Some of the trees on the savanna are Southern Live Oaks, indigenous to Florida and not Africa, that were transplanted from around the park, then given a crew-cut to make them appear as an African Acacia tree
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Disney had to install almost 4 million plants
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To create the terrain of the savanna, 60 dump trucks / day came in with dirt for 2 years, dropping 4.4 million cubic yards of dirt (enough to fill Spaceship Earth 19 times)
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To induce the animals into viewable areas, imagineers use feeders near the path, heated/cooled rocks for lions to sleep on, shade and water near the path, etc
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The trip through the savanna is actually a trip through show scenes, designed so that you don't actually see the barriers. Some barriers are designed to look like mud, others rocks, and still others might be a moat hidden by grass
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When building the savanna, 5 million plants were planted
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The savanna covers 100 Acres
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