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In Memory of J. Pos

  I’m sorry to report that Jessica Opossum passed away last week   Jessica Opossum enjoying her enrichment Jessica was one of our Education Holding Room animals, she got to educate many school and birthday party children during her time here with us.  Earlier this year our other female opossum Cher also passed away, opossums have a very short life span often living no longer than 3 years.     Click here to see Jill and baby Jessica dancing     WeRead more
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Lemurs love watermelon too!

The word of the summer for the Animal Department is Watermelon! Ursula, our oldest bear, prefers watermelon to take her medicine in, but she’s not the only animal that enjoys this special summer treat.   Cassandra taking her first bite She had to pick it up  Cassandra and her son Satyrus  Satyrus digging into the watermelon enrichment Cassandra doing the same  Lycus and Cassandra sharing. Lycus has the BIG eyes Satyrus enjoying his own piece while looking quite handsome inRead more
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Enrichment at home

Enrichment isn’t just something I do at work. At the end of the day I may have several scents on me- snake musk, opossum funk, steer slobber and many many more. So I go home, lay out my clothes and watch my cats- it’s both enriching for me and them.  Read more
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Education Holding Room

Back on the Animal Support Hall we have an entire room of animals for education purposes which we call the EHR. The animals in the Education Holding Room are taken out by Museum Educators for special events, birthday parties, even trips to local schools.Read more
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Shiver Me Timbers!

Ahoy everyone! I saw a group of sprogs swashbucklin’ near a great, grand ship- flying the Jolly Roger. Yo-ho-ho how they crack me up! Aye those landlubbers be causing trouble, one lass and two buccaneers sailing the open sea…  Or just chasing each other around while climbing through this ferret ship hammock- check out the pictures below and this site for more pirate talk.Read more