Well, a bit tardy, but here it is: New Year’s Resolutions from the Animal Department! 1.Stay hydrated. 2.Eat more greens. 3.Schedule doctor’s appointments in a timely manner. 4. Work out more. 5. Set goals high, and strive to reach them!Read more
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Spotlight: Volunteer Mike
It feels like Mike has been around forever, but he only started volunteering with us last May. Mike helps us out mostly in the Farmyard. It’s no wonder he likes being in the Farmyard so much- for the past 20 years he’s lived on a farm in Durham with a bunch of horses and dogs (as well as some parakeets, a tarantula, and a human). He takes Max and Lightning for walks. He is also mainly responsible for keeping Lightning’sRead more
New species for 2008
Time is running out to discover any new species this year! Wired magazine has a series of “top ten” stories for 2008, including one about new species discovered this year. The slide show includes this tiny snake discovered by Blair Hedges of Pennsylvania State University. The post also includes a great story of how a researcher decided to name a new species of catfish after a dedicated worker in the mailroom at his institution. You’ll also find an interesting readRead more
Christmas 2008
So this Christmas went much better (smoother) than last year. Last year I was up in the middle of the night with my daughter and this year I didn’t go to bed until 2:00 because I was getting ready for moving next week. I guess lack of sleep is the same as last year. But this year we are not in a drought, which is great news, and something I remember about last year’s Christmas. While at work today, IRead more
What’s Happening THIS Week!?!? A Weekly Look Into the Busy Life of a Keeper
WRITEN BY GUEST BLOGGER ERIN BROWN 12/23/08: Holiday Preparation! Oh the sights, sounds, and smells of the holidays are in the air! Pig is sitting by the heat lamp wrapped in a blanket, the possum is sleeping soundly in the hay, dreams of sugar plums (or just regular plums) are dancing in the bear’s heads, and the keepers are all a-twitter with their coming vacation days. With this last one brings the other feeling that is floating in the airRead more
Creating a different view, for visitors AND animals
We decided a while ago that it was time to change the perches and trees out of the barred owl exhibit. Seeing as how spare time is precious around here, it wasn’t until last week that Jill and I finally got around to setting our plan in motion. We already had a nice big perching tree ready to go in the exhibit, so last Tuesday we put the tree in while doing a superclean of the exhibit. We still haveRead more