{"id":16045,"date":"2026-06-20T08:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16045"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T13:37:30","slug":"beavers-bend-safari-park-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=16045","title":{"rendered":"Beavers Bend Safari Park &#8211; Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As part of our trip to southeast Oklahoma&#8217;s Hochatown we visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/beaversbendsafaripark.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beaversbendsafaripark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Beavers Bend Safari Park<\/a>. They have quite a collection of animals. Many in enclosures and others out in the woods confined by fences but otherwise roaming around. I&#8217;ll post about the roaming animals next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shvUHR\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55320868051_dc72864ba8.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shxtX4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321174941_f6b8a29455.jpg\" alt=\"Common Emu\" width=\"500\" height=\"372\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Common Emu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shxtVk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321174841_07000ab009.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park\" width=\"500\" height=\"404\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A vervet monkey. Sorry about the camera focusing on the cage instead of the animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shxtQR\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321174581_8d706abd15.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park - Baboon\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Baboon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shzzPz\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321584915_606691d0b7.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park - Baboon\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another Baboon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shx2uc\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321085919_0a3d2c0ed3.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park - Red Kangaroo\" width=\"500\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Red Kangaroo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shvTT4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55320865221_7e90bac526.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park - Llama\" width=\"500\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Llama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2shxoMi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55321157555_27b68dfe1e.jpg\" alt=\"Beavers Bend Safari Park - Tortoise\" width=\"500\" height=\"436\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Sulcata Tortoise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this week. I am linking with Eileen&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/06\/saturdays-critters-653.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.com\/2026\/06\/saturdays-critters-653.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Saturday&#8217;s Critters<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our trip to southeast Oklahoma&#8217;s Hochatown we visited the Beavers Bend Safari Park. They have quite a collection of animals. Many in enclosures and others out in the woods confined by fences but otherwise roaming around. I&#8217;ll post about the roaming animals next week. Common Emu A vervet monkey. 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