Discoveries: Sounds of Safari Fill the Air in Santa Rosa - Sacramento Bee
Masai and Reticulated Giraffes at the Safari West Wildlife Preserve and African Tent Camp, outside Santa Rosa. According to the preserve's website - usually giraffes drink or rest in shifts so that at least one giraffe is always on the lookout for approaching predators and that some scientists believe that other animals - such as zebras, antelope and... Here a female cheetah rests at the Safari West Wildlife Preserve and African Tent Camp, outside Santa Rosa. According to the preserve's website - The cheetah's excellent eyesight helps it find prey during the day. June 30, 2009 You lie on your body-molding posturepedic mattress, snuggling with the electric blanket as the evening wind beats against the flaps of your “glamping” tent at Safari West , the 400-acre preserve for more than 50 species of exotic... That is drowned out by a sirenlike WA-WA-WA , followed by an equally voluble WHOOP-WHOOP , as if these unidentified specimens are engaged in some elaborate “Lion King” call-and-response exercise. Somewhere just below your mesh windows, where various species of antelope and giraffe roam, you can detect an epiglottal rumble, guttural and vaguely dysenteric, while those OCD-afflicted cranes in the distance maintain a ceaseless screech. Source: www.sacbee.com
