Kimberly shared the stump story, along with photos of the bears and the stumps. Jim, our landscape environments director and deliverer of the stumps to the yards, caught this video of the end of Max’s initial meeting with his stump. Enjoy. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-nv5nhNrH8[/youtube]Read more
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QuikPost: Manatees
Former Keeper Larry sent a link to some manatee info. The cold weather in Florida has driven the manatees into the springs and the power plant. Make sure to click the “view the manatees live” link as well.Read more
QuikPost: Yona and Pumpkins
We got a donation of a couple LARGE pumpkins from a member and we gave them to Yona a little while ago. Here are some photos in case you didn’t get to see her have fun with her new friends.Read more
QuikPost: Snow Day
We were too busy today dealing with the ice, snow, sleet, and rain to take photos. Jim, our Landscape Director, got this pretty shot of the bear waterfall. It reminds me of some photos that ranger Greg took last year when it was COLD- take a look!Read more
QuikPost: This evening’s enrichment
It’s around 6 PM and I just finished checking on Carolina Wildlife animals. The opossums and woodchuck had “toys” for their evening enrichment. It seems like gas cans with large holes drilled in them were the items of choice. You can see the opossums sleeping a few feet to the left of their can. I am not sure what scents or food the keepers may have put in the can- I’ll have to check in with them tomorrow to see.Read more
Quik Post: Snow days
Today was the first snowfall that Durham has seen this year. While out in Explore the Wild, I snapped this shot of the bears eating. The lemurs watched the snow fall out of their exhibit window and Max, our steer managed to frolic around in it.Read more