tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85739053298574571582024-03-14T02:25:50.378-07:00Wildwood Wildlife ParkWildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-12440026113522057232019-05-03T09:57:00.001-07:002019-05-03T09:57:37.822-07:00Zoo Camp 2019: Summer Camp experience full of amazing animals & activities<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We love the idea of children being given the opportunity to attend summer camp so much we decided to include our love of nature, conservation and giving children hands-on experience with some of the residents of Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Both Camp Weeks are child-only. You can also access detailed<a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.com/educational/zoocamp/WILDWOOD_Zoo_Camp_Info.pdf" target="_blank"> information found on our website by clicking here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.com/educational/zoocamp/WILDWOOD_Zoo_Camp_Registration_Form.pdf" target="_blank">here to access the Registration Form</a> from the Wildwood website. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Click <a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.com/educational/zoocamp/WILDWOOD_Zoo_Camp_Media_Waiver.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to download the media waiver </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Participants will be dropped off at the William Gardner Education Center between 8:45-9:00 a.m. Participants will be picked up at at the William Gardner Education Center between 3:30-3:45 p.m. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For additional information such as apparel, what to bring and what NOT to bring <a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.com/educational/zoo-camp.aspx" target="_blank">click here for the link to our website</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari Zoo Camp combines education with entertainment where your children will enjoy learning about wildlife, receive an introduction to environmental conservation, and make new friends. We look forward to seeing your child/children at Zoo Camp!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">After a mild start to the winter, here in the northwoods of Wisconsin, February and March came in like a lion making themselves way too comfortable. However, spring has officially arrived and here at Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari, we are optimistic the weather will cooperate and for our annual Spring Raking Clean-Up, scheduled for April 13th and 14th.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;">Click on the PDF or JPF, download, print and/or send to anyone who is interested in a volunteer service project; students, 4-H, Boy and Girl Scouts, anyone that is looking for community service hours or who wants to spend a fun weekend at the zoo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #2c2d30; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(44, 45, 48);">Please bring a rake and garden gloves. Wildwood Wildlife Park & Safari will provide lunch on Saturday, April 13th, and Sunday, April 14th.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Before you scream and walk (run) away, could you give us just a couple of minutes? Here at Wildwood Wildlife Park we are interested in what snakes do and, yes … we like them. We really do!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">One of the reasons why these beautiful creatures are so misunderstood is due in part to the fact that in the wild snakes are difficult to observe without disturbing them. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_on_a_Plane" target="_blank">Snakes on a Plane</a> may be the other reason.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Despite the difficulty, scientists spend a lot of time in the field when snakes are active to observe what they do and how they act and interact with each other. Thanks to the benefits of modern electronics to enhance traditional methods that allow experts to observe snakes without human presence, scientists have made a number of surprisingly discoveries.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">What we have learned from these scientific studies is the previous line of thinking of snake behavior, specifically sharing a den as a place to seek shelter from the cold due to a lack of suitable places for snakes to seek refuge is not the full story. In relatively mild climates such as Arizona, scientists have discovered that rattlesnakes willingly share dens. The conclusion from remotely monitoring these dens is that Arizona black rattlesnakes are social creatures. More than just a shelter from the cold, dens may serve as a type of social hub for snake communities where these reptiles learn from each other; such as good places to bask, hunt or even give birth. Who knew that snakes had friends? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Remote videography monitoring of rattlesnake nest sites has given scientists new insights into the lives of rattlesnake families. What have they learned? Snakes take care of their young, defend them from threats and “snake-sit” the neighbors young.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">So what have you learned? Take a closer look at the photo above. How many snakes do you see? Look at how they are interacting with each other. Do you see how these reptiles appear comfortable - even friendly with each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The next time a snake crosses your path - take a moment to appreciate the beauty of nature. Instead of running in fear that a snake is out to get you, you now know that snake may be on its way back to take care of the little ones in the nursery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">There are six different species of flamingos however, it takes a expert eye to tell the species apart. The Andean, puna, Chilean and American flamingos are all residents of South America. Both the lesser and greater flamingos are found in large numbers in Africa. During the breeding season, greater and lesser flamingos regularly migrate to the Middle East. Near the Mediterranean greater flamingos can be found in the wild along the southern Mediterranean Sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Adult flamingos stand four to six feet tall and weigh between four and eight pounds. This surprising lack of body weight is needed for the birds to be able to take flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The feathers under their wings, known as f<a href="https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/308-feathers-and-flight" target="_blank">light feathers</a>, are black however, these feathers can only be seen when the birds are flying.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Flamingos feed in muddy flats and shallow water stirring up mud with their long legs and webbed feet. Reaching down, they bury their bills (and sometimes their entire head) into the water gathering up a scoopful of mud and water. <a href="https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanfordbirds/text/essays/Flamingo_Feeding.html" target="_blank">A flamingo's beak is designed to remove food before the liquid is expelled</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Did you know that a flock of flamingos is called a flamboyance? They find safety in numbers, which helps protect individual birds from predators while their heads are down in the mud. In the wild, a colony can number up to several hundred birds. You can see this on a smaller scale at the flamingo exhibit at Wildwood Wildlife Park. The different species of flamingos have their own distinct communal mating rituals. You can read about the </span><a href="https://seaworld.org/en/animal-info/animal-infobooks/flamingos/behavior/" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;" target="_blank">individual mating dances here</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The flamingos signature pink color is derived from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Carotene" target="_blank">beta-carotene</a> found in the crustaceans and plankton the birds feed on. Flamingos in zoos will turn white if their diet is not supplemented with live shrimp or flamingo chow that contains the carotenoid pigments.</span></div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-28182694734724095832018-07-23T08:05:00.000-07:002018-07-23T08:05:06.430-07:00Arabian Oryx: Back From Extinction
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The Arabian Oryx is an antelope that has evolved to its harsh environment in response to the intense solar heat of the deserts and gravel plains of the Middle East where these animals make their home. The bright white coat reflects the suns rays, keeping the animals cooler even during the hottest part of the day. Their dark legs, in contrast, absorb heat during the bitter chill of desert mornings. Their hooves are splayed and shovel-like, providing a large surface area with which to walk on the sandy ground.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Because the skin of Arabian Oryx lacks glare and reflection, it is very difficult to spot them even at a distance of over 100 yards. At that distance they seem almost invisible. Oryx also possess a very unusual circulation system to cool their blood in their heads, very helpful for desert dwellers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Graceful and powerful, both male and female oryx possess straight, ringed horns as long as 27 inches; the female’s are thinner and longer than those of the male. Oryx have been known to kill lions with their lethal horns. Because of this, they are known as ‘saber antelope’. These horns play an important role when adult males engage in battle to establish their hierarchy determining the <a href="http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/oryx" target="_blank">dominate male among a herd</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">These remarkable creatures have adapted to their environment surviving<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>the inhospitable climate and sparse availability of food due to its ability to go without water for a prolonged period of time; this ability can only be rivaled by that of the camel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In the 1930’s, Arabian princes and oil company employees began hunting the Arabian oryx with automobiles and rifles. The hunts grew in size to the point that by the middle of the 20th century were effectively extinct. The last Arabian oryx in the wild was killed by poachers in 1972.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">In 1986 the oryx was classified as endangered and in 2011 it was the first animal to revert to <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15569/0" target="_blank">vulnerable status </a>after being listed as extinct in the wild. In 2011 populations were estimated at over 1,000 individuals in the wild and 6,000-7,000 individuals in zoos and wildlife preserves worldwide. The Arabian oryx is one of the most successful stories of conservation recovery.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It is in this spirit the park created the William E. Gardner Education and Events Center. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">White-Cheeked gibbon’s appearance varies by age and sex.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All infants are a beige color but by the time they are a year to a year and a half old, their coats have become black with white cheek patches.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>At sexual maturity (five to seven years), males remain black and females turn a beige color again. Adult gibbon</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> are 18 to 25 inches tall and weigh about 15 to 20 pounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The adult female leads the hierarchy, followed by her female and male offspring, respectively, with the adult male coming in last.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Gibbons have an <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/arboreal?s=t">arboreal</a> lifestyle and live primarily in forest canopies.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">They are <a href="http://www.dictionary.com/browse/diurnal">diurnal</a> meaning they are most active during the day and sleep in the night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Gibbons eat mostly fruits about 65 percent of their diet and 35 percent consists of leaves.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">At Wildwood Wildlife Park, the gibbons are fed a mixture of fruits and vegetables, primate biscuits and leaf-eater biscuits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The female has a gestation period of several months, after which a single offspring is born.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The baby clings to its mother from birth up to about 2 years of age after which it is weaned.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Both parents take care of the infant.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">The young become independent when they are 3 years old, and sexually mature at 6 years old.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Our visitors comment that they have been entertained for hours just watching the gibbons engaging in their acrobatics antics</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">If you are a first time Wildwood visitor we guarantee you will love watching the gibbons in action! Repeat visitors to Wildwood who are familiar with our gibbons have been know to run to the exhibit when they hear the gibbons sounding off.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">As a <a href="https://www.aza.org/what-is-accreditation">Zoological Association of American accredited facility</a> we are involved in many reintroduction programs, rescue and rehabilitation work.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sadly, modern-day conservation of threatened or endangered species cannot simply be limited to protecting or reintroducing animals in their native ranges.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>For many, the “wild” is disappearing as humans encroach on their natural habitats. To ensure a species’ long-term survival, captive propagation of wildlife has become an essential part of the conversation and the only insulation against a potential collapse of wild populations.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Our managed breeding program at Zoological Association of American is named the Animal Management Program (AMP).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Through the AMP our members are involved in the <a href="http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/gibbons.cfm">Gibbon Conservation Program</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is April and you are looking forward to the opening of the 2018 season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the recent weather system that is moving through northern Wisconsin adding copious amounts of snow to our recent cover of snow that amounted to a foot of snow, we have had to reschedule our Annual Raking Cleanup Weekend to the weekend of April 21st and April 22nd.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Below is our revised flyer with the rescheduled dates. You can share the flyer by attaching to an email or click on the image to print it out for distribution.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are holding on to the hope that the weather will cooperate to allow our scheduled Opening Day of April 28th. Fingers crossed!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Males and females can be easily distinguished by a couple of features. Males have wider heads and they are longer than females. Females have thinner and more slender tails than males.</span></li>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-43127788456426458142017-08-28T10:22:00.001-07:002017-08-28T10:22:40.429-07:00Have You Visited the Wm. E. Gardner Educational & Events Center?<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wildwood Wildlife Park's educational center is filled with amazing things to do and see. You will examine the world of honeybees and witness these fascinating creatures as they perform their specialized duties which produce honey. Microscope tables are available for your use to identify and learn more about insects as well as other educational tables that include skulls, furs and artifacts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>"In like a lion - out like a lamb."</i> That may be the case anywhere except the north woods of Wisconsin! However, here at Wildwood Wildlife Park, we are roaring through each day getting ready for our spring opening, planned for April 29th at 9:00am.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our safari-drive through is right on target for our spring opening. The new trams and tractors have arrived and thanks to our technology "geek" the new sound system equipment is operational and ready to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are excited to offer this new experience to our guests and to introduce everyone to our new zoo residents and there are quite a few of them! The list includes Big Horn sheep, Dall sheep, Nyala, and Emu just to name a few. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to our talented construction team guests arriving and departing the safari-drive have shelters at both the drop off and loading areas. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of new construction, work will begin this summer for the Gibbon/Squirrel Monkey habitat and the winter building and a new winter building for our cranes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Being busy is good - especially when the fruits of our labor can be shared with a community that recognizes the importance of the hard work that goes into being successful with the animals, education and conservation missions. We look forward to another exciting season and hope you will make plans to join us often!</span><br />
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-37305388755795368652017-03-20T07:51:00.000-07:002017-03-20T07:51:29.957-07:00Save The Date! Annual Spring Raking Cleanup Weekend<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What better way to celebrate the official arrival of spring than with the announcement of our annual spring raking cleanup weekend? Save the date! Raking cleanup is set for the weekend of April 8th and 9th. Time: 9:00am-5:00pm both days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bring your rake and garden gloves - lunch will be provided for all volunteers by Wildwood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Attention Students looking for community service hours ... our spring raking cleanup weekend is the perfect opportunity for you to accumulate your community service time.</span></div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-89347114183733532682017-03-03T11:42:00.000-08:002017-03-03T11:42:13.210-08:00Coming Spring 2017! Safari Tram Ride
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With our 9th annual Zoo Boo one for the books we want to say thank you to the participating area businesses who helped make Zoo Boo a success. For a complete list of the business please <a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.com/events/zooboo.aspx">visit the Zoo Boo page</a> on our web site. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who doesn't love a birthday celebration? Friends and family singing Happy Birthday followed by cake? For Teeke, our male giraffe, Sunday was no different except that this birthday cake was edible and very giraffe friendly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Greater grison's are gray in color with a black muzzle, throat, chest and underside. They have a white "U" shaped marking that runs around the top of their head tapering off near their shoulder. Greater grison's sleep during the day, hunting during the night, dawn and dusk.</span></div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-65582642862508888592015-07-24T17:40:00.000-07:002015-07-24T17:40:48.576-07:00Zookeeper Appreciation Week: Hanging with the Sloths and the Black & White Ruffed Lemur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are pleased to introduce Wildwood Wildlife Park's newest zookeeper Marisa Levin. She may be new to the park but it didn't take her long to select her favorite animal for National Zookeeper Week: the sloths. Sloths spend a lot of their time sleeping so it is only natural that Marisa would demonstrate how relaxing and comfortable a sloth's favorite sleeping spot is! </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sloths are tropical mammals that live in Central and South America. A sloths long arms allow them to spend most of their time hanging upside-down from trees. They use their huge hooked claws to hang onto branches while munching on leaves that other animals can't reach. As you can imagine, a sloth's long claws make walking on the ground difficult, which dictates that they spend their lives in the tree tops of the tropical rain forests. It may surprise you to learn that sloths are excellent swimmers! From time to time they will drop down into the water from their treetop perches. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It can take up to one month for a sloth to digest one meal. The sloth's diets consist of tough leaves that are difficult to digest. Their leafy diet isn't very nutritious and do not get much energy from it. This may be why sloths are so slow!</span></span></div>
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While four of the sloth species range over large portions of norther South America and are common in protected areas, two species of the three-toed sloths, the <a href="http://www.arkive.org/maned-three-toed-sloth/bradypus-torquatus/">maned three-toed sloth</a> and the <a href="http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=1396">pygmy three-toed sloth</a> are listed as endangered species on the <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/">IUCN Red List</a>.</div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-3028515486437231322015-07-24T07:54:00.003-07:002015-07-24T07:54:40.246-07:00Zookeeper Week: A Duet of Monochrome, Zoo Style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As you can probably guess, the zebra is closely related to horses and donkey but what sets zebras apart is their unique black and white stripes. Did you know that each of the animal's stripes are as unique as fingerprints, no two are alike. Theories abound as to why zebras have stripes including: to repel insects, provide camouflage in grassy areas, confuse predators, to reduce its body temperature, or to provide a way of zebras to recognize each other.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zebras are born with brown and white stripes, changing to the signature black and white as they develop into an adult. The foals have soft fuzzy fur and are able to walk within 20 minutes following birth and are able to run within one hour. Mares will keep other zebras away from her newborn for the first two or three days until her foal can imprint on her by sight, voice and smell.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Leopards live in sub-saharan Africa, northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China, however, much of their populations are endangered. The leopard is able to hunt and kill animals that significantly outweigh them. These nocturnal hunters are so comfortable with their climbing skills that they often hunt from trees and, using their impressive strength, will drag their kill high into a tree keeping it safe from <a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/encyclopedia/scavenger/">scavengers</a> such as hyenas.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Leopard populations are declining due to being hunted for their soft fur which is prized in the production of coats and robes. Poaching and habitat loss are the reasons why the population of leopards are relatively low. These beautiful big cats are in far more danger from humans than we are from leopards. When brought into close contact with human ranches, leopards may prey on livestock. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thursday's zookeeper of the week is Melanie Czajkowski who is about to celebrate her first year as a zookeeper at Wildwood Wildlife Park. To commemorate National Zookeeper Week, Melanie has selected as her favorite park resident the coatimundi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thank you Melanie for sharing your love of animals and for highlighting the coatimundi.</span></div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-27107145367423536842015-07-21T05:05:00.003-07:002015-07-23T04:34:30.209-07:00Zookeeper Appreciation Week: A Labor of Love<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today's celebration of National Zookeeper Appreciation Week post highlights Wildwood Wildlife Park's Head Zookeeper Jennifer Domaszek</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. As our fans and friends know, Jennifer has a special place in her heart for Kya, our beautiful Striped Hyena. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last October we were pleased to announce the safe arrival of <a href="http://wildwoodwildlifepark.blogspot.com/2014/10/double-trouble-excitement-twin-striped.html">Kya's cubs born on August 29th.</a> When it was time for our Head Zookeeper to choose a photograph to feature during this week, she quickly chose this image of Kya, <i>"I wanted to use my pregnancy [for this year's National Zookeeper Week] and re-enacted Kya being stretched out while she was pregnant. She ended up having her babies 3 days after I took the photo!"</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are pleased to report that not too long after Jennifer's re-enactment, she and her family welcomed the safe arrival of twin daughters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="s1">It's no secret that we love animals: big and small, cute and cuddly, creepy and crawly - we love them all. But it is all the work that goes on behind the scenes - the efforts to maintain the <a href="http://www.wildwoodwildlifepark.com/about/accreditations.aspx">Accreditations and Recognitions</a> and the Zookeepers who help care for our residents that help to provide positive experiences that last a life time. </span>It is why we look forward to celebrating National Zookeeper Week. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The third week in July has been set aside as a time to highlight the role animal care professionals play as educators and conservation ambassadors. This is an essential role and responsibility of the Zookeeper as the need to protect and preserve wildlife and their habitats increase. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Zoo and Aquarium professionals care for hundreds of species three hundred and sixty five days a year, twenty four hours a day, seven days a week - from hurricanes to blizzards and heat waves, Zookeepers must be ready for everything. A keeper's day can include many tasks including cleaning, food prep, medical treatment, training, enrichment, landscaping, exhibit design, public outreach and education and much more. For these animal care professionals it is much more then a job, it's a passion and a calling. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This week we will be featuring our zookeepers and their favorite animals in a daily posting here on our blog. We are going to kick off the celebration highlighting one of our newest exhibits: the flamingos, we hope you will come back every day this week to see a new picture of the zookeepers imitating their animals! </span></span></div>
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Wildwood Wildlife Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11212716078901078019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8573905329857457158.post-41152975890771169612015-05-29T08:27:00.000-07:002015-05-29T08:27:34.563-07:00Happy Birthday Kya!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In celebration of Kya's fourth birthday on May 31st, we have selected her as the subject of today's blog post.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowl6YrogXsELk2wLXGYlMfCz6FouAtfYOQuQNfc2rq7asHT8UVOKux045AHrZd5VMuCeyEsZ4LC_cXqx_Ne6steXFKlg7qYKbKkosdeuTxNbu4zWDzoYTJ5QN97gtD2ayXvYkZUEyi-w/s1600/IMG_20150526_174257.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowl6YrogXsELk2wLXGYlMfCz6FouAtfYOQuQNfc2rq7asHT8UVOKux045AHrZd5VMuCeyEsZ4LC_cXqx_Ne6steXFKlg7qYKbKkosdeuTxNbu4zWDzoYTJ5QN97gtD2ayXvYkZUEyi-w/s320/IMG_20150526_174257.jpg" width="301" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kya is a Striped Hyena, which is one of the three hyena species. The other two are the <a href="http://www.theanimalfiles.com/mammals/carnivores/hyena_brown.html">Brown Hyena</a> which are a <a href="http://www.theanimalfiles.com/glossary/near_threatened.html">near threatened </a>species and the more commonly known Spotted Hyena.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Unlike the Spotted Hyena, that live in clans run by one dominant female, both the Brown and Striped Hyenas are solitary animals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although hyenas physically resemble dogs they are actually more closely related to cats. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hyenas are well known scavengers, but will also hunt their own food. Striped Hyenas like Kya also eat fruit and other plant matter. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Wish Kya a happy birthday and if you are lucky, you might catch her in the act of enjoying her favorite treat - peaches!</span></div>
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