This new life here periodically amazes and awes me.
I went to Animal Kingdom about 2 hours before close, hoping to avoid the crowds.
I walked/ran to the Safaris, and was shocked to find myself walking right on with no wait at all.
It was evening right after a brief rain storm, so most of the animals were hiding, and so the trip was a bit of a bust. That is, until we reached the rhino area.
6 or 7 rhinos were grazing directly in the road, completely blocking our path. The Disney driver tried to drive up very close to them slowly, hoping to force them off the path gently, but the rhinos would have none of it. One actually laid down.
The driver explained that we would wait them out, and they should move soon. We spent the next 30 minutes an arms-reach away from the rhinos all around us, who determinedly stayed where they were.
Finally, the poor driver called the animal keeper, who came out with huge heads of lettuce. He rolled them out like beach balls, and to my absolute surprise, the rhinos BOUNDED on the lettuce like dogs chasing a toy. It was absolutely amazing to see the mammoth huge creatures move like that.
One of the absolute coolest things I've ever seen, and a very rare moment in Disney.
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