Do you ever wonder what we do on closed Mondays? (Today, we’re cleaning the bear pool). We do several Emergency Training Drills a year and a closed Monday is the perfect opportunity. I recently wrote about lemur tracking, we also do full on drills that include fake animal escapes and or damage due to storms or trees down, you might recall when Leslie played a bear. Today’s post is about making darts. We would potentially use a dart to sedate an escapedRead more
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Lemur Tracking Drill
We recently had a Lemur Tracking Drill. Sherry informed us that two “lemurs” were hidden around campus and we had an hour to find them. Off we went… We then decided to go out to the parking lot since our signal was pointing us in that direction. Quickly there after, we found the first lemur in a tree. After feeling successful about finding the first lemur so quickly we decided to split up at the boardwalk. Sarah and I headedRead more
10 mins with the Ring Tailed Lemurs
After lunch everyday we head out to our respective areas and do afternoon checks. The ring-tailed lemurs have been enjoying their outside exhibit. I snapped some pictures during check recently. Sometimes all they do is sleep and sometimes they are climbing trees this is what they were doing on this particular day…Read more
Rummage Sale is tomorrow!!
Come join Zookeepers and Volunteers from The Museum of Life and Science, Carolina Tiger Rescue, and Duke lemur Center for their annual Rummage Sale. From 7 a.m. to noon under the picnic dome at the Museum of Life and Science Great prices on a huge variety of stuff! And all proceeds benefit our local Piedmont AAZK.Read more
Silly Times
The beginning of Spring brings all kinds of changes to the Animal Department. The bears are up and playing, the Ring-Tailed Lemurs get to stay outside in the yard, and the Wetlands explode with activity. One of our tasks for Spring includes removing the hay in the bear house. We put a good amount of hay on both sides of the bear house for the winter. It gets changed during supercleans and then removed completely once Spring arrives. There areRead more