Zoo News Sunday: Cheetahs, antelope and dinosaurs!

Good day all, Zebee here. Wow! We’ve sure got an interesting bunch of zoo happenings to share with you today. I bet there’s something here for just about every body. See you at the end.

2 weeks to extinction of dinosaurs at Detroit Zoo
Hurry over to the zoo before the dinosaurs go away.

Experience the new Backstage Pass program at the San Diego Zoo
Have you ever wanted to see what happens behind the scenes at the zoo? Then check this out!

Fu Long the panda celebrates turning two in Vienna zoo
Sounds like this was one cool party. Read about it and see a picture of the birthday boy.

A Wild Wine Event Awaits You at Kansas City Zoo's "Grapes With Apes"
This looks like a fun adult fundraiser. If you’re in the Kansas City area, read this and then go!

Two Cheetahs Join Oregon Zoo's Predators of the Serengeti Exhibit
Cheetahs are such fast animals. How fast? Read here and then click on the link to see the video of when they arrived.

Baby Antelope Video from the Brookfield Zoo
Watch this video of a rare type of antelope.

'Spiff Up the Zoo'
Have you ever wanted to ‘work’ at a zoo? This just might be your chance. It’s volunteer, and could be lots of fun. Check it out.

Go Gorilla! Weekend on Saturday, Aug. 29 and Sunday, Aug. 30 at Los Angeles Zoo
This looks like a lot of fun. If you’re in L.A. you really should check it out today.

Live baby panda webcam from the San Diego Zoo
If you like live webcams of zoo animals, you’ll find links here for them at the end of the article.

3 playful tiger cubs make debut at Hogle Zoo
Great slide show of these baby tigers.

Rare salamander breeding at the Toledo Zoo
This is a rare occurrence. Let’s hope the eggs hatch and we have baby salamanders.

Wombat joey on the way!
New baby on the way! But what’s up with mom’s name? Minibus?

Baby giraffes born at Binder Park Zoo
Two baby boys and boy are they cute. See them here.

Baby Gorilla on Display at Omaha Zoo
Watch this video and find out why this little boy is being taken care of by the zookeepers instead of his mom.

Atascadero zoo breeding tortoises
Read all about the erosa hingeback tortoise. See pictures of them too.

So, did you find something you liked? Let me know by dropping me a comment or two.

See you back here Tuesday with my summer zoo camp wrap up and see who the prize winners are. Oh, and it's not too late to send me your art work for the week. Email it to me at
zoocamp@laughing-zebra-children-books.com
We all look forward to seeing it.

Bye for now!
Zebee out.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Zoo News Sunday: The San Diego Wild Animal Park

Ready? This week I chose the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Go to the Wild Animal Park web site and poke around. Even if you can’t get there, you will feel like you went after checking everything out here.

If you can go, there are all kinds of up close and personal wildlife experiences you can have. They have an extra price tag, but, hey, you get to be up close and personal with wildlife!

These are a few of them:
Photo caravan safari – one of your six choices here is the “Adventure Caravan” It’s a 1 ¾ hour tour either to Asia (you can feed rhinos) or Africa (you can feed giraffes)
Other options here are: Adventure Caravan Deluxe, Snapshot Caravan, Early riser ultimate caravan, Family caravan and Night moves caravan. They all sound like fun!

Rolling safari tour – This looks cool! Ride around on an off-road Segway®X2 and get real close to many of the African and Asian animals at the park. Must be at least 13 years old to go on this tour.

Sleepovers – How many of you have every dreamed of sleeping over at the zoo? Come on, I bet most of you have. Well, your dream can come true now. There are quite a few different programs. Pick the one that suits you and yours best. Have fun!

Check out the rest of them and make your trip there memorable.


While there, you can go on a hike out at the Kilimanjaro Safari Walk, visit Condor Ridge, watch the elephants from the Elephant over look and eat in Nairobi village. Check these and more exhibits out here.

Click here to find out what’s new and read all about the latest babies, events and you can even go to park blogs. This page is shared with the San Diego Zoo, so you can see all the happenings there as well.

That’s it for this week. See you Tuesday with more ‘V Zoo’ happenings.

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Laughing Zebra – Books for Children
You learned that from a picture book!?!
Books Go Beyond Reading

New Bongo Exhibit

Good morning everyone, Zebee here. There’s Jim and Sally. Let’s see what they’re talking about.

J: Today we’re unveiling the new Bongo exhibit. Are you going to be there?

S: I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I bet Ringo and Paul are going to be really pleased when they get over there.

J: I think Paul is ready to get back out on exhibit, but Ringo likes hiding. I think he’ll like the forest we created in the corner.

S: The guests will like it too because it’s close enough to the fence so they will finally get to see him.

J: I hope that Billy doesn’t cause too much of a fuss next door. He won’t be getting as much attention today.

S: Rebekha’s over there today. She’s got something special planned for him to keep him very busy. Something about teaching him to draw. That should be fun.

J: It’s almost time to open, we’d better get going. See you at the unveiling.

S: Bye Jim, see you later.

Sounds like there’s going to be lots of fun over on the other side of the zoo. I’m glad Billy will be busy so he doesn’t steal the show.

See you Thursday with another great book review.