One of my favourite pastimes as a zookeeper is eves dropping on the public’s conversations about the animals in front of them. I do enjoy a little chuckle to myself when passing folk stop at the binturong thinking they’re looking at the moon bears or when adults in particular mix up the orange and black…
Hello friends, I hope you are surviving January! Its nearly over, we got this! I have an update for you on some of the training that’s going on in the park. (If you want to check out my progress from previous blogs you can find them here). Orangutans A few updates on the orangs! They…
The animal kingdom has an amazing variety of animals, each with its own specialised adaptations for life. One subject that is very fascinating is how different species reproduce. Here at Wingham we have a few different methods of reproduction which our animals use. But firstly, let’s look at those different methods. According to the biologist,…
Happy Halloween everyone, the time of year when I would normally buy a big bag of chocolates, turn the lights off, hide and hope no one knocked on the door so I could eat the chocolates myself! This year however, my 3-year-old is adamant he wants to dress up as a “pumpkin ghost” and terrorise…
I present to you today a selection of gorgeous photos of my colleagues and I posing as some of our animals in a photoshoot I’ve been working on for a few weeks. George did a fantastic job as Molly, she also took very little persuading to take part, 10/10. Did you know? Orangutans are semi-solitary…
On the 9th July 2020 the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) released a news article about the completed revision of African primate’s assessments and their conservation status. This sadly included the news that almost a third of lemur species are now critically endangered and on the cusp of becoming extinct. Lemurs are only…
You know how people often say on their children’s birthdays that it makes them feel old? Well that’s how I’m starting to feel about the 19th of January…I almost can’t believe it myself, and I’m sure a lot of you guys probably can’t either, but this year our young chimpanzee Elizabeth is celebrating her second birthday!…
