Thursday
Asia Trail InterpretersWhere: Asia Trail What: Learn about giant pandas, sloth bears, clouded leopards, and four other species living on Asia Trail. |
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Where: Lower end of Beaver Valley |
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Where: Bird House What: Check out feathers, bones, and eggs and learn about the fascinating world of birds. |
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Where: Cheetah Conservation Station What: Explore the world of the cheetah and other animals at the Cheetah Conservation Station, including Grevy's zebras and scimitar-horned oryx. |
When: April-November |
Where: Beaver Valley What: Learn about eagles, falcons, and hawks. |
When: 2 p.m. |
Where: Inside Elephant House What: Meet two Asian elephants. |
When: 10:30 a.m. |
Where: Outside Elephant House What: How do you get a four-ton animal to cooperate? Come find out. |
When: 11 a.m. |
Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: Explore the complex, fascinating world of invertebrates: corals and crabs, ants and anemones, seashells and spiders. |
When: Feeding demos every half hour. Hands-on activities vary daily. |
Where: Amazonia Science Gallery Seminar Room What: A short film about the effect of chemical contaminants we put into the environment and the worldwide decline of amphibians, and what we can to take to reduce our chemical footprints. |
When: Film is shown continuously throughout the day. |
Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: The giant Pacific octopus will eat almost anything it can catch. |
When: 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. |
Where: Great Ape House What: Learn about the fascinating world of apes. A keeper will speak about gorillas or orangutans. |
When: 11:30 a.m. |
Where: Think Tank What: Meet a cognitive researcher and learn about studies being conducted with the Zoo’s orangutans and gorillas. |
When: 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. |
Where: Kids' Farm What: Learn about farming and how taking care of animals takes time, dedication, and knowledge. |
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Where: Inside the Elephant House What: Learn about the Zoo's elephants and hippos. |
When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Where: Small Mammal House What: An animal keeper will introduce you to a naked mole-rat or another small mammal. |
When: 2 p.m. |
Where: Reptile Discovery Center What: Learn all about reptiles, which live on every continent except Antarctica. |
When: 3 p.m. |
Where: Beaver Valley What: Find our what North American river otters eat and how they communicate. |
When: 10:30 a.m. |
Where: Inside and outside the Great Ape House, and at Gibbon Ridge, Lemur Island, and Think Tank What: Learn about some of our closest relatives, great and lesser apesgorillas, orangutans, and gibbons—and discuss the idea of animal thinking. |
When: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. |
Where: Reptile Discovery Center What: Learn about the extraordinary world of reptiles and amphibians such as salamanders and frogs, crocodiles and turtles, lizards and snakes. |
When: Hands-on activities vary daily. |
Where: Seal or Sea Lion Pool What: See how graceful—and hungry—gray seals and California sea lions are. |
When: 11:30 a.m. Weather permitting |
Where: Asia Trail What: Find out what and how these Asian bears eat. |
When: 11:30 a.m. |
Where: Small Mammal House What: Learn about a wide variety of animals including the three-banded armadillo, naked mole-rat, golden lion tamarin, and banded mongoose. |
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Where: Invertebrate Exhibit What: Eight-legged wonders! Come |
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