Featured Animals – Argentine Red Tegu – CMZoo https://www.cmzoo.org/animals/a-z/featured-animals-argentine-red-tegu/
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
Enjoy this amazing experience, which may include: Watching these birds train with
Ring-tailed lemur half-brothers, Elo and Maky, are preparing for a big adventure! They’ll soon join a bachelor group of nine ring-tailed lemurs at Brevard Zoo – an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in Melbourne, Florida. Ring-tailed lemurs are endangered, and wild populations are decreasing, according to the International Union for . . .
“Both boys are really smart and eager to train, and they have good social skills,
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
The otters are extremely eager to train, which is communicated through a series of
Spring has sprung, which means our koi pond in My Big Backyard has thawed and our three koi fish are waking up. Soon, we will install their enrichment tank, which “floats” above their pond. They swim up into the tank to see you at eye level and show off their beautiful scales! Did you know . . .
My Big Backyard keepers have worked with them to target train, which means they know
In humans, physical activity not only benefits physical health but mental health as well. At Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the training and enrichment the animals can choose to participate in are also beneficial. Research has shown that kids who have moderate physical activity in their day show increased attention, comprehension and learning ability, as our sponsor, . . .
The same is true for animals, which is why CMZoo keepers and trainers make daily
It’s officially winter, when many people wonder if Emmett and Digger, CMZoo’s grizzly bears, go into hibernation. The short answer is no, but it’s a more complicated topic than some might expect. Scientists continue to study seasonal animal dormancy and are finding that animals experience a wide spectrum of behavioral and physiological changes in the . . .
Keepers say Emmett and Digger still play-wrestle, splash in their pond, and train
check out new enrichment, first to get the snacks and first to approach keepers to train
The Wilgruen Elephant Center in Encounter Africa is home to six African elephants named Jambo (37), Malaika (34), Lucky (40), LouLou (38), Kimba (42) and Missy (51). All of these precious pachyderms are considered to be advanced in age, and that’s no coincidence. Our ‘Golden Girls,’ as we affectionately call them, are the beneficiaries of . . .
“They get really excited when it’s their turn to train with their keepers.