My cricket tube is the one at the top decorated with hearts. (above)
Making my special valentine for the Amur Tigers. (above)
Big boxes filled with the stinky hay that we made. (above)
Some Zoo friends and me in front of the stinky hay boxes. (above)
The Amur Tigers investigate the stinky hay box that was dropped in from the bridge. (above)Yesterday, I participated in the St Louis Zoo's Wild Valentines program where we made Valentines for some of the Zoo animals. First, we decorated old paper towel tubes with Valentine Day designs. We then filled the tubes with crickets as treats for the Fennec Foxes and Meerkats in the Children's Zoo. I also helped fill a heart-shaped pinata with seeds for Bonnie the Parrot who lives there too. We got to take a secret underground passageway to the Children's Zoo and watch as the keepers feed the goodies to the animals. The meerkats were very, very excited about their treats but the foxes and the parrot didn't seem too interested. The keepers told us that they would probably dig in later that night. Next, we made stinky hay by spraying it with smelly perfume and spices. The keepers told us that the big cats really love stinky smells. Then, we filled huge cardboard boxes with it as treats for the Amur Tigers. We walked up to Big Cat Country and watched as one of the stinky hay boxes was thrown off the bridge into the tigers exhibit. The tigers loved it! I also made a special Valentine for the tigers that was delivered to the Tigers keeper too. I wonder if they got it today?
2 comments:
It sounds like you had a great Valentine's day at the Zoo! I hope one of the Tigers go the special Valentine you made!!! Love U, Gramma Debbie
The keepers enjoyed the Valentine so much! We have it posted in our kitchen. Our favorite part was the pop out heart! Thank you for all of your hard work on the great enrichment for the tigers! They loved it so much, that by that afternoon, it was torn into hundreds of pieces. We are still finding them around the yard! We also gave the second box to the lions the following weekend and they were carrying pieces around all day. I hope to see you this summer visiting the zoo again. Thank you for everything you do! You will make a great keeper someday! Erin - Zoo Keeper that gave out the enrichment.
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