Often times I ask the Keepers if they can retrieve fecal (poop!) samples for me to test. Usually I send them off with a small dixie cup for collection but on one particular day I hadn’t given Keeper Autumn a cup for collection so when I radioed that I needed some feces from the Ring-tailed Lemurs she made her own fecal cup!Read more
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Backyard bears
Not our bears, but check out this mama bear and her 5 cubs (yes- 5!). Click here, or go to the link below. http://ipad.aol.com/article/2015/08/21/family-finds-6-bears-bathing-in-their-backyard-pool/21225863/ Read more
QuikPic: Mudsy and Watersnake
I took this picture of the snake and turtle “curled up together” It reminds me of photos of other Museum-twosomes of old: Auggie and Lightning Lightning and Max Max and Scout Read more
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
What do Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and our Ring-Tailed Lemurs have in common? They are all artists, of course! We do all sorts of things to enrich the lives of our animals and sometimes we do stuff just for fun! It is great when they are one in the same! Our bachelor group of lemurs got to try their hand at painting! How do we get our lemurs to paint you ask? Watch the video below to see! Read more
QuikPost: Watermelon Day follow-up
It was so busy and exciting on Watermelon Day that we didn’t even have time to take photos! Check out photos by clicking here, or at the following site: http://www.wral.com/lifestyles/goaskmom/image_gallery/14809228/. Thanks for all the donations too- we received 69 watermelons!Read more
Watermelon Day 2015!
It’s Watermelon Day 2015!! Are you coming to visit today to watch our animals get silly over watermelons?! You should! There will be short programs happening all day long in the Farmyard, Bears, Lemurs, and in Carolina Wildlife. You can even leave a watermelon at the front desk for the critters to eat later in the day! Check out some of our past years below, or do a search in the orange bar below the blog for all ofRead more