Disney decided to scale back on the dragons. One of Disney’s landscape architects rode the elephant to collect seeds when Durgha Kali came across plants she liked, she would pick them with her trunk and hand them to her rider. Some of the park's plants were chosen by an elephant.Ĭertain plants that grow in the park were selected by Durgha Kali, a female elephant living in Nepal. It also shows the younger birds where they should lay their eggs, so it’s a win-win situation. Some of the park's birds are given fake eggs to sit on, which makes older birds think they don’t need to continue repopulating. There are only about 11,000 left in the entire world. Since the park opened in 1998, eight endangered white rhinos have been born at Animal Kingdom. But it contains eight members of one of the world’s most endangered species.

Though Disney never released an official statement, rumor has it that the zebras were too aggressive-constantly biting each other, blocking paths, and even attacking ride vehicles.

Zebras were introduced to the Kilimanjaro Safari ride in 2012-and removed just four months later. They’ve uncovered some interesting flirting interactions between male herds and female herds, and even discovered two new vocalizations never before reported in elephants. Park scientists document love in the 'wild.'ĭisney Animal Kingdom scientists have been conducting in-depth studies on the vocalizations of elephants since the park opened in 1998. It’s topped with more than 102,583 transparent leaves in five shades of green. The base is actually an oil rig, made to withstand Floridian hurricane winds. The Tree itself is 145 feet tall and 160 feet wide. It took 10 artists and three Imagineers working full-time for 18 months to create all of them. There are more than 300 carvings on the Tree of Life. Loadmaster, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

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