I love animals. They are so much more interesting and wonderful than people.

We saw 9 beautiful Elephants on our safari ride through Yala National Park In Sri Lanka.
Then we went to a turtle hatchery.



We were blessed to see 9 elephants, one 1 year old and one 3 month old.

Hey lady.

I would *love* to go on a safari. It blows my mind that so many exotic animals are just everyday, 'normal' creatures to the locals. We have cats and dogs; the people of Sri Lanka have elephants. Dan was telling me the other day that, in Florida, it's not strange to find an iguana in your back yard. WTF?!

Was it the elephant sanctuary you vsited? A mate of mine went to that... sounds amazing.

Awww.... I love elephants Great photos!

forgot the baby pics.

onenitealone said:

oh yeah defininitely! and it's also not that unusual for them to come into your house, especially if you leave your porch door open.

MrsMdiver said:

Oh yeah just snagged that as my wallpaper.

onenitealone said:

It was amazing. We had to get up at 4am, our driver took us four hours south of our hotel to a huge National Park on the southern tip of Sri Lanka. They only have 250 elephants in the entire park and we saw nine of them that day. We did not make it to the Elephant sanctuary while we were there this time. They were too far away from where we were staying and we were really busy.

It is amazing to see the cows wondering around in Sri Lanka as well. Just like cats and dogs do here.

Wow amazing!!! these are beautiful Val!!!

2Jay said:

What. The.

I would be sooooo outta that house. Crazy.

I LOVE baby elephants!!!

Beautiful pics.

onenitealone said:

one time there was some type of lizard, and it's tail fell off when it left, and the tail was still wiggling. *shudders*

that had to have been 20 years ago though

onenitealone said:

we saw Monitor lizards in the park as well.

MrsMdiver said:

Wicked cool.

FunkMistress said:

I love their fuzzy heads. We were so close to them but I thought I better not reach out and grab the 3 month old. Momma was sort of protective.

Here's a link to a few more pics.
http://s31.photobucket.co...i%20Lanka/

MrsMdiver said:

roadkill

MrsMdiver said:

Monkeys!

Peacocks!

MrsMdiver said:

I'm already boiling water. bring that delicious turtle to me.
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I'm sorry but I just don's see Phil being an outdorsy kind of guy.

I mean, the smell of his cologne alone would be disruptive to wildlife, let alone all the funny noises he makes.

Imago said:

The things you do for love.

Africa

MrsMdiver said:

I have the utmost respect for you beautiful lady , so I KNOW there has to be something redeeming about him outside of his handsome looks, despite the fact that I have struggled earnestly and in vain to realize it. I must concede I suspect the problem might be me--but I'm glad your happy all the same.

Imago said:

Like i said....."dead man walking"

Imago said:

No... the problem is not you.

2Jay said:

!?!?!? !?!?!?

MrsMdiver said:

Mind The Lizard. Great pic!

onenitealone said:

I'm wild and untamed you know.


Just sayin'

Imago said:

YOU need to be spayed. Or kept on a leash.

onenitealone said:

Imago said:

Dan quite scaring Alun. We have little lizards in Florida like this:



They are harmless.

Alun can you see the correlation?

Dan says "the lizards are huge" they turn out to be tiny.....


Dan says "I am hung like a rampant baboon".....where do you think this is going bro?