Bowiling for Rhinos!
Posted at 2:55 pm March 31, 2009 by Callie
Here interns strip leaves from acacia branches to use as browse for giraffes in the field enclosures at the San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. Interns Liz and Sara diligently peel the leaves into our handy dandy feeding bucket.
The giraffes adored the browse. They acted like little children reaching into a cookie jar. Intern Caitlin had difficulty controlling the amount of browse that the giraffes stuffed in their mouths! The task was made more difficult with their 18-inch tongues.
The rhinos were a bit more hesitant approaching our truck. While throwing an apple as bait to the closest pair of rhinos, Keeper Torrey Pillsbury laughed, “bowling for rhinos!”
All of the interns quickly learned that the rhinos have no catching skills. Half the time we threw them an apple into their mouths, the rhinos would fumble and let the apple drop to the ground. Here Intern Sara threw the apple right into the rhino’s mouth!
We observed the early stages of the new Condor Flightline attraction at the Wild Animal Park. This zipline will be the second longest in all of North America. Plus, it will go right over the Asian Plains and tiger enclosures!
During our excursion, we caught a glimpse of the Wild Animal Park’s cloned animal. This banteng was created from ear cells of a genetically valuable male that had died years earlier and had been stored in the Frozen Zoo.
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