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QuikPic: Happy Passover
March 30th, 2013
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Intern Enrichment Project
February 21st, 2013Our Interns, Jessica and Jamie, have started their enrichment project. They are interning with us Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays they take classes. for one of their classes they have to do an enrichment project for an animal. They decided to work with Henry, our woodchuck, to see if they could get him more active. We’ll report back (if you want) later in the semester to see what they learned, but in the meantime, here are some photos of what they built and their first day of watching Henry with their item:
Jamie ties on the whiffle balls
Ready to go
Henry watches from his bed at first
Jamie and Jessica take notes diligently hoping for some interaction.
Henry approaches
Henry engages
FYI- I went back and checked and only one of the whiffle balls is still hanging up. Seems like he’s been having some fun.
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Henry the Great
January 10th, 2013Henry is our resident Woodchuck in Carolina Wildlife. Below are pictures of him getting some exercise time on the Keeper Hall. Keeper Katy found it a great opportunity to get him on the scale. We weigh our animals on schedules, some may be once a week, some may be once a month. In addition, anytime we have an opportunity to weigh an animal -we take it! Keeping a good record of animal weights is very important and can help decide diet changes or even bring up health concerns. Henry weighs a whooping 5.96 kg that translates to 13.11 lbs.
Keepers Katy, Jill, Kent, and Sarah and Mr. Henry the Woodchuck
Henry on the scale
So cute!
Sherry took advantage of Henry’s good mood and got a scratch in
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Be on the lookout for Henry’s 2013 Super Bowl prediction.
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If You Give a “Whistle” Pig a Pancake
December 29th, 2012
If you give a Whistle Pig a pancake…
He’ll chase you down the hallway until you give him another.
It wasn’t quite like the book
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oh he loves him some pancakes!
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This just goes to show that we love all the “staff” here at the museum!
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Signs of the Season
November 2nd, 2012Ranger Greg may have noticed the first signs of the impending season change back in August, but here in the Animal Department, we hold off until the middle of October to make our changes from the summer heat to the winter cold. We also have our animals to let us know when it’s time to shut off the fans and turn on the heaters. Scout, the duck, molts all of his old summer feathers to prepare for what would be a fall migration and he starts running around the farmyard in the morning like he’s training for a race. Henry, the woodchuck, and our 4 bears, all pack on a few pounds with the start of fall and then slow way down, spending most of their days sleeping. The bears, wolves, steer, donkey and many others begin to grow in an extra thick coat of fur to ward off the impending cold.
One of my favorite signs of the season comes from our Red-tailed Hawk, Misha. Our normally quiet, calm hawk becomes very chatty in the early hours of the autumn mornings.
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I love that you got footage of Misha doing this! I’ve heard him but never seen him.
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Photos from Inside
October 5th, 2012Just a few cute photos to share with everyone.
Sleepy ferrets, Dixie and Mason
I love how Volunteer Colet set up the playpen for Silkie Chicken to spend the day in
Henry our Woodchuck having his morning supplements on a piece of bread
Jaybird showing off his dinner
One of our Muskrats enjoying a snack
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I miss my babies!
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I bet!
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Groundhog Day 2012
February 2nd, 2012Happy Groundhog Day!
Last year you may have remembered that our Groundhog/Woodchuck Henry, had an interview and predicted the Super Bowl winner last year.
This year Henry is in hibernation mode but still gets up every once in a while to eat a peanut or banana. Last year I took this video and in honor of Groundhog Day I thought I would post it.
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Happy Groundhog Day Henry!
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Henry Explores Carolina Wildlife
September 9th, 2011
Look at that shaved belly, Henry was recently neutered
This is Henry our Woodchuck otherwise known as a Groundhog. The other morning, before we opened, Keeper Sarah gave Henry some much needed exercise time, in the people area of Carolina Wildlife. He enjoyed running back and forth, chasing us when he could, and checking out the exhibits.
Keeper Sarah and Henry run around
Keeper Sarah protecting her ankles
Squeezing his way between the bench and the wall to climb on top of the bench
Success
Then Keeper Katy came out and gave Henry a little tour of the snake exhibits.
Henry looks at Black Rat Snake with Keeper Katy
"Look Henry this is a Pine snake"
Henry climbs a step to see the Corn Snake better
Henry is one of our more active inside animals so we make sure to give him lots of enrichment, check out these other posts about woodchuck enrichment: raisins anyone and interview with a groundhog
And my favorite picture:
Henry and the fish check each other out
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love it!
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Wow…I’m signing up for the December 18. 2011 “Behind the Scenes Tour” to see Henry! Didn’t he also predict the Superbowl winner?!
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What a great exercise time and location for him! Much more fun than the hall:)
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Raisins Anyone?
May 23rd, 2011Keeper Jill was organizing some kitchen cabinets and had 8 empty raisin boxes and a brilliant idea- Woodchuck enrichment. Keeper Sarah was scheduled inside the next day, she was warned about the potential mess she had waiting for her. And like a good sport she snapped a few photos before cleaning up.
hmmm what shall we do with 8 emtpy raisin boxes?
First we stacked them in a pyramid
We even put a few boxes up high for him to knock down
The first bite!
And they all fall down!
Each box had a small treat of sunflower seeds wrapped in newspaper
He seems to be enjoying it
The next morning
Holy Moly! Click on this pic to see a larger image
We had fun making it and he had fun destroying it- job well done!
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Great idea Jill and Sarah!
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Geez, that’s ubneielavble. Kudos and such.
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