Our interns, Jamie and Jessica, have less than 4 weeks left in their semester with us. I can’t believe their time is ending. They’ve finished their training with our education animals and can now work in the rooms on their own. They’ve been doing great and we’re happy to have them here.Read more
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Intern Enrichment Project
Our Interns, Jessica and Jamie, have started their enrichment project. They are interning with us Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they take classes. for one of their classes they have to do an enrichment project for an animal. They decided to work with Henry, our woodchuck, to see if they could get him more active. We’ll report back (if you want) later in the semester to see what they learned, but in the meantime, here areRead more
QuikPic: Meet our Interns Jamie & Jessica
We’re fortunate again to have two wonderful interns from Davidson County Community College with us this semester. Jamie (on the left) and Jessica are in their first year in the Zoo and Aquarium Science program. They’ll be with us until mid-April. Say hi if you see them around.Read more
Lemur Photos
I wanted to share some Lemur photos. If you remember back several months ago- we had two interns Casey and Jessica who did their enrichment project for the lemurs- it was a teepee tree. We still use it and here are some recent photos of the ring tails climbing on it. As for the red ruffed lemurs, we were treating Iris twice a day with medicine that we put in mashed banana, which often meant her sister and motherRead more
If you could be any animal- which would you be?
I asked my fellow animal keepers this question awhile ago, thinking I’d come up with a funny blog to post. I got a bunch of answers: Kent – Mottled Rock Snake Sherry- Eagle Katy- Elephant Jill- vegetarian Polar Bear Kristen- Giraffe Aaron- Killer Whale Sarah- Atlantic Puffin Marilyn- Spectacled Bear Mikey- Stegosaurus Me- Clark’s Grebe While all of these are great answers, it wasn’t really as funny as I’d hope it would have been. Insert Interns— As you may haveRead more
Sheep and Waffles
It’s time to say goodbye to our wonderful interns, Casey and Jessica. They have worked as keepers, with us, 3 days a week for 4 months- we will miss them! Casey and Jessica are in the Zoo and Aquarium Science Program at Davidson County Community College. On top of working and classes, the interns had to present an enrichment project. They choose to create a teepee tree for the lemurs. The goal of their creation was to increase social interactionRead more