African Grasslands at the Detroit Zoo. Filmed July 22, 2022.

It’s another tour on Safari on the African savanna, this time at the fantastic Detroit Zoo, where you’ll find a unique blend of historical preservation mixed with top quality, large habitats. Today, we’ll see how the zoo applies this approach in the African Grasslands, where we’ll find Rhinos, Giraffes, Zebras, and Wildebeest roaming the expansive, open yards. We’ll also see a royal Lion, and hope to catch a glimpse of the elusive Aardvark on this addition of Exhibit Tours.

An excerpt from “Wonders Among Us, Celebrating 75 Years of the Detroit Zoo” about Nick, the Killer Gnu: Nick a blue gnu, is the most infamous animals in the zoo’s history because he is the only one to have cause the death of a human. On July 15, 1932, he killed his keeper, Gus Mott… …”it is believed [Mott] entered the African veldt exhibit for the purpose of feeding the various animals, and that the steppe, where he was chased by an ostrich through the door to the gnu exhibit adjoining. Before he could protect himself, he was pinned in a corner, and so badly gored…that he died a short time later in the hospital.”

Information presented in this video about the Detroit Zoo came from the park’s website or social media pages, or from public online articles.

Species List:
African Lion
Ringtailed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur
African Rock Python
African Strawcolored Fruit Bat
Southern White Rhinoceros
Common Warthog
Whitebearded Wildebeest, Grevy’s Zebra
Reticulated Giraffe
Aardvark
Common Eland, Ostrich

Music from Pixabay.com and audiojungle.net:
African Logo
Stomp Percussion | Asepirawan20
Epic Relaxing Flute Music | Shakibhasansayed
Tribal Drums African Rhythm Ethnic Percussion Typographic Music | SoundGalleyBy
African | SergePavkinMusic
This is Africa | Meerkats
AFRICAN SUNSET (Motivational Upbeat and Inspiring) | SOFRA
Jungle Drums | OSmusic
Wild Africa | MusicUniverse
Africa Summer Fun | puremusic
African Cinematic Ethnic Uplifting Background Music | Music_Unlimited
Upbeat Corporate Short | LiteSaturation
Motivational Africa |CSRproductions

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Simba the African Lion
02:01 Lemurs, Hangout building
03:08 White Rhinos
04:43 Warthogs
05:25 Whitebearded Wildebeest
06:37 Grevy’s Zebra
07:15 Reticulated Giraffe
08:36 Aardvark
09:22 Eland
10:24 Ostrich
11:13 Outro + Question of the Video
11:49 Preview of Next Tour