Dayna's Friend Sophia Randall came over for a sleepover. They played Barbies till 2:00a.m. and rode bikes the next day. Happy 11th Birthday Dayna!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Dayna Turns 11
Dayna's Friend Sophia Randall came over for a sleepover. They played Barbies till 2:00a.m. and rode bikes the next day. Happy 11th Birthday Dayna!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Zoo School Busch Gardens Tampa
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A Day at the Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa. We started out with a large home school group of about 200 students with Chaperons. Off to the Theater for an interactive live animal show.
We were introduced to Harry the Sloth and told about the life of a sloth, very SLOW..... Harry was a two toed sloth. He ate vegetables and hung on to the trainer Kim. In the rain forest Harry would hang by his claws and tail. His fur is parted, not on the back but on his stomach because he hangs upside down so the rain will run off. If Harry was in the rain forest algae would start to grow on his rough course fur. The next animal was a Rocky, The Asian Python. He was sensing us with his thermal glands around his nose. Lily, Burmese Python that was over 100lbs. and it took 5 students to hold her. A red neck Lemur from Madagascar. The grand finale was Floyd, the Caribbean RED Flamingo, and Pink, regular pink flamingo. Caribbean Flamingos have bright feathers and strongly hooked bills, flamingos are among the most easily recognized waterbirds. Their pink or reddish color comes from the rich sources of carotene in the algae and small shrimp that the birds eat. After the show we walked to the tiger exhibit. Tigers can also be black with tan stripes, all white albino, or white and tan. The “white tigers” found in some zoos are not albino but rather the white-and-tan color variation with blue eyes. Next the Gorillas, we saw the male silver-back with a young male juvenile. The juvenile showed playfulness by throwing hay at the adult and he seem to get angry at it. Gorillas are in Troop families and have forward facing eyes they can understand depth perception. They also make a new bed, either in a tree or on a ground bed. Hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water or river horse.”
Our next stop was the Spotted Hyenas. They have the strongest jaw of any mammal that crunch up horse bones like chips. Baby Hyenas are born with high levels of testosterone that give them aggressive action towards there siblings. Last stop the animal encounter short eared owl. They can swivel there head 270 degrees to compensate for the inability to move there eyes. The last animal was a Cus Cus, the nocturnal ground dweller from islands around Australia.
A Day at the Zoo, Busch Gardens Tampa. We started out with a large home school group of about 200 students with Chaperons. Off to the Theater for an interactive live animal show.We were introduced to Harry the Sloth and told about the life of a sloth, very SLOW..... Harry was a two toed sloth. He ate vegetables and hung on to the trainer Kim. In the rain forest Harry would hang by his claws and tail. His fur is parted, not on the back but on his stomach because he hangs upside down so the rain will run off. If Harry was in the rain forest algae would start to grow on his rough course fur. The next animal was a Rocky, The Asian Python. He was sensing us with his thermal glands around his nose. Lily, Burmese Python that was over 100lbs. and it took 5 students to hold her. A red neck Lemur from Madagascar. The grand finale was Floyd, the Caribbean RED Flamingo, and Pink, regular pink flamingo. Caribbean Flamingos have bright feathers and strongly hooked bills, flamingos are among the most easily recognized waterbirds. Their pink or reddish color comes from the rich sources of carotene in the algae and small shrimp that the birds eat. After the show we walked to the tiger exhibit. Tigers can also be black with tan stripes, all white albino, or white and tan. The “white tigers” found in some zoos are not albino but rather the white-and-tan color variation with blue eyes. Next the Gorillas, we saw the male silver-back with a young male juvenile. The juvenile showed playfulness by throwing hay at the adult and he seem to get angry at it. Gorillas are in Troop families and have forward facing eyes they can understand depth perception. They also make a new bed, either in a tree or on a ground bed. Hippopotamus” comes from a Greek word meaning “water or river horse.”
Our next stop was the Spotted Hyenas. They have the strongest jaw of any mammal that crunch up horse bones like chips. Baby Hyenas are born with high levels of testosterone that give them aggressive action towards there siblings. Last stop the animal encounter short eared owl. They can swivel there head 270 degrees to compensate for the inability to move there eyes. The last animal was a Cus Cus, the nocturnal ground dweller from islands around Australia.
Monday, February 1, 2010
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