

(I just wish they didn't point their butts at you - it's embarrassing!)
*grin and a blush*

There was even a spoonbill

About half-way into the afternoon, the guys joined us for a dolphin show

It began with an announcer - and a sea lion

The dolphins came out to play ball

Leap over high ropes

Do synchronized swimming

They can do it easier than I can spell it.....

And wave goodbye

(among other things)

The guys went off onto Montu at one point

But as the afternoon wore on, everyone seemed to be sleeping
From the tigers, both Bengal

And Siberian

To the komodo dragon

And even the orangutans

There was one animal that caught our eye, but we never caught it's name

Can you identify this animal, which looks like a deer with striped pajamas?
All we caught about it is that it's from Africa

(UPDATE 7/11/04: Alert reader Betsy Hall emailed me that this animal is a bongo,
and that she thought it was from Central Africa. According to my encyclopedia,
the bongo lives in the mountains of central Africa from Kenya to Sierra Leone.
GOOD EYE, BETSY!!
Since both sexes have long, spiraling horns, this must be a baby.....)

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