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QuikPic: Happy Passover

I’m not a big fan of Matzo. I usually have leftover after Passover so I bring it in for the critters. Jill uses it for training  and treats with the pigs.  This year, Henry is celebrating and eating matzo during Passover. Enjoy the last few days of Pesach!Read more

Intern Enrichment Project

Our Interns, Jessica and Jamie, have started their enrichment project. They are interning with us Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they take classes. for one of their classes they have to do an enrichment project for an animal. They decided to work with Henry, our woodchuck, to see if they could get him more active. We’ll report back (if you want) later in the semester to see what they learned, but in the meantime, here areRead more
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Do owls drink water?

While closing one night I saw a barred owl standing in the water and pondered, What is that owl doing? A few moments later I watched as the owl took several drinks of water.  I snapped some pictures with my phone and shared them with Keeper Kent who says he’s never seen an owl drink water before. Kent has been a keeper here for a long time so if he hasn’t seen owls drink then most of our readers haven’tRead more

Chinese New Year: Year of the Water Snake

Happy belated Chinese New Year. Yesterday began the year of the water snake.  We have a Water Snake at the Museum that lives in Carolina Wildlife. This snake has been with us for about 5 years. This snake lives with our mud turtle. The Keepers shot a video of the snake catching a fish- click here to see it.  You can go to numerous websites to learn about Chinese New Year, but below are two to start with. http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2013/02/10/happy-chinese-new-year-year-of-water-snake/    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_YearRead more
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Henry & Galileo’s Super Bowl Prediction- 2013

The San Francisco 49ers go head to head with the Baltimore Ravens, so who is our woodchuck and opossum rooting for?   A few years ago Henry was right  Last year we had a snafu with the video and Henry chose incorrectly, but Galileo was right. Watch the video below to see who Henry and Galileo chose [youtube]http://youtu.be/ZqrN9iJmuHw[/youtube]      Read more