Lion Park near Johannesburg: Giraffe casually walks through restaurant (video)

Wildlife is unpredictable and acutally does what it wants to do and so does the giraffe in the video below. The approx. 5-meter tall female decided one day to casually walk through a restaurant tent in the Lion Park near Johannesburg, while park goers enjoy a meal and work on their laptops. The giraffe even found a snack of her choice in the restaurant... #onlyinAfrica

The Lion Park, located near Lanseria International Airport and Fourways, is a 2 km² lion wildlife conservation enclosure. It understands itself not as a game reserve or even a Zoo, but as a breeding ground and sanctuary for important species. The Lion Park is home to over 80 lions including the rare white lions and many other carnivores such as cheetah, wild dog, brown hyena, striped hyena, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal, and a wide variety of antelope which roam freely in the antelope area.

Lion Park (Johannesburg): The teenager & his hyena

If you are visiting the famous Lion Park near Johannesburg, you might get the chance to meet 16-year-old schoolboy Shandor Larenty and his 18-month-old spotted hyena named Thender. Thender was rejected by his mother, so Shandor’s dad, British lion wrangler Alex Larenty agreed to take him in to his house for some weeks and, later on, to live with the other hyenas at his Lion Park.
Now that Thender is a fully-grown hyena, Shandor and him are so used to each other that the hyena is not only eating out of Shandor’s mouth, but is also letting him clean his teeth afterwards. Another amazing story from the African bush. Kudos Matt Tabaccos from NR5 for the video below!

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