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South Dakota: Reptile
Gardens Rapid City
Reptile Gardens
offers more all-around entertainment than any gator-themed
attraction in Florida. Four shows rotate throughout the day,
featuring snakes, alligators (and of course alligator
wrestling), birds of prey, and the "Bewitched Village," an
elaborate display of trained animals performing their tricks.
Between and after the shows, visitors can wander past the
alligator pits, view exotic plants and smaller, harmless
reptiles inside a walk-through terrarium, and give thanks that
creatures like the Brazilian Giant Cockroach are kept safely
behind glass. Small children can play "horsie" atop 400-lb.
giant tortoises...but if they're prone to nightmares, keep them
away from the photos of swollen, purple limbs in the
second-floor snakebite display. |