Saturday, October 24, 2009

boo @ the zoo day one









today's featured pumpkin treats were scheduled for the chimps, meerkats and spectacle bears. since i saw the chimps on wed at the preview, i went late and got there for the meerkats. i haven't done a post on these little guys yet, so i'll post alittle info on them here. they live in the children's along side their neighbors the prairie dogs. at past boo events, the meerkats are always fun to watch get their treats, pumpkins filled with meal worms! yum! our group of meerkats (called a mob) consists of three females and three males. the girls names are, victoria, ness, and okeechobee. the boys names are, saro, huron, and bailko. they are all named after rivers. ... i was disappointed when i got the schedule for this years event and saw that many animals (tigers, polars, lemurs, gorillas,) who usually get treats would not be, but i also thought maybe some might still even if they weren't listed and i was right. while wandering around visiting all the friends, i caught this female patas enjoying her pumpkin. the tamarins had treats too and i heard there was pumpkin remnants at gorilla world. as well when i left i saw displays at the lemurs, so maybe tomorrow for them? the lions will get their halloween treats tomorrow but had sheep legs today! its a bit too much nature for me, but they seemed to really dig them, especially kimani who grabbed hers and headed to the bushes with it. ... before wishbone and annie (spectacle bears) came out, it seemed the gulls were stealing all their treats ;( , but thankfully when they got at em, there were still enough fruits and veggies for them! i love when i get snaps of wishbone with his tongue out! do you see his tongue in the pumpkin? these two are so precious.

4 comments:

  1. Cute :) It looks like they all had a blast today. Looking forward to tomorrows animals get their treats. Hopefully the Lemurs get some tomorrow. The sheep leg is actually calm compared to what they use to give the lions and tigers. they use to give sheep heads to them until one of the lions hid their sheep head and a guest saw it in the exhibit a few days later and the keepers had to stop giving it to them.

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  2. yea they had fun! i hope we can see the lemurs tomorrow as well, but i saw a pic onine that showed them getting treats today ;( i'm very bummed and bothered that animals got treats and it wasn't in the schedule. i love this event and the animals are so fun to watch be so happy for their treat and to miss out after waiting all year makes me cranky. ... intersting about the sheeps head. that would have made me cranky too.

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  3. I love the photo of Annie standing right behind Wishbone...these two are very close buddies. They are precious to watch. Annie is a cute little one and Wishbone...he clearly watches over his Annie !!! Spec Bears Rock !!!

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  4. i love when annie is watching from behind or a bit away and then swoops in and tries to lift a treat from wishbone. they really are too cute. .. i wish they'd get some grass in there soon! i championed it for you guys!

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