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QuikPost:Yona bear update

  The picture above doesn’t do justice to Yona as her hair has grown back in since her surgery in September. We expect to be letting Yona back into the exhibit in just one week! It will be eight weeks since her surgery and she is doing really well. Her limp has mostly diminished and we’re really happy with how things have gone. I was looking through some emails and blogs and came across a really great video that Karyn took backRead more

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
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QuikPost:Turtle Enrichment

Enrichment for the animals is a big part of our job here at the museum.I walked into the reptile room and was able to snap this photo of  Zoe who appears to be looking at his. The turtles also have had rubber ducks,tunnels and rubber balls.If you have a suggestion what Zoe might like, let us know in the comments section.Read more

QuikPost: office visitor

It’s Thursday night, around 6:30 and I am sitting at my desk trying to get stuff done.  I hear some quiet rustling outside my office and assume it is the cleaning crew trying to be quiet. I was wrong.  Out of the corner of my eye, something dark is moving across the floor.  It’s Zoe! Zoe is a large water turtle, of mixed lineage. (The floor tiles are 12 inches square). He is being treated for some shell issues andRead more