The Forest Edge habitat at the North Carolina Zoo has giraffes and zebras. Guests can see the animals at four different viewing areas. The habitat is 3.5 acres and mimics the lightly wooded savannas found in Kenya.Here are portraits of giraffes from the Giraffe Deck, where you get eye-to-eye with these long-legged giants and even feed them.
Giraffe Portrait
Giraffe Looking Away
Side View of Giraffe
African elephants are the largest animals on Earth. Their herds wander through 37 countries in Africa. They are easily recognized by their trunk, which is used for communication and handling objects. Their large ears allow them to radiate excess heat.
Here is one at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro.
African Elephant
The North Carolina Zoo, formerly the North Carolina Zoological Park, is a zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. It houses 1,700 animals of more than 250 species, primarily from Africa and North America. The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is the world’s largest natural habitat zoo, covering over 2,800 acres.
We visited the zoo in March 2025 and will post photos here.
The welcome sign has metal statues of elephants. The regular jeep for safaris is out of commission, but merely for display.
North Carolina Zoo Sign
Statues of Elephants
Not Ready for Safari
A horse and donkeys in the backyard of the home in Lexington countryside
Horse in the Backyard
Framed View of the Backyard
Binturong at Ark Encounter, known as bearcat, is an arboreal animal that is neither bear nor cat—it is a civet. Binturongs are excellent climbers, primarily arboreal, and prefer to live high in the forest canopies. They can rotate their ankles to allow them to climb down trees headfirst. They are also excellent swimmers!
Binturong at the Ark
Animal bush sculptures of giraffes and an elephant gazing at the ARK
Giraffes Looking at Noah’s Ark
Elephant Viewing Noah’s Ark
As an experiment of shooting against the sun at a beach in Mandvi, Gujarat, India, it was surprising to see silhouette-like images of animals, people and wooden cabana.
As the sun sets in Gir National Park, we bid farewell to the variety of animals, birds and landscapes. Onwards to other sights in India.
Costa Rica hand carved animals are made with exotics woods such as Guapinol, Rosewood, Purple Heart, Parota and others. Saw these wooden sculptures at a rest stop in Costa Rica.
Due to an abundance of wildlife around Jackson Hole, Wyoming, it was common to see use of animal related tourist attractions and icons in the town.
The four elk antler arches guarding the corners of Jackson Hole’s George Washington Memorial Park, more commonly called the Town Square, have become well known icons to the town’s many visitors. A local whitewater rafting and kayaking operator uses bears to attract customers.
Among its varied collection of sculptures at Brookgreen Gardens, there are quite a few of animals.
“Lioness and Cub” by Hope Yandell – A female lion with her young cub. The lioness is standing, front left paw raised slightly. Her head is turned in the direction of her cub. They are positioned in a natural setting on a rock formation over a small pool.
Prowling in the Jungle
“Brown Bears” by Anna Hyatt Huntington is a bronze sculpture of a group of three bears
Brown Bears
Established trees in rural India provide shelter for not only people, but also farm animals
Protected by the Tree