I was heading to bear overlook to do the meet the keeper program when I looked down and saw: It almost looks like we painted it there but it is in fact Great Blue Heron poop in the shape of a bird! If you’ve been out to the wetlands, you’ve probably seen what looks like paint splatters but it is really poop from a pretty big bird. The culprit below: I think we’ve all seen animal shapes inRead more
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You Dropped Something: Part 2
This time, it was my fault (unlike last time, where I was just a bystander). I could not stop dropping things a few Sundays ago. I dropped an entire box of metal lemur bowls later in the day, too. I didn’t have the heart to photograph that mess.Read more
You Dropped Something: Part 1
The access driveway down to the lemur house is steeper than it looks. It takes a little practice driving the utility vehicles up and down it before you get the hang of just how much gas you need to climb it. Today’s lesson: Don’t floor the accelerator with the tailgate down. We were late to a meeting. This made us just a little bit later.Read more
Caption This!
This is Dan one of our Ring-Tailed Lemurs! Zoom in for an even better look at his crazy eyes! I’d say he really enjoys peaches–what do you think he is thinking here?!Read more
Fecal Cup
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
QuikPic: Martha Ferret
Of the 3 ferrets that reside with us, Martha is certainly not a morning ferret. Nor is she too keen on taking her medication first thing in the morning. She woke up this morning while I gave Abraham and Betsy their medications and promptly went back to bed!Read more