On the far side of the Lagoon at the Henry Doorly Zoo in
Omaha is a newly developed and still evolving area of African Savannah
animals. You encounter a heard of
Eastern Mountain Bongos, an area with African Spurred Tortoise, Sable
Antelopes, and African Lions. To
trek takes you to the top of hill, which felt sort of big at the end of a full
day of walking. It's clear that
the trails and spaces are new--lots of young plantings make this completely
obvious. The views of the Sable
Antelopes and Lions were wonderful and worth the effort. All of the ten or so Sable Antelopes
were female as was clear from their roan colored coats. The African Lions on view were a pair
of sibling males. One had a darker
coat and I attended a trainer talk that explained how his main made him a
preferential mating partner. I
asked if there was any sense of rivalry between the two brothers, and neither
he nor the young women keeper who joined him could answer that question.
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