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urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2014-05-03 03:41 pm

Capron Park Zoo!

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Capron Park Zoo is a small zoo in Attleboro Massachusetts, near Rhode Island. It's the closest zoo to me that I hadn't been to yet (now York's Wild Kingdom holds that place), and a former coworker is a zookeeper there. In fact, I've met most of the staff from this zoo, owing to our regular zookeeper meet ups! I thoroughly enjoyed this zoo, which was clean and attractive, providing a lot of value for a relatively small space. Their lions look very different from the one at Franklin Park--a different subspecies I think.


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I'd never heard of or seen these amazing Beatles-wig hogs! It's actually called The Visayan warty pig, Sus cebifrons, and is a critically endangered species from two small islands of the Philippines.

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Exciting to me to see for the first time: Japanese macaque! They have an elderly couple who spend a lot of time avoiding each other, apparently.

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I didn't think a bear could look goofier than the black bears I'm taking care of now, but this sloth bear proved me wrong.

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This screamer came right over--friendly?

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Actually, no. He came over to peck at me. I hear he doesn't like men.

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Their tropical forest exhibit had these big beautiful flying foxes.

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Lookin' at me lookin' at you!

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This robin-chat perched right in front of us and performed a beautiful song.

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We got the big zookeeper hook-up: a chance to into the exhibit and...

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...feed the momma sloth!

[identity profile] stephbg.livejournal.com 2014-05-04 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
That lion picture suggests just one thing to me: heated rocks!