Do you know that Dubai Safari Park is home to over 3,000 animals from across the world? Whoever visits this park gets an opportunity to interact and observe these creatures closely. But this is a standard piece of information that you’ll get anywhere on the internet. Let’s make this blog more interesting by describing the fun facts about the animals here.
This will help you understand the animals stored here. You will be shocked after learning these facts about the animals. Come on, and get ready to be fascinated by this guide to animal facts.
Lions – The King of Jungle
Come on and let’s start with the king of the jungle i.e. lions, to this date we still don’t know how they managed to become the jungle king when they are the laziest creatures to ever exist. We know that this might seem a bit shocking to you but it is the truth. Let’s have a look at the fact list of lions:
- They require a total sleep of 18 to 20 hours a day, however, they conserve this energy for prey hunting.
- Only female lions hunt, males are busy protecting the pride, and on very rare occasions male lions go hunting.
- You can hear the roar of lions from 5 miles away, the roar is louder than a rock concert.
- Each lion has a unique whisker spot, just like a human fingerprint. This helps the researchers identify them.
Upon visiting Dubai Safari Park (African Savannah Section) you will get a golden opportunity to listen to lions having conversations among themselves in low grunts.
Sky touching Giraffes
Let’s move on to the tallest creatures of the jungle, here is a list of fun facts about them:
- They are quite opposite to lions, all they need is a 5-minute nap at a time in a standing position to feel refreshed. In total, they sleep for approximately 30 minutes a day.
- Giraffes do not lie down as it will make them vulnerable to animal hunters.
- Their tongues are blue and black and are 20 inches long.
- The dark color helps them protect against sunburn as they use their tongues to grab leaves.
- Clean their ears with their tongue.
- Like human fingerprints, each giraffe has unique spot patterns.
- Scientists use these unique spots to track them down in the wild.
In Dubai Safari Park you can also feed food to Giraffes and observe how patiently they intake their food. For this, you will have to visit the Giraffe feeding center.
Giant Elephants
Elephants are interesting creatures, and their fun facts will be more intriguing, so read out the below points for information:
- They detect subsonic rumbles through vibrations in the ground.
- Can communicate with herds 6 miles away!
- Can remember migration routes for decades.
- Recognize old friends even after 20+ years apart.
- They visit the bones of deceased family members.
- Sometimes they cover dead elephants with leaves and branches.
You must visit them during their bath time; they love taking baths.
Stripped Zebras
- The stripes on Zebras regulate their body temperature to survive the harsh African Heat.
- Predators also get confused in identifying their target.
- But if you look closely then no strip pattern on zebra is the same.
- Baby zebras recognize their mothers with stripe designs.
- The running speed of zebras is even faster than that of lions.
- They run at a speed of 65km/h.
- A zebra’s kick is so strong that it can break a lion’s jaw if threatened.
On the African Plains Exhibit, you’ll get a brilliant opportunity to interact with the zebras and to learn about their habits such as how they like to play in dust, etc.
Trickster Monkeys
Monkeys are known as playful creatures they like to play tricks on each other, other creatures, and sometimes on the visitors too. Come on and let’s take a look at more fun facts:
- To crack nuts, some Capuchin monkeys use rocks.
- For dental floss, Macaques make use of human hairs.
- These creatures form alliances and friendships.
- They have different alarms for different creatures. In other words, to indicate the type of danger they will sound differently to alert the other monkeys.
When you visit the part of the Primary Kingdom at Dubai Safari Park, just beware of the monkeys as they like to steal the hats of visitors. They are attracted to shiny objects.
Powerful Rhinos
The next name in the list of fun facts animals is Rhinos. Come on and let’s find out all the interesting fun facts about this creature:
- The strong horns you see on rhinos are made up of hair and not bone.
- Their horns can grow back even if they are broken.
- They have poor eyesight beyond 30 feet, however, their smelling and hearing power are unbeatable.
- Rhinos can smell small creatures from far away.
- Rely on Oxpecker birds for updates about incoming danger.
- To communicate with other Rhinos, they usually use dung piles as a message board.
Visit them at the Rhino Conservation area of Dubai Safari Park.