Just north of Bartlesville, in the tiny town of Caney, KS is the coolest zoological park I have ever visited. On Memorial Day, after our out of town guests had left, we headed up to check it out! Papa treated us to the VIP passes, so we were able to get very up close and personal with the animals. And they have some cool ANIMALS!!
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| We watched Tom feed Sterling, the tiger. I just could believe how close we were to these animals. Sterling was not a fan of Mark's stroller and hissed and growled when we walked up to his cage. Creepy! |
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| We watched Kojo, the enormous Grizzly Bear eat a cookie out of Tom's mouth. |
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| We watched them feed the hyenas and make them laugh - such a crazy sound! |
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| We got to get in the enclosure with the kangaroos and this one even let us pet her. |
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| they were hopping all around us! So fun! |
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| One of the male baboons. Allie (one of the owners) told us that she considers him the most dangerous animals in the whole park because of his strength (3x grown man), agility, and aggressiveness - yikes! |
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| Keaton and Mia each held the albino hedgehog |
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| Jason and Scott held the Burmese python - I was happy to be BEHIND the camera for this one. Look how his mouth is taped shut! He kept trying to wrap himself around their legs. Yuck! |
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| Papa with baby ring-tailed Lemur! |
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| Tom Holland is clearly the Steve Irwin of Midwest. He clearly has such a passion or animals, and loves to share them with other people! |
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| mmmmm....chicken!! |
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| Of course, Keaton and Mark's favorite was Vader, the black spotted leopard |
I love that the owners of this park are strong Christians. Here's the mission as stated on their website:
We believe that all we see and know was created by GOD ALMIGHTY. Our mission is to show the awesomeness of our God in the individual wonder and uniqueness of all His creation. That He has revealed to us through nature and creation that we are more than an evolved matter over millions of years, but made fearfully and wonderfully in His image, with an eternal soul. That through the will of free choice man brought sin into the world, but by the love of God he redeemed man back to himself through the life, death, and resurrection of His son Jesus Christ.
Each person has a purpose in life being that we might help those who do not know or have not heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. Remembering that we will all take our last breath someday, and to live an abundant life with hope, knowing that God someday soon will make all things new.
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