Mike's Critter Zoo

The other week we went to the best zoo ever! It was more like a farm. Mike, the owner, has all of these animals on his property and has built cages for them that go on forever. Mike walks you around the zoo and gives you an up close tour of his zoo. I have never been so close to some of these animals before. It was amazing, as you will see......




















Here is Oakley making friends with a black bear! The claws on that paw were huge. Ry and I got a little nervous when the bear had a good hold of Oakley's leg.






Mike had just built the coolest cage for this brown bear.














Gage shaking hands with a bob cat.














This cougar was seriously smiling for the camera. As soon as he would see a camera this is what he did.




















A Siberian Tiger















Kobe checking out the 2 month old baby tiger. This tiger was living with Mike in his house up until a week before we were there.























This is a picture of an actual Liger, a tiger and lion mix. It's not a very good picture of the Liger, but what I wanted people to see is what is in the cage. Those are the remains of a deer that the Liger had been munching on all morning. Mike said that some hunters dropped off a few deer last night to give to the animals to eat. It was nasty, but amazing at what little was left. Mike said that the whole thing will be gone by the end of the day!





















When we first got to this cage of tigers, they were laying on the ground not paying any attention to us. Mike had Connor, my nephew, run back and forth as fast as he could right in front of the fence. In no time this tiger was up chasing Connor as he ran back and forth. Mike said that is their natural instinct to chase what ever is running by them. So if you ever find yourself with a tiger, don't try to run away, you will lose.















Here is a picture of the Liger.



















This is a female spider monkey. Mike had a bag a chips in his hands and offered one to the monkey. She willingly took it. Then Mike gave the whole bag to the monkey. He then tried to get the bag back. As soon as his hand was reached out in front of her, she would freak out and scream. Mike said, "That's a female for ya!"