Henry is our resident Woodchuck in Carolina Wildlife. Below are pictures of him getting some exercise time on the Keeper Hall. Keeper Katy found it a great opportunity to get him on the scale. We weigh our animals on schedules, some may be once a week, some may be once a month. In addition, anytime we have an opportunity to weigh an animal -we take it! Keeping a good record of animal weights is very important and can help decideRead more
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Concurrent Accession
“Accession” is a word the zoological world uses to mean, “adding to.” It’s the term applied to newly acquired individuals to a museum/zoo/aquarium’s collection. We don’t have a large turnover in our collection at the museum. Every year we lose some animals due to old age, health problems, or transfers to other institutions and we gain a couple, but our collection stays at about the same number. Because we don’t take in new animals very often, I found it interestingRead more
QuikPic:Rainy Day
I snapped this photo on a real rainy day while I was waiting the storm out in the barn. The alpaca seemed real relaxed. This position is cush sometimes spelled kush in alpaca vocabulary.Read more
Scout, the Muscovy Duck
If you travel up to the farmyard, you will notice that we have a domesticated Muscovy duck named Scout. He doesn’t quack because Muscovy ducks hiss. Scout is 6 years old and I know this because he and I have been here at the museum the same time. He came as an egg from Keeper Kent. He hatched only a few days before I started working here. When he was little he was actually on display in Carolina Wildlife inRead more
Happy Holidays
Every year the museum has put on Santa train. This year we were give the opportunity to decorate a tree, so the animal department got some stuff together and decided to give it a try. We found various stuffed animals , an owl tree topper, some pre-made ornaments and some that the keepers painted themselves. The garland that hangs on the tree is made from the twine that is from our hay bales. We made popcorn and craisin ropeRead more