Friday, December 05, 2008
You know there’s Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donner and Blitz’n...oh yeah and don’t forget Rudolph, of course, the most famous reindeers of all. That’s right, I am famous!! People who visit me at the Memphis Zoo know me as Dancer, and my best friend here is Dasher. These are our names during the Christmas season, but for the rest of year we are known as #27 and # 751. The small tags in our ears are like our own personal nametags that we wear year round so our owner...
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Monday, November 03, 2008
Wow, what a day I have had! Excuse me for not introducing myself but I am “Sally” from the Education Building at the Memphis Zoo and originally of the South America Rainforest. The first thing many people notice about me is my brilliant colors of green, red, orange and yellow along with my large beak! Many people get me confused with my larger cousin the Toco Toucan who lives in the Bird House or on your Fruit loop box in your home. I am actually a Green Aracari, one of the...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
To visit Sarah, and the rest of her
friends, check out the Memphis Zoo's
Butterflies exhibit!
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ah, a nice hot July morning. I didn’t get much sleep last night, but that’s fine. My best friend and
Asali the Elephant playing in the pool.
I like...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Le Le enjoying bamboo.
Yaaaaaawwwwwwnnnn….When I wake up and roll lazily into my dayroom,
there is already a large stack of fresh bamboo waiting on me. But
today, as always, I prefer my morning treats of leafeater biscuits. Yet
as I gobble these delicious treats from my trainers hand, I realize
something is different today…I know what it is! Dried...
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