LIONS - THE KINGS OF OUR JUNGLE

mmmWOOF!

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your wonderful comments! It seems that there are many doggie lovers ,around the world, who are also interested in my wonderful country and that my idea of showing you around is tasty to you....YAY

..."MAX the tour guide!!"

Today, Im going to show you the KING OF OUR JUNGLE - THE LION. But firstly, don't you think that there is some similarity between me and the lion - my colour and my mane? I am also King of this household (Although Toffee thinks otherwise)! Unfortunately I don't climb trees! (By the way - lions don't usually climb trees! The photo above was taken at one of those sought after occasions.)

We have many animal parks in South Africa - the most famous is the Kruger National park - where you find the BIG FIVE - LION, BUFFALO, ELEPHANT, LEOPARD and RHINO. The Kruger National Park is about the size of IRELAND. Here, wild animals are free to roam as they please - it is their environment and humans are the visitors....wonderful!

Did you know that they are called the 'big five' because these animals are the most dangerous when you are walking around ("on foot" as the humans say).

Anyway, Mom's photos (above) of the lions were taken at "The Lion Park", just outside my city of Johannesburg. Its a lovely 'day visit' for guests in our city.

As I said in my previous post, us Dogs are not allowed in the animal parks. (Except the wild African hunting dog - which is an endangered species.) Not only is it dangerous for us domestic dogs, but wild animals can get all sorts of strange diseases from us and us from them. Indeed, some of us pedigreed dogs would simply not make it in the wild.

So guys, we love it here in South Africa. Hope you have found this interesting. Soon I will tell you about our 'biggest tree in the world'.

Have a barkful day!

Love

mmmMAXxxx