Animal Attraction in Bali Safari and Marine Park

Animal show will tell various animals' behaviors in Bali Safari & Marine Park. Some of them are intelligent animals that can be friend with human being like Elephant, Orang Utan, Cockatoo and Poodles until predator animals like Eagles.

Orangutan is one of large primata species in Kalimantan (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) dan Sumatra (Pongo pygmaeus abelli). Among the primata group, Orangutan is the third most intellegent primata after Chimpanzee and Gorilla. Orangutans spend most of their times on the trees (Arboreal). Their basic food is fruit, green young leaves until bird eggs. Here in Bali Safari & Marine Park we will see the intellegence of trained Orangutans and birds.

Taman Safari Indonesia (TSI) is an institution that deals extensively with ex-situ conservation of Sumatran Elephants. However, it has also established important and pioneering links between in-situ and ex-situ elephant conservation efforts. Since 1985, Taman Safari Indonesia has been involved in helping to solve the human - elephant conflict in Sumatra. One achievement was the establishment of Elephants Training Centre (ETCs). TSI started the first ETC in Way Kambas National Park in Lampung Province than established other ETCs in Riau and Aceh. There are now six Elephant Training Centre in Sumatra.

Bali Safari & Marine Park also established for Elephant captivity. We call it "Kampung Gajah" or Elephant Village, where we house 20 Sumatran Elephants right now. Here, you can enjoy yourself with the Elephant trail, cuddles with the baby Elephants, take some pictures, elephant feeding and also you can see the elephants education show. These elephants education show tells about the characteristics, their habits in the wild, and the differences between Sumatran elephant and African elephant. Elephant is the biggest wild animal since its body weight can be 5,000 kg, while the female weight is lighter. The spreading out of Asian elephants is in India, Peninsula, Sumatra, and Sri Lanka.

 

Comparing to the African elephants, Asian elephants have smaller body. These wild animals live in groups, consisting about 10-30 elephants in a group. Their foods are all kinds of grasses and fruits. Only male elephants have ivory tusks. The tusks start to grow at the age of 2 or 3 years old. Tusk of female is not appearing. The pregnancy period of an elephant is 22 months & they give birth 1 or 2 baby elephants.