This morning we went to a Rainforest Habitat reserve for Breakfast with the Birds!! Oh what fun---we had a lovely brunch with sorts of tropical fruits, eggs, bacon and pastries amidst an aviary of tropical birds. Parrots buzzed by our heads, and all sorts of other birds hopped onto tables and flew all around. What an incredible experience.
After our lovely brekkie. We explored the habitat and finally saw the evil Cassowary--an ostric sized bird with a massive horn and pointy claws that can rip you apart. They live in the rainforests--several were seen in the Daintree rainforest just north of us. They are now as seed carriers and they can hasten the germination of seed pods by passing them through their digestive systems.
The highlights of the day were surely the wonderful mix of tropical birds---the oh soooo cute koalas who sleep 20 hours a day and eat the other 4! Who knew???
We finally got to see kangaroos up close. A few a little too close--a male was "courting" a female--around here it seems to include some back scratching and mabe some leg rubbing and then well it is time for the more serious action to take place. Yes, we witnessed Kangaporn!--I admittedly took some pictures too :)--but so did everyone else --I don't think the small children that were present knew what was going on though--phew!
Rosemary got to pet and scratch a wallabie behind the ears--they like the ear scratching bit a lot. There was one that really wanted to visit the red tree kangaroos and paced back and forth between the two gates waiting for some silly human to accidentally let him in.
Oh boy what an animal filled morning!!
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