4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 5, 2010

The Smithsonian recently produced a behind-the-scenes YouTube video with Mike Maslanka, head nutritionist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, as he talks about what it takes to feed 2,000 animals from 400 different species 365 days a year. In all, 13 people make up the Zoo’s nutrition team.

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Zoos 2010 Animal Tagged 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

She is the sole elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. There's a video available here too. Tags: zoos PETA elephants. They are trying to get Lucy the Elephant moved to a sanctuary.

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PETA Elephants Zoos Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

But it wasn’t all that diabolical when you consider that it was the Queens Zoo that served as the setting and I also left this clue: “a knowledge of what birds can be seen in my fine borough will be of great assistance to you.&# Those who are really familiar with Queens should know what birds are in the zoo named for our borough.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

4 Responses to “Domestic or Ganky Geese&# John Mar 6th, 2011 at 9:12 pm I see goose hybrids regularly since the local, nonmigratory Canada Geese happily interbreed with the domestic geese at a county park’s zoo. Tags: features , geese , manky , waterfowl • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Get yours today!

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Geese 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

… Tags: diabolical , ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

While it’s no longer possible to see this regal macaw soar gracefully through the Brazilian skies, to be able to worship them—even from afar at one of the conservatories or zoos—would be a dream, at last, come true. I worked with a pair of motmots at a US zoo and fell in love with their vibrant colors and unique tails. Wicked, right?

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