Common mistake with snakes

A lot of times I go and check on the animals in Carolina Wildlife. When I walk out I hear a lot of comments adults make to children. Some of the comments are correct and some of them are very false. One that drives me crazy is hearing people over at the snakes warning kids to avoid snakes with triangle heads because they are poisonous. Now, I do agree in avoiding the snakes, but 2 things wrong with the adviceRead more

A celebrity visits

A few weeks ago when Duke and Carolina were playing against each other, the area had a celebrity visit. This celebrity decided to visit the Museum and check out some of our critters. Yes, that is the Travelocity Gnome.  Read more

A dream has been answered

A few weeks ago I wrote a little post about animals dreaming. I included a picture of what I thought our woodchuck Henry possibly dreams about. A nice individual who reads our blog granted Henry’s dream come true. Here are 2 pictures.  Read more

Dream a little dream

Have you ever wondered if animals dream?  There’s no doubt in my mind they do and a while ago MIT did research and found out that animals do indeed dream. Here is the article. Often I wonder what our animals could be dreaming of. Below is a guess of mine:Read more

Jackson Pollock

NOTE This blog was scheduled for the 28th of January, but it kept getting moved!!! Pretend its January 28th. What does this animal blog have to do with Jackson Pollock?  For starters, its his birthday today  and for those of you who have never heard of him, he is well known for “drip” style painting. Photo Personally, I am not much of a fan of abstract art. I tend to like the more traditional Baroque style like Rembrandt. Photo ThenRead more