Okay Sports Fans, here it is! The start of a week which revolves around our fuzzy and lovable friends! They eat a bunch, they sleep a bunch, they shed a bunch – no they’re not Italians – they’re our Bears! It’s officially Bear Awareness Week! And we here at the Museum are lucky enough to have 5 of the lovable fuzz buckets that we call part of the family to enjoy each day. Gus, Ursula, Mimi, Virginia and Yona areRead more
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Fun with Zookeepers!
Remember everyone! This upcoming weekend is the 3rd annual local chapter of AAZK’s (American Association of Zookeepers) Rummage Sale being held right here at the museum! Sunday morning May 15th, from 7am to 12 pm under the picnic dome there will be a wide array of donated goods for sale. Everything from clothes and books, to furniture and appliances and everything in between! All to benefit your local friendly and lovable zookeepers. 🙂 Our local AAZK chapter includes the DurhamRead 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
So, what are you doing next month…?
Hi again out there! Okay, so this posting won’t be about any weird animals, or random things attacking anyone or anything like that (have no fear- we’ll get back to that in the next post!) 🙂 This posting is to inform you of a very worthy cause that is coming up next month that I just know you’ll want to hear about! It’s the annual AAZK (American Association of Zookeepers) Rummage Sale, which happens right here at the museum underneathRead more
Red wolf pups: it might happen!
Anyone who knows me, or has been reading the blog for a while, knows that I have a great passion for red wolves. After breeding season was over, I was sure that our female was pregnant. Being that we (the keepers) like to pick on each other and give one another a hard time about anything possible, I have withstood much teasing and joking from my co-workers… and as always I have appreciated their humor! Despite the fact that mostRead more
New Education Critters…
So we have some new education animals! They are super cute and fun to play with and you know you just can’t wait to see them in action! Can you guess what they are? No, they’re aren’t Capybaras. Or baby Cassowaries. Or even Mongolian Hooded Wombats (Sherry wouldn’t buy me one). But they are almost as cute and fun! They are the Degus! (everyone insert raised eyebrows and “duh” expression here) 🙂 Keep reading my friends and learn about theRead more