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For our mammal day, we drove out onto the preserve to the rhino night house, where we met the keeper who told us all about these large herbivores. We observed as each one walked through the chute, where they were weighed on a very large scale before they walked out onto the preserve. Lion Country Safari participates in the Species Survival Plan (SSP) which helps to save these endangered animals. Later, we played a game and made a cool rhino craft to take home.
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| Macaw We met an education staff member, who led us in making enrichments for these large parrots and then told us all about the macaws. Lion Country Safari has two different species: blue and gold macaws and scarlet macaws. Some of us had our photo taken with one of the macaws. And we made a parrot craft later that day. We also held the baby chicks and candled eggs. |
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In the morning, we met an education staff member who told us all about alligators, and then we were able to hold the baby alligator. We met up with the education staff again at the 3:00 Alligator Chit-Chat and fed fish to the big gators. We made our own alligators to take home during craft time.
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| Reptile Keeper We met the reptile keeper at the iguana moat, where we had to count the number of each species of reptile that is in the exhibit. We then helped to prepare the diets for these animals, helped to clean the exhibit, and put the food in the exhibit. We made a special reptile craft to take home, too. |
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| Insects On our nature day we learn about the amazing world of insect with an education staff member. We played a matching game to learn about the different parts of an insect and dressed up as a bee. Later we took a nature hike to look for insects to identify. We also made a fun insect craft to take home. |
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