This lizard in particular was very beautiful.
He kept flickering out his tongue like a snake.
Here is the crocodile the keeper domesticated. It was unbelievably docile.
Here the keepers are milking the snakes to develop anti-venom. Basically they inject the venom in rabbits who have some natural venom-fighting antibodies. They take blood samples from the rabbits, extract the antibodies and create antivenom for humans.
This courageous little kid was nevertheless petrified by this huge python put upon his shoulders.
Of course, there are koalas too enjoying the eucalyptus tree (eucalyptus leaves are poisonous to most other australian animals, but koalas have survived in Australia by adapting to eat a non competitive food source)!
This owl looks like me when I wake up too early. I'm sure he's not happy I disturbed him from his sleep with my camera flash either. Sorry buddy!
This cuckatoo has quite the hairdo, almost looks like a rooster.
This is a lovely coloured bird, also common in Australia.
Here is a crocodile. In australia there are saltwater crocodiles and freshwater crocodiles. The salties are the ones that everyone gets worried about since they have been known to eat people, while the freshies are pretty indifferent to people most of the time.
This australian turtle looks prehistoric.
Just practicing my macro photography on some nice leaves that I found in the park.
Love capturing those droplets of water.
The funnel-web spider is the world's deadliest spider and certainly one to watch out for in Sydney - eek! The spider keeper showed us you can capture it by putting an open jar in its way since this spider cannot jump or climb up slippery surfaces. We were also warned that they like to hide in shoes kept outside... since this day, I always shake my shoes vigorously -- even if I keep them indoors --before cautiously stepping into them.
Here the gregarious and uber-pierced spider keeper gives us an entertaining tour of the park's collection of scary looking arachnids and scorpions.
Being a family park, they of course had a giant scary spider that would semi-pounce spontaneously as an unsuspecting tourist approaches. It made for a lot of fun... and taking the shot was funny too, as you can see.
