Field Trip Reflection
River's Edge: A large habitat with grassy pens that simulated the environment many plains and savanna animals would be living in. Many of the animals in this habitat were either Asian or African.
Animals seen
Animals seen
- Capybara: Large gerbil-looking creatures. They have brown and white fur and large pink noses. They were mainly stationary tat the time of my visit , however they don't seem like animals that move around too terribly much.
- Anteater
- Elephant
Taxonomy of a capybara:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Hydrochoerinae
Genus: Hydrochoerus
Species: H. hydrochaeris'
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Hydrochoerinae
Genus: Hydrochoerus
Species: H. hydrochaeris'
- Red Rocks: A Habitat for many of the animals (both prey and predator) living in jungle or savanna climates. This ecclectic group of animals included severa; big cats and many of their hooved prey.
Animals Seen: - Gazelle: Gazelle are deer-like animals with brown fur and spiral antlers. During our visit, two of the gazelle attempted to mate with each other. Cullen and i looked on in awe as they attempted to mount one another.
- Tiger
- Jaguar Taxonomy of a gazelle:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Genus: Gazella
The Wild: The widest array of animals is found inthis area. We saw gorillas, penguins, bears, and many more. "The Wild" was a random assortment of animlas displayed in a variety of habitats.
Animals seen
_ Orangutans: Large and orange with round faces. While visiting, we saw them swing from trees and hide from the blistering sunlight. One orangutan actually interacted with a kid while we were there.
Penguins
Black Bear
Taxanomy of an Orangutan:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Family: Hominidae
Subfamily: Ponginae
Genus: Pongo
Reflection: The zoo was a unique experience because we were allowed to go off and learn about what we wanted to learn about. We got to see the animals we wanted to observe and see them in a somewhat natural habitat. The trip to the zoo helped me put into perspective what we covered in class this semester. We got to see all we learned in action.