Orana Wildlife Park Letter

Kalim Hocking

180 Waterloo Road

Hornby

Friday 11th August

Orana Wildlife Park

793 Mcleans Island Road

Mcleans Island

Dear Elizabeth

Thank you for taking us on a tour around Orana Wildlife Park. I thought it was a really awesome trip to go on. People were asking a lot of questions about all of the animals so I found out a lot of information about all the animals as we went on our tour.

I really enjoyed seeing the gorillas chase each other out of the enclosure and the youngest sneaking in to eat some food before they came back. Another thing I really enjoyed was feeding the giraffes and watching the Rhinos go into the enclosure. I liked seeing the Kiwis digging for food . I thought it was awesome when one of the keas came right up to me because when you usually get close to bird they fly away.

I Really liked the cheetah patterns and the way that they would keep going up and down the fence. I also can’t believe that the tasmanian devil is the same species as a kangaroo because it has a pouch to carry all its babys. I thought it was awesome that with gorillas the oldest eats first then the second oldest eats and then the youngest eats, this was a very interesting fact. I learnt that giraffes have purple tongues so that when they are eating in the sun all day it does not get sunburnt.

One of the facts I learnt is that the Cheetah can go 0-60 in around 3 seconds. Also if they are chasing there prey they have to catch it in between 40-50 seconds or they give up and have a sleep so they can consume all their energy. Once cheetahs wake up they would go and hunt for something else to eat.   

Even though I did not see all of my Favorite animals I was still happy to see the Cheetahs, Gorillas, Rhinos, Tasmanian Devils, Kiwis, Keas, Lions, Tiger, Giraffes, Waterbucks and the Water Buffalo. Once again I would like to thank you for taking us around Orana Wildlife Park. I have learnt so much and I can’t wait to come back again.