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We made enrichments for the elephants, which we took out to elephant island, where we met one of the pachyderm keepers. We
learned about these endangered animals, then we watched them being released from their night quarters. They seemed to enjoy the enrichments we made for them.
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| Flamingo Did you know that Lion Country Safari has two species of Flamingo? And only one female Flamingo? We learned how to tell which one is the girl (hint: you can't tell just by looking at her natural features). We then tried to draw some of them. And, as in all the bird days, we candled eggs and held baby chicks! |
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| Tortoise For Tortoise day, we helped prepare the diets for our Aldabra tortoises, and we were the special guests at the 2:00 p.m. Tortoise Talk. And we had our photo taken with Tish, the African spurred tortoise. Of course, we also made tortoise crafts and played a tortoise game. |
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What's it like to stand up on stage and tell the public about conservation? We learned this firsthand when we helped the Education staff with the 1:00 p.m. presentation. We made up our own jingle or song to tell people how important the rainforests are. We learned that we should get a B.A. or B.S. in Education, Biology, or a related field if we'd like to do this for a living.
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Lion Country Safari has many different species of animals from Africa. We drove
through the preserve to try to identify as many as possible, and then we did a scavenger hunt in Safari World to learn more about African animals. We also got to have our picture taken with the African Pygmy Hedgehog.