While Cassidy and I were down at bears yesterday, Yona decided to impress us with her mad climbing skillz. Unfortunately she overestimated her abilities. Fortunately I had a camera in my pocket. There are some great shots of her bear feet, and a few good shots of the edge of my finger. Enjoy! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtMUlyY810c[/youtube]Read more
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Big Word of the Month: Imprinting
The big word of the month should be procrastination since I’m a little late with this post! Instead I’m inspired to talk about the process of imprinting since Sherry alluded to it in her post about our new bear.In animal species with extended parental care, offspring usually learn to recognize their parents very soon after birth (the process sometimes begins even before birth). This process, called imprinting, varies from species to species but usually includes learning a combination of sight,Read more
Spotlight: Volunteer Jack’s Girlfriend
So I know Sherry usually does the spotlights on people, but I thought I’d try my hand at one. Please excuse my amateur spotlighting, I’m still in training. The other Tuesday brought a fun surprise when Jack, a volunteer who’s been helping us out 3 days a week for a few months now, brought his girlfriend for us to meet. I’ll point out two significant things to note. The first is that he was brave enough to bring his girlfriendRead more
Meet your new roommate
You may have heard about our newest addition to the farmyard, Auggie the pig. He is a cutie! Originally, he had been living elsewhere on grounds while he was in quarantine (which just means he is kept away from the other animals while we monitor him to make sure he is healthy). Once he was ready to move to his permanent home in the farmyard, it was time to introduce him to his new roommate, Miss Piggy. We decided toRead more
Where’s Nimbus?
If you’ve been up through the farmyard before, you’ve probably seen our outside bunny, Nimbus. There have been several posts about her already. This is unsurprising, as she’s the cutest perky-eared bunny on the planet (Bugsy, our other rabbit, is the cutest lop eared or floppy eared bunny). If you’ve been to the farmyard lately, you probably have wondered where she went. Last Saturday when I went into clean Nimbus’ cage, I saw that she was lying in a weirdRead more
Pumpkins!
Around the Animal Department, October’s arrival meant only 1 thing: extra candy on the free table! It meant good things for the animals too, although we definitely don’t give them candy. They get a share in the post-Halloween jackpot in the form of pumpkins. Every year we get generous donations from people who give us their uncarved, unpainted pumpkins so we can give them to the animals. This year we got a very very generous donation and found ourselves overlyRead more