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
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QuikPost: Just beaming with development
OK, so the title is cheesy… but I think it speaks for itself. Here are some pictures of the beams that have gotten put up for the extension on the building. Part of the new building will be the Animal Department support hall, while the other part will be an extension of the exhibits shop.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
A wet and wild slip n’ slide
You may have noticed that it rained a lot last week. I think it actually rained every day, as I worked outside in it quite a bit. I don’t know about you, but when it rains that much, I try and think of all the good things that will come from it, instead of just focusing on the fact that I can’t seem to dry out. And while it’s good to think of these benefits to the rain, sometimes thereRead more
Volunteer Vox: The Scoop on Snake Poop
I was hoping to write my first Animal Department blog post about volunteering to help clean the bear pool. But, alas, the weather did not cooperate and the bear pool cleaning was postponed. But, I was already at the Museum so I decided to stay and help out with the off-exhibit animals. Maybe you didn’t know that there are many animals who live behind the scenes. These residents are usually used for education purposes (and sometimes they even get toRead more
“How interesting!”…
… as Kristen would say. That was the phrase she used when she found out a little tidbit about our newest animal arrival this past Friday. Apparently our new ferret was previously named Tinkerbell, but we had to change her name to LadyBelle because we already had a Tinkerbell ferret here before! Now, we seem to just have an unsaid rule that you can’t give another animal a previous animal’s name…. at least not if the animal is the sameRead more