Summer Camp Working With Wildlife videos Weeks 1-3

Our Summer Camp is in full swing and the campers in our 7th-8th grade Working With Wildlife camp are learning all about various wildlife careers through hands-on activities and experiences such as behind-the-scenes tours and learning to handle and interpret an Education Animal Ambassador.

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Campers gave interpretive animal demonstrations with box turtles at various locations around the Zoo
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Campers learn to muck out stalls in Blakely’s Barnyard
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Campers meet a crocodile skink, held by its keeper John, at the Reptile House

The culminating hands-on experience comes when campers research and record informational “Zoo-Tube” videos about an animal of their choosing. They then get to present their finished videos to their parents on the last day. The videos below are from the Week 1-3 campers. We hope that you enjoy the results of their hard work and adventures!

Week 1:

African Painted Dogs

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Little Blue Penguins

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California Sea Lion

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Week 2:

Asian Elephants

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Snow Leopard

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White Tiger

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Week 3:

African Painted Dogs

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Black Rhino

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Snow Leopard

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