Crocodile Park!

I got to go to a crocodile park today!  As promised I took a lot of pictures, I have only seen a few crocodiles in my time at the zoo (or maybe those were alligators, who knows).  It was pretty cool to see all of them, there were little babies and also big old crocs.  In reality they look kind of fat and lazy, I only saw one of them moving and when he moved it looked like an old fat guy lugging himself out of a recliner after watching a whole NASCAR race :).  If Discovery Channel can be trusted though, those things can move, and fast.  I am personally glad they were behind a chain fence, because even though their bodies were fat looking and lazy there is nothing they can do to disguise the powerful jaws and sharp teeth,  

Even though it was called a crocodile park, there were a lot of different kinds of animals as well and I would say it was more like a zoo, but what do I know.  They had a TON of tortoises, and you got to walk around with them and get all up close to them.  They also had different areas where you could see all the different ages of tortoises, and you would walk along and see them from like a year old, then all the way up, which was neat to see how fast they grew and such.  Also I never knew that tortoises had a noise that they make but apparently it was matting day because everywhere you looked there was another tortoise couple getting all up close and personal.  The noises the dudes made was absolutely hilarious, a loud, guttural grunt is the only way I can describe it.  

Random pretty tree/flower/thingy

They had a bunch of cool crocodile jaws, even though it is the smallest I thought the one on the top actually looks the creepiest.  

See what I mean?  They just look fat and lazy. 

They also had an insect house which was AMAZING!  They had TONS AND TONS of insects in the collection, you could have spent HOURS looking through all the different kinds.  It was also air conditioned which made me want to find a corner and just breath in the coolness.  

Look at how beautiful all these butterflys are! 

I was amazed at how ittybitty some of these bugs were.  

Some of the butterflys had the most beautiful iridescent wings ever.  

 This just looks like an awesome flower but it is actually a bunch of insects!

 They had a pretty cool gift shop but I was full of food and ready for a nap by the time we got there, but I did get these beautiful dolls that I think a few girls will love.

We had lunch at the park and I got to try an alligator burger (Or maybe it was a crocodile burger, no idea) anywho it was actually really delish!  

Well that's all for now I still love it here and getting to drive through different parts of Mauritius was pretty awesome!