{"id":6972,"date":"2021-10-11T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=6972"},"modified":"2021-10-10T19:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T23:42:04","slug":"a-fossil-in-giraffe-ic-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/a-fossil-in-giraffe-ic-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A FOSSIL IN GIRAFFE-IC PARK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a long time, I\u2019ve hunted mostly with a camera instead of a gun.&nbsp; In between classes in Texas, the Evil Princess and I visited the Fossil Rim animal park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What <\/em>kind of rim was that name?&nbsp; Well, heck, if they\u2019re gonna name the park after me, I pretty much <em>have <\/em>to go there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a long time, I\u2019ve hunted mostly with a camera instead of a gun.&nbsp; In between classes in Texas, the Evil Princess and I visited the Fossil Rim animal park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>What <\/em>kind of rim was that name?&nbsp; Well, heck, if they\u2019re gonna name the park after me, I pretty much <em>have <\/em>to go there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Giraffe-ic park: you can feed the herbivores, but probably not the cheetahs. (Cheetahs by definition don\u2019t play fair).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The critters at Fossil Rim might block traffic and swarm your car. Sort of like Antifas, only nicer and more harmless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This ostrich was not emu-sed, and in fact was rather peckish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With apologies to Ogden Nash, there\u2019s nothing prepoceros about this rhinoceros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Animals_02.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, I\u2019ve hunted mostly with a camera instead of a gun.&nbsp; In between classes in Texas, the Evil Princess and I visited the Fossil Rim animal park. What kind of rim was that name?&nbsp; Well, heck, if they\u2019re gonna name the park after me, I pretty much have to go there. 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