 African Habitat
Now the train enters the African habitat. You pass a steep rocky cliff, and you see a family
of large primates on Baboon Rock. Baboons live in rough mountainous regions of Africa and are
highly gregarious and intelligent. We'll have a troop of them in their own sculptured domain.
Then the train enters a grassland studded with tall flat-bottomed acacia trees. You'll see
the reason for the flat bottoms: a bull giraffe with two mates nibbling on the bottommost
leaves.
Giraffes need a tall barn. We can tuck it against the cliffs under Baboon Rock, and antelope
or gazelle can share the barn and grazeland with the giraffes. Crowned cranes and ground
hornbills will roam through the grasses. Unobtrusive barriers will make the Veldt seem
unfenced. Wooden walkways cantilevered over the hillside above the water hole will give
picnickers in Palm Garden a closeup view of the animals.
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