Orana Wildlife Park! Yay! I was really excited to go to Orana Park because it’s my first time going there and I want to see some wild animals. The year sevens were the only ones who get to come to Orana Park because they years eights already went there last year. We were put into groups. There were four groups and they were divided into two.
Group one and two got to ride on the first bus while group three and four got to ride on the second bus, however, 7TZ were split into all four groups, that’s why some of them were in group one, two, three and four.
On the bus, I sat next to Rieya, my bff, it was really boring in the bus so I took my phone out and took some photos of me and Rieya and why not? After we got there we lined up quietly after that we started going in the actual park we were thought about a lot of stuff.
We ate our morning tea for ten minutes before we started. The first animal we went to see was New Zealand’s national/native animal, the kiwi. We weren’t allowed to take photos, and that was a bummer! Did you know that Kiwis carry their eggs for 28 days? At just 6 weeks old kiwi chicks leave their mum and did you also know that female kiwis are larger than male kiwi, it’s because to carry their eggs, their tummy need space for eggs, and kiwis also have no tail and it’s wings are under-developed?
Next is the kea, it was really a big bird. Fun fact, chocolates are toxic to keas. Make sure keas are off your car before you drive because if you drive and there’s a kea on your car, it will just hold tighter. Keas are so smart that if you left your car window open and your bag inside, it would search for your lunch box and when it found it, it will take it away and you’ll NEVER find it EVER again.
Spider monkeys have a thumbprint on their tail. And they also use their tails for balance.
It was really amazing that spider monkeys can use their tail for balance, it’s like watching those jungle movies where monkeys use their tail to hang on a tree.
Lions, I love lions because of their ROAR!!! And lions have the loudest roar of all wild cats, it can be heard from 5 miles away, mind blown!
Tasmanian devil, yesterday we didn’t really get to takes photos of the tasmanian devil because it was hiding behind a plant and it was probably sleeping because it wasn’t moving, it can’t be dead, can it? Tasmanian devils are marsupial and carry their babies in their pouches. Only the strongest four would survive because the mum only has four teats to feed them from.
Do you also love tigers? I love tigers, lions and cheetah, because they’re all unique, I mean all the wild animals are unique on their own way, it’s just that the three of them interests me, Tigers live alone and spray to make their territory.
Zebras are also unique! It’s rare to have animals with patterns on their skin like zebras, cheetah, tiger and etc.
Zebras are born black and then develop their white stripes. Every zebra has unique stripes and no zebras can have same stripes.
Buffalo loves water from the swamp but for some reason water buffalos hates the rain, when it rains, water buffalos hide under a tree.
After the buffalos we went back to eat our lunch for thirty minutes of course my bff’s and I were talking about stuffs that we learnt while having a tour, after we ate, we still have lots of time so we took some photos. A couple of minutes later, we lined up on our lines.
Next up is the cheetah, I love cheetahs because they run so fast. I want to be as fast as a cheetah but I don’t if that’s possible anyway, next is the apes. Cheetahs need to rest after they hunt and sometimes their food gets stolen by lions or hyenas.
I was really excited to see the apes, I mean I was excited to see the other animals but I wanted to see apes because I’ve watched a lot of movies about the apes and my favourite one is The Plane of the Apes. The oldest ape is dominant and the young apes MUST give him whatever the oldest ape wants.
Next is the rhino, did you know that rhinos eat the giraffe's grass at Orana Park? So that the giraffes don’t eat it because it makes them sick.
I think that giraffes are cool because they have nice patterns on their skin and it’s also because of their long neck, I feel like they can reach the sky! A fun fact about giraffes is that they can kick in every direction.
Emus are like the same as ostrich and kiwis, they all can’t fly because their wings are really small and haven’t developed yet. They’re like humans because humans can’t fly except if they ride an airplane.
Meerkats take turns at hunting and babysitting and of course standing guard, and meerkats like mongooses can also kill snakes, better run!
Lastly are the Wild dogs, we really didn’t get to see the wild dogs because they were hiding.
After the tour, we went to an area near the parking lot and sat there, we talked about what we have learnt and what we enjoyed. We thanked Elaine, our tour guide, and lined up to go on the bus. I sat next to Rieya again, we were taking lots of photos and we were having lots of fun, it was a pretty fun trip, we learnt heaps of stuff.
After we got to school, we played the Gumption Game, it’s like Monopoly, but my friends and I didn’t actually played the game, we just talked about stuff, I got really bored so I went on the other room where my other two friends are, they were colouring in. It was time to go home, we’re really tired.
