this is the "central hub" of disney's animal kingdom, connecting almost all of the other sections of the park, except rafiki's planet watch. the tree of life, the park's icon, is here, surrounded by animal enclosures with kangaroos, black crowned cranes, lemurs and others. the park's largest gift shops and two of its major restaurants are on discovery island, each with a different design theme, such as decorations based on nocturnal animals, insects and so forth. the island's other major draw is "it's tough to be a bug!", a 4-d film starring flik and hopper from disney·pixar's "a bug's life".