Who Makes That Sound? –Answer

Believe it or not, this sound clip is of our bears! Yona is the whiny voice you hear first, and Mimi is the one yelling at her towards the end. It was rather like this photo, but with Yona on the left, rather than Gus. Yona starts arguments with the other bears fairly regularly, but don’t worry too much about it, their spatsĀ are nearly always vocal and very seldom end in any physical contact. Mimi “wins” most arguments with theRead more
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Why Purple Poop?

We have shown you pictures of fun colored poop before courtesy of our bears. The other day I found an oddly colored poop–any ideas what food made the bears poop purple!?   I think it is sort of pretty in a gross way–Keeper Jill does not agree! šŸ˜›Read more
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Christmas 2015

You know the deal. Advance prep for the day: Review all the log books and check in with Keepers about any specific things to note. CHECK Christmas present for Security Guard. CHECK Headlamp and tasty food for me on desk and ready. CHECK New batteries in Camera. CHECK   All’s ready for the day.   5:00 AM arrival with the only issue being I startled the security guard. I arrive set to have no escapes, even though Sarah commented itRead more

Dr. Vanderford dons the gown again

The Ring-tailed lemurs have been getting along well since the initial incidents with their introductions. Ā (Hopefully Autumn will get some photos to share of the snuggling occurring).Ā That’s why we were very surprised to find Henri one day with his ear split. He, and the others, were all acting totally fine both before and after, but his ear did need to get sutured. Take a look:          Read more

What’s behind the door…

I walked down the hall on Tuesday and found Katy standing in the doorway. Fairly boring and a tad confusing. However, on the other side of the door was a surprise (different from my post last year about what’s behind the door)      Read more