Walt Disney Imagineering Reveals How They Keep Lions Away from Rhinos at Kilimanjaro Safaris

In the latest episode of the YouTube series Imagineer That!, Walt Disney Imagineering answered a user’s question about how the animals at Kilimanjaro Safaris stay separated.
Imagineer That! – Kilimanjaro Safaris
In the video, Tom Morrow 2.0 met with Matt – Disney Imagineering’s Master Planning Executive – to ask how the lions and rhinos at Kilimanjaro Safaris in Animal Kingdom stay separated from each other. They also discussed how they make sure the animals are visible to guests.
Watch the full video below to learn the answer:
Walt Disney Imagineering recently kicked off Engineering Week (February 22 – February 28, 2026) by highlighting a control software engineer who worked on Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. All episodes of the YouTube series, We Call it Imagineering, are also now available to stream on Disney+.
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