We’ve seen photos of old American school buses, painted over in a variety of bright colors and designs, that have taken on a new life in public transportation in Central or South America. But this is a surprising new example of a second act for our school buses.

Bus enthusiast Mateusz Pierog of Poland wrote to us about a place called “Jurassic Park Baltow,” which is about 100 miles from Warsaw. The park, situated in an area where many dinosaur bones have been found, features life-size models of such prehistoric behemoths as the stegosaurus and the diplodocus.

There is also a large wildlife area full of live animals that have, ahem, avoided extinction. This is where the school buses come in.

Pierog says that the park bought six yellow buses, each about 10 years old, from the U.S. in 2007. The buses carry visitors through the wildlife area so they can get a close look at ostriches, goats and other creatures on the loose.

The buses may not have to contend with real dinosaurs, but I hear ostriches can be pretty fierce.

— Thomas McMahon, Executive Editor