The Zoo Excursion 2009!

1. By Andrea Mason and Emily Rumpf The Zoo Excursion 2009!

2. Everybody pile on and let’s get ready for our trip to the zoo! All aboard

3. welcome

4. Humboldt penguins can blush. All penguins live south of the equator from Antarctica to Ecuador. Homboldt penguin

5. The lions at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo are siblings. Lions are the only social cat species. African Lion

6. The wild tiger has a successful hunt of about 1 in 20 attempts. They will often make a kill and then gorge on the meat (up to 60 to 110 pounds), then sleep for several days. Siberian tiger

7. The female owl will eat the feces of her owlets to keep her nest clean! Owls eat their prey whole and then regurgitate what they cannot digest such as the fur, feathers, and bones as pellets. Barn owl

8. Indian peafowl • The peafowl’s favorite food in the wild is the snake, even poisonous ones. • Peafowl run more than they fly.

9. Tundra Swan • Tundra swans mate for life. • The tundra swan used to be called the “Whistling swan” because of the whistling sound that was made when wind flew through its wings.

10. Red panda • A female red panda can eat approximately 200,000 bamboo leaves in one day. • The red panda is nocturnal, crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk) and arboreal (much of its time is spent in trees).

11. Asian Elephant • An elephants trunk can hold 1.5 gallons of water. • An elephant is either right or left tusked. The one that is shorter, more rounded, and grooved at the tip, distinguishes this.

12. Thorold’s White-Lipped Deer • Due to the reversal of the way the hairs lie on its rear torso, it appears that the deer is wearing a saddle.

13. Spectacled bear • It is the only bear species in South America • Each spectacled bear has its own unique set of white or cream-colored markings on its head, throat, and chest – its own “fingerprint”.

14. Snow leopard • Snow leopards can bring down prey 3 times their weight, on average twice a month. • They eat slowly and remain on the kill for several days.

15. Ring Tailed Lemur • Ring-tailed lemurs are sunbathers, sitting with their bellies facing the sun with arms and legs stretched out. • Male ringtails are equipped with scent glands on their wrists which are used in “stink fighting” with a rival male.

16. The queen angelfish has never been bred in captivity. Cases of toxic poisoning have been reported from people eating this fish. Queen AngelFish

17. Golden lion tamarins express their emotions by movements of the eyelids, ears, and the hairy adornments of the head. Golden Lion Tamarin

18. Their furry feet leave no tracks in the sand. Their claws are very dull since they have nothing to sharpen them against in the desert. Sand Cat

19. The fossa goes down a tree headfirst like a squirrel. The fossa is related to the mongoose, but until recently, it was mistaken for a primitive type of cat. fossa

20. The pink knob at the center of the leg is often mistaken for the knee, but it is in fact the ankle. Flamingos belong to one of the oldest bird groups alive. Flamingo

21. We hope you learned a lot on this trip and enjoyed it! The end