The Snake Park Bonus

The Snake park also had a small warthog, barn owls, and some other small animals.

 It was great to have our own private tour, where we could ask all the questions that came to mind.  Questions are useful, and learning to ask questions is an acquired skill.

 Each animal has it's own place and its own charm.  These barn owls, found in the SE USA as well as in Africa are beautiful, useful birds highly skilled at catching small rodents in the dark of night.

The beautiful hawk below was being kept at the Park while their owner was moving.  The guide didn't know what they were, but they look a lot like peregrine falcons, and were part of falconry.  The Bible mentions the falcon in Job 28, a passage about finding wisdom, "No bird of prey knows that hidden path,  no falcon’s eye has seen it.⁸ Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there."

As great as their vision may be, there is but one path to wisdom, and the falcon sees it.  

Have you found it?

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