Animal Kingdom covers more than 500 acres!

The story goes that Jane Goodall visited Animal Kingdom during the construction and wondered if there was a chimp on the Tree of Life. In short order, one of her most famous subjects, David Graybeard was carved and now resides in the roots near the Tough to Be a Bug entrance.

Approximately 250 species are represented by over 1,000 animals.

To keep one thousand animals happy takes about four tons of food a day . . . that’s a four-and-a-half year supply for the average person.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is home to the largest groups of Nile hippos and African elephants in North America.

The first birth at Disney’s Animal Kingdom was a kudu, a large African antelope.

Disney Animal Kingdom scientists have discovered two new vocalizations never before reported in elephants.

The number of species that have reproduced since the park opened is 116.

Two Micronesian Kingfisher chicks were hatched at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, raising the world population of these birds by 3 percent.

The arrival of a black rhino calf born at Disney’s Animal Kingdom made him one of only 250 worldwide.

Animal Programs veterinarians have successfully performed surgery on a tarantula spider, placed an artificial eye in a fish and removed a golf ball from a hungry snake rescued at a Disney golf course.

The Animal Programs team performs more than 600 wellness checks per year.

Lab technicians have analyzed more than 10,000 samples of animal poop since Disney’s Animal Kingdom opened.

More than 4 million trees, plants, shrubs, ground-covers, vines, epiphytes and grasses from every continent on Earth -- except Antarctica -- were planted.

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