
This big lizard greeted park gusts just inside the gate
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What a chump…er, I mean chimp
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Monkey see, monkey do
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A chump of chimps
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Wanna play a game? Guess which of these two animals is my dad
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Gorilla
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Gorilla
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Gorilla
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Flamingoes
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Macaw
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Serengeti Express locomotive
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Mom and dad on the train
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Serengeti Express
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Giraffes
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Giraffe
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Rhinos
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Zebra
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Texas longhorn
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More Texas longhorns
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Busch Gardens Skyride
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SheiKra
SheiKra is an AWESOME roller coaster—definitely my favorite in the park. It has two drops that are 90 degrees straight down.

SheiKra
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SheiKra
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SheiKra was way too fast for my pocket camera to freeze the action…
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…even trying to follow one of the cars along the track, I couldn't get all of it from blurring
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A video of a couple SheiKra passes
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SheiKra
Awesome coaster. Has two 90-degree drops straight down

Some plants that interested my parents
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Some plants that interested my parents
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You can't visit Busch Gardens without seeing the Clydesdales
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You can't visit Busch Gardens without seeing the Clydesdales
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You can't visit Busch Gardens without seeing the Clydesdales
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Clydesdale
A must-visit for *any* trip to Busch Gardens.

Clydesdale collar and hames
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Clydesdale collar and hames
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Ibis
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Ring-tailed Lemurs
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Ring-tailed Lemurs
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Ducky
This fellow was floating next to the window where the hippo lived and seemed oblivious to my close-up photography.

Thanks to Mr. Turtle for swimming by for a two-fee shot
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Mr. Turtle again
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Hippopotamus
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No recollection what these animals are
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Zebra
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Same unknown animal as earlier
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Rhino
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More unknown animals
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Poop pile
The tour driver made a hilarious joke about this. Sadly, so much time passed between this day at the park and when I actually posted the photos, I forgot the joke.

Lion
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Rhino
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Meerkats
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Broken bridge on Rally ride
This part of the Rally ride was amazing. There's a part where we stop on a bridge and the bridge breaks away with the truck still on it. Sure, the whole thing is on a track, but it's a convincing representation that you're being carried out of control down a river.

Broken bridge on Rally ride
This part of the Rally ride was amazing. There's a part where we stop on a bridge and the bridge breaks away with the truck still on it. Sure, the whole thing is on a track, but it's a convincing representation that you're being carried out of control down a river.