Trip to the Gentry Safari
Today we went to the Gentry Safari, in Gentry, AR. A very interesting and very fun place indeed. Here you can drive through the “safari” in your own vehicle at your own pace, while the animals come right up to your car, of course wanting food. First we were accosted by a herd of emus (see pic). Man, they can be rather aggresive when it comes to bread. My favorite part was the monkeys. They have some that aren’t in cages, and if you stop long enough and at least appear to have something resembling food, they will come and sit on your mirrors and eat from your hands. I’ve been told not to piss them off, though, you could regret it by losing your attenna to them. The petting zoo was fun too, until a few goats escaped on us. The grand finale was when we had a bag of cheese popcorn and decided to let a monkey stick his hand in the bag and help himself….boy did he ever help himself, he grabbed the whole damn bag, spilled all of the popcorn, them got pissed because the bag was empty. He then sampled the bag and decided it didn’t taste good. By the time he figured out the popcorn was all he was getting, five emus had showed up and were chowing down…imagine that.
