What is this thing? -Answer

The original quiz post is linked here. It’s a chestnut from Lightning’s front leg! Donkeys and Zebras have chestnuts only on the inside of their front legs, while most breeds of horses have them on both front and rear legs. Scientists believe chestnuts are vestigial remnants of toes, wrist pads or scent glands that equine have evolved without. They are areas of thickened skin that painlessly shed a few layers over time. It’s often thought that the skin prints visibleRead more

National Farm Animal Awareness Week 2014

September 14th – 20th is National Farm Animal Awareness Week!     While the museum isn’t celebrating the week in the same way we do Bear Awareness Week or Wolf Awareness Week, you should still come out and say hello to your favorite Farmyard animals. You can even buy a Duck to help offset the cost of feeding our hoofstock and maybe win a really awesome prize on October 4th when the ducks race at the American Tobacco campus!Read more
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Frogs, Turtles and Foxes, oh my!

Since I spend most of my time out in Explore the Wild, I get to see a lot of our native wildlife. I’m no photographer extraordinaire like Ranger Greg but I thought I would share some of my favorite pictures! To see some of Ranger Greg’s photos–click here! There is so much to see out in Explore the Wild if you take the time to look!Read more
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It’s Closer to Winter than Spring!

North Carolina might stay comfortably warm well into October, but I start thinking about blizzards and snowpeople by September. So in honor of “it’s almost winter, and Sarah wants to wear her comfy sweatshirts again” Day, a video of Elaina, Rocky and Patches, all wearing their winter finest: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCdm2b_XsbA[/youtube]Read more