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Mulch day, part one
Dec. 3rd, 2014 05:58 pm
Twice a year all the mulch is removed from the gorilla exhibit, barrel by barrel, shovelful by shovelful. It takes almost the whole Tropical Forest staff almost the entire day.
Dec. 3rd, 2014
Twice a year all the mulch is removed from the gorilla exhibit, barrel by barrel, shovelful by shovelful. It takes almost the whole Tropical Forest staff almost the entire day.
Then the new mulch has to be loaded in, shovelful by shovelful, barrel by barrel. It's an incredible amount of work, and this time the crew was so fast that they were able to get the animals back on exhibit ahead of schedule. I helped for about an hour but I did a tiny fraction of the work. Zookeepers at work are something to behold.
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