Yeah, here at Fossil Rim, they tell everyone to watch out for the ostriches and warn that they can kick and be mean. So we were not supposed to try and hand-feed them but to simply throw the pellets out to them instead and then roll up the car windows pretty quickly. They have everyone sign a thing indemnifying the park against potential auto body damage caused by ostriches! Those things look pretty ferocious. Many years ago they also had some baboons someplace in that park, but they were doing too much damage to cars and they ended up being sent to a more confined zoo.

The wildlife park used to be one of my son's favorite summertime activities when he was a kid. There was a petting zoo at the end of the animal park. We used to go and stay at a "safari lodge" down there overnight and then visit the nearby Dinosaur State Park the next day and see the fossilized dinosaur tracks. Now he's much too big and sophisticated for such activities. But I'm not!!
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . My Adventure At The Lazy 5 Ranch Today was so awesome. I found out about this place in Mooresville NC. They have all kinds of animals just running around and you drive around on this 3.5 mile long trail. You buy a bucket of feed and just cruise along and all these animals come up to your car and eat out of the bucket. They have all kinds of animals there, giraffe's, a rhino (hes is in his own little space), ostriches and they are psycho they will just come up and stick their head in your car window looking for food. Rating: 5