Sherry is always trying to remind me to take the camera out with me in the morning before heading to Explore the Wild. After all, you never know what sorts of interesting things you could find to blog about! Well, a couple of Thursdays ago, I finally remembered to take the camera! So this is what mine and Mikey’s morning looked like… It started with one of our vehicles being broken, so we had to share a vehicle with theRead more
Posts tagged: #lemurs
Lemur Physicals
Last week Dr. Vanderford was here for vet rounds. The ring tailed lemurs got their physicals. Cassandra had her brush with death over the summer, and is doing AMAZINGLY WELL- you would never know there were any issues! A couple photos below from Dr. Vanderford cleaning Casandra’s teeth. All three ring tailed lemurs were checked out and are doing well. It’s no huge surprise that Lycus, our oldest and 25 year old ring tailed lemur, has some teeth worn down.Read more
QuikPost: lemur structure is expanding!
The lemur structure has been in limbo for a while since the first part was built. But this week the guys have come back to expand on it. I don’t think any of the keepers really know what the finished product of this structure is supposed to look like, but it’s interesting watching the stages of construction, anyway!Read more
One week later: Cassandra the ring-tailed lemur
It’s Wednesday morning and I am heading out to the Red Wolf SSP meeting (I’ll write about this next week, but click here to learn about last year’s RWSSP masterplan meeting). Literally, just one week ago, the keepers found Cassandra, our 16 year old ring-tailed lemur, in respiratory distress. Dr. Vanderford responded quickly and we decided to quickly head to the Duke Lemur Center. Things were so bad I didn’t even think of taking any photos. As always, the folksRead more
How to catch a stuffed lemur
If you’ve seen our lemurs up in Explore the Wild, you might have noticed that they have collars on their necks. Here’s a good picture of Lycus the Ring Tailed lemur where you can clearly see his collar: Our Red Ruffed lemurs have them too, and both species wear them all the time. We put these collars on our lemurs for the same reason you put a collar on your dog: to help us get them back if they escape.Read more
Explore the Wild (in the lemur exhibit)
I was feeding the lemurs a while ago, spreading their food around the exhibit on the rocks, the branches and in crooks of trees, and nearly plopped a piece of banana -smeared chow onto this little guy! He’s a gray tree frog. I had the camera with me, and thought I should get a shot of how well he camouflages himself. I had already let the lemurs into the exhibit, and Satyrus was following me around, trying to anticipate myRead more