Day Camp 2009 - Week 2

Chimpanzee We had a lot of fun learning about chimpanzees on our mammal day. First, we met an education staff member who showed us how to make enrichments for these great apes. Then, we took our enrichments to the preserve to give them to the chimp keepers. The chimp keepers told us all about the chimpanzees and we were able to see the primates interacting with the enrichments. We also played a game with our feet to show how chimpanzees use their feet to pick up objects. We later made a chimp craft to take home.

Amazon Parrot For bird day, we made enrichments for the parrots under the supervision of an education staff member. Then, we met the Amazon parrots at their exhibit and learned all about these tropical birds. We met Eddie and Twizzler, and some of us even had our photos taken with these beautiful parrots. Later, we met an education staff member to candle eggs and to hold the baby chicks. We also played a game and made a parrot craft.

Gecko On our reptile day, an education staff member taught us about geckos. We were able to hold and even take a picture with this amazing lizard. Later we played a gecko themed game and made a craft to take home so we could remember meeting the gecko at Safari Day Camp.

Commissary Keeper We learned that the commissary keeper prepares the diets for the animals in Safari World and the Las Pampas section of the Preserve. And we helped to clean the education animal exhibits at the commissary. We also played a game and made a craft to remember our special keeper day.

Insect On our nature day we learned about the amazing world of insects 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 catch and identify insects. We also made a fun insect craft to take home.