You may have read a post recently about the bear pool getting its annual cleaning. Well, the day after we finished, one of the drain covers at the bottom of the pool was seen in the middle of the exhibit yard (no doubt having been used as a toy for our playful bears). We had to get the drain cover back on, and Sherry volunteered herself for the job. She doesn’t usually get to help us with daily routines, butRead more
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In the Pocket of a Keeper
Sherry just bought a new camera for the Animal Department (I was thinking about starting this post by saying, “I totally talked Sherry into buying a new camera for the Animal Department”, because I totally did, but I won’t). It’s pretty fabulous and quite perfect because it’s shockproof up to 5 feet and waterproof up to 10 feet. Not water resistant, but waterproof. Meaning I could hop right into the muskrat exhibit and take an underwater picture with him. OneRead more
(Me) Sink or (Bear) Swim…
I am heading to a fancy wedding. I never get dressed up. I typically look like this. (actually, not usually even this good). I was looking for other photos of me to share with you so you could get the idea. (Those of you who know me need not see any photos to get the idea). While looking for photos, however, I came across this video of Ursula swimming and decided you would be much more interested in seeing thisRead more
Training video
I’ve been meaning to take a video of the keepers and animals doing a training session and finally remembered last week. The keepers each work with a specific animal or group of animals: The red ruffed lemurs are working with Cassidy. The ring tail lemurs are working with Kristen The bears are working with Katy The barred owls are working with Jill Max the steer is working with Kent Lightning the donkey is working with Erin Chummix goat is workingRead more
I am skeptical of that claim
I was “helping” Kristen unload a box on Thursday (I don’t know if she really ever finds me helpful as I usually end up getting distracted by something–keep reading) and I pulled out this corn on the cob toy made for rabbits. I was very tickled by the box’s unenthusiastic claim: I guess I’m so tickled because if I were in charge of writing statements on toy boxes, I would follow up a sentence in which I used the wordsRead more
Watersnake Goes Fishing
A while back I posted a video of the snake eating mice and also one of the box turtle eating some salad. I guess I just really enjoy watching animals eat, because I have another sort-of-cool-but-kinda-gross-but-mostly-cool video for you. This one is of our Banded Water snake eating a fish. This is back when he lived off of exhibit, he’s since been moved to the exhibit tank with Mudsy our Mud Turtle. This video impresses me because the fish alllllllllllllllllmostRead more