Ostrich Eggs on Kilomanjaro Safaris

[XxDisneyFan00xX]

I've been told that they are not real, is this true?

 

[KatMark]

I believe I read in one of the travel books that you are right...this is not true.

 

[Disney Wanderer]

thise eggs are in fact NOT real. if they are theyre hollow.....

 

[XxDisneyFan00xX]

I was going to say, they were in the same spot every single time, the same amount.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I asked a CM friend of mine who is an animal keeper at DAK Lodge about them...and just like the other posters have said, they are fake. Good touch, but fake.

 

[kaytieeldr]

They ARE real. They're not hollow, they've been filled with some substance (cement? concrete? I forget).

I also know which one is the REAL baobob tree

 

[gismo1554]

They do have ostriches there so they probably originally got them from then and then filled them with something. Pretty cool that they are real shells though as always assumed they were fake ones rather than real filled with cement (never actually considered that as an option). The shells are fairly tough so I suppose its easy to make a small hole and fill with cement.

Which is the real babob?

 

[Mickey Fliers]

Well, those eggs have been sitting in the same spot for a very long time. You would think an ostrich would have hatched by now.

 

[bradk]

and all those termite mounds really are as hard as concrete.

the baobob is by that CS location in harambe i believe. across the way from the sausage tree and the gift shop. it has a weird habit with the leaves there though, possibly attributed to the climate. i forgot exactly what it is, but i believe it keeps its leaves longer than it should

 

[MdmMim]

Don't be surprised if you see some real ones around. While on a safari in January, we observed some ostrich "activity."

 

[1000th happy haunt]

We took the Backstage Safari tour and were told the eggs are not real.

 

[DisGal520]

When visiting AKL one evening in their 'outback', we saw several flamingos nesting. A couple were minding their eggs. We watched for several minutes while sitting flamingos stretched their beaks over to other nests to pull back bits of sticks from their neighbor's nestings. This went back and forth for quite a while.

It also seemed that there were some flamingos of different sizes. So we're gonna guess the eggs were real/

Anyone ever ask the attendents in the outback?

DisGal

 

[mickeymom629]

I always thought the eggs were fake, but when we went in December, they were not in the same place as I'd always seen them. Maybe they were just moved. Anyway, we did see ostriches in proximity of the eggs, but not right next to them.

 

[XxDisneyFan00xX]

This is interesting...

 

[skier_pete]

Last tour, our guide called them "velociraptor eggs" HAR HAR!

I always assumed they were fake, though they well could be real shells.

skierPete

 

[gismo1554]

and all those termite mounds really are as hard as concrete.

the baobob is by that CS location in harambe i believe. across the way from the sausage tree and the gift shop. it has a weird habit with the leaves there though, possibly attributed to the climate. i forgot exactly what it is, but i believe it keeps its leaves longer than it should

Cool will keep an eye out

When visiting AKL one evening in their 'outback', we saw several flamingos nesting. A couple were minding their eggs. We watched for several minutes while sitting flamingos stretched their beaks over to other nests to pull back bits of sticks from their neighbor's nestings. This went back and forth for quite a while.

It also seemed that there were some flamingos of different sizes. So we're gonna guess the eggs were real/

Anyone ever ask the attendents in the outback?

DisGal

Thiese are real eggs. The Flamingos do breed in both the park and in AKL

 

[SydneyBristow]

Don't be surprised if you see some real ones around. While on a safari in January, we observed some ostrich "activity."

 

[Daydreamer64]

Not Ost. activity related but on our trip over NYE 2007, the lions were quite visable- AND as our tour guide said, "The lions have been having fun playing leap frog today!"

It was a bit more then our sons expected to experience- the 11 year old was in charge of picture taking and didn't immediately realise what was happening through the tiny view finder- he looked at us and was really embarressed when he figured out what the lions were doing- he asked if they really doing "it" in public Our kids have never been around animals reproducing and when asked, I said, " you know, baby cubs" he turned beet red- he asked if they couldn't put them up for some privacy! - I guess they should go rent a hotel room! and yes, he did get "the picture" before he knew of course-

 

[Shubunk]

The pelican eggs are real. We went one trip and the pelicans had eggs. On the Next trip there were no eggs but there were fuzzy little pelican babies, they didnt even have their feathers yet.

 

[XxDisneyFan00xX]

Not Ost. activity related but on our trip over NYE 2007, the lions were quite visable- AND as our tour guide said, "The lions have been having fun playing leap frog today!"

It was a bit more then our sons expected to experience- the 11 year old was in charge of picture taking and didn't immediately realise what was happening through the tiny view finder- he looked at us and was really embarressed when he figured out what the lions were doing- he asked if they really doing "it" in public Our kids have never been around animals reproducing and when asked, I said, " you know, baby cubs" he turned beet red- he asked if they couldn't put them up for some privacy! - I guess they should go rent a hotel room! and yes, he did get "the picture" before he knew of course-

And somebody told me the lions were fake...