Well this week has over all been really boring. I've been living at the zoo and work.
Saturday was enrichment day and was full of excitement. Every single animal in the zoo got some form of enrichment. Enrichment is objects given to an animal to bring out their natural instincts in doing to something to for example forage for food. There are 5 gallon popsicles to pvc pipe stuffed with mealworms and crickets to paper mache zebras stuffed with meat.
So we have 10 newER baby penguin. They are so messy and smell so bad, but are still adorable. They each have their own african names and name meanings. I am so excited to see how Ajani's siblings grow up to be. They both have really big shoes to fill seeing as how Ajani was our little gift from heaven.
Saturday was enrichment day and was full of excitement. Every single animal in the zoo got some form of enrichment. Enrichment is objects given to an animal to bring out their natural instincts in doing to something to for example forage for food. There are 5 gallon popsicles to pvc pipe stuffed with mealworms and crickets to paper mache zebras stuffed with meat.
So we have 10 newER baby penguin. They are so messy and smell so bad, but are still adorable. They each have their own african names and name meanings. I am so excited to see how Ajani's siblings grow up to be. They both have really big shoes to fill seeing as how Ajani was our little gift from heaven.
Baby Penguin
My buddy Kanai
Ajani was our baby penguin from last year that died on July 1, 2009. He was our little "handicap" penguin that was always there to make our days better and was always as happy as can be. Ajani medically had a really hard life. He was hardly ever with all the colony because he was picked on due to his differences. He ended up having cataract surgery and had a really bad limp from athritis, he was our Benjamin Button penguin. His name Ajani in African actually ment the one who wins the strugle, which was completely true because he won the strugle of life. When they did the necropsy (like an autopsy but on animals) they figured out that he had a misplaced juglar, a full gallabladder and a bunch of other problems. Ajani will always be in our hearts.
I am however excited for this week to finally come! I am probably going to make a ridiculous attempt and try out for soccer and this week is pre-season stuff. I will have to see though, because of work and school and grades. We have practice things every night this week for like 3 or 4 hours a night. I already know I'm out of shape, I'm not ready to actually prove it to myself! I can't even run around the stupid block once without stopping, let alone a mile! Jeeze, what have I decided to do?
