Back in July of 2012, Ranger Greg posted about the Orangestripe Oakworm caterpillars out in Catch the Wind. A year later and the caterpillars have taken over the big Oak tree in the farmyard. If you didn’t get to see the little critters eating away when they were out in Catch the Wind, you can certainly spot them right now in the Farmyard. Just head over to Max‘s yard and stand by his big water trough. It’s actually harder toRead more
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The Quick Difference Between Alpaca and Llamas
A lot of the times when I am in the farmyard and next to our new Alpaca exhibit, I get asked whats the difference between an Alpaca and Llama. EARS: Photo Photo SIZE Image Even though they are in the same family Camelidae, they are used for different purposes by humans. Alpacas are used for their fibers and Llama are used as pack animals to carry things or in meat production. Some llamas are bred genetically for differentRead more
Where Are the Babies Hidden?–Answer
The original post is here. What a cool place to grow up! Right over the heads of all those guests who sat down to rest their feet on the bench just below this shelf.Read more
Alpaca Pool
Recently, we added a pool to our alpacas yard. We had a good feeling that they would use it because we kept finding a lot of dirt in their water buckets and evidence of water being splashed around. It took a while to be able to capture it on film, but we finally did. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyxNSOpXBs[/youtube] Read more
Let’s all get weighed!
Keepers are enjoying the new scale in the farmyard, and so are the critters. Here’s some video of Max and the alpacas getting weighed. Max’s training focused on keeping him calm as he walked from his enclosure to the scale – he tends to get excited when he goes for a walk. And 1600 pounds of excited steer can be difficult to manage. But look how calm he is! [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfSwNZ1ifY[/youtube] The alpaca training is more focused on helping them tolerateRead more