A very long time ago, Keeper Larry posted about Dr. Lewbart. Recently, I was talking with my roommate and she told me about this article. When I read the article I recognized the name of the Dr. and thought it was very interesting. SEA TURTLE SURGERY (Allen Breed, Associated Press) Read more
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Big Word of the Month: Symbiosis
Many of the animals at the museum live with another animal of a different specie. They might live together because they seem to like each other or because they don’t bother one another and fit the exhibit well (large exhibits with 1 animal are pretty boring if that one animal doesn’t want to be in sight of guests). Some of the animals we have together are a donkey and dwarf goats, a steer and a boer goat, a pine snakeRead more
You won’t see this in the wild
I snapped this picture of our 4 black bears eating breakfast together. Gus is the one looking up. In the wild, black bears are solitary. This is definately a rare sight. Our black bears are all rescues who weren’t able to be released back into the wild. Luckily we have a large enough exhibit for them that they are all able to have their own space. Sometimes they actually like spending time together. Often Gus and YonaRead more
Meet A Biologist: Christina Kocer
Meet Christina Kocer, the White-Nose Syndrome National Assistant Coordinator (and Northeast Regional Coordinator) for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Christina works with BATS! Specifically, she works with people, bats, and a newly discovered disease called White-Nose Syndrome (WNS). I asked her a few questions about her job; her answers are in blue text. What is it that you do? As a WNS coordinator, I work closely with state, federal, and academic institutions, asRead more
How some animals beat the heat
As I write this it is the second day of summer and I am already done with the heat. Naturally, I was then asking myself who may have it worse off then I do in this heat.I began to think of animals in the desert and what methods they use to stay cool. A lot of desert animals are crepuscular. This means that they are active during dawn and dusk. Some are nocturnal which show up during the night timeRead more
Don’t Burn Your Melons
Last summer, we got a whole truck load of watermelons donated from a local farmer. At the time, we were using them to give Ursula bear her daily medicines as well as for enrichment with the other animals. The farmer gave us so many because he couldn’t sell them; they had sunburn! He assured us that there was nothing wrong with the fruit inside, but the sun damaged the rind and watermelons that aren’t pretty don’t sell well. So we gotRead more