Ranger Greg may have noticed the first signs of the impending season change back in August, but here in the Animal Department, we hold off until the middle of October to make our changes from the summer heat to the winter cold. We also have our animals to let us know when it’s time to shut off the fans and turn on the heaters. Scout, the duck, molts all of his old summer feathers to prepare for what would be aRead more
Posts tagged: #bears
Space left- come see the bears
I just learned there are still some spaces left for the two October evening bear feeding. Come join me on a leisurely stroll down to the bear house and help me give them their dinner. Reservations required- hope to see you then.Read more
Please don’t throw out your bears
My brother in Montana sent me this video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfiZPXsQvrQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/youtube]. Read more
New Keeper Uniforms for Watermelon Day
It’s WATERMELON DAY and we’re having great fun. Ranger Ro got some video of our pigs eating (or trying to eat) watermelon, same for our bears. I stopped at the Sprout Cafe to try to get some tasty watermelon treats. Addie and her Dad said I could put up this picture of her. I was so impressed with her outfit for watermelon day I think I am going to make all the keepers wear it next year! Read more
It’s HOT out there.
We all know it’s been a hot summer. We talk about it every morning before we start our day. Animals, just like people can succumb to heat related issues. However, we never want it to get that far with the Museum’s animals. We prepare every year for the temperatures to rise and how to best take care of ourselves and our animals. We make sure that there is plenty of shade and water for our bears, wolves, and lemursRead more
Forget the porridge, give me cotton candy!
Every Thursday the animal department staff (along with any volunteers or museum staff that can tolerate the keepers) go to lunch together somewhere off campus. Occasionally we splurge and go to Golden Corral. A few weeks ago some of the keepers noticed there was blue cotton candy in the dessert section. We decided to take all the cotton candy they had (of course, we waited until we were on our way out to snag it all) so that we could seeRead more