Zoo schedules special spring break activities.Byline: The Register-Guard Cancun and Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. aren't the only spring break traditions. The Oregon Zoo will hold its fourth annual Zoo's Gone Wild celebration Saturday through April 6. The event provides a tropical vacation for the animals as well as for zoo visitors, who can watch as polar bears eat sno-cones, lorikeets receive fruit leis and cougars devour a luau feast. Zoo's Gone Wild will showcase the Oregon Zoo's animal enrichment programs that are designed to challenge animals with complex tasks that require problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. . Animal enrichment activities and keeper talks are scheduled daily. Themed days with treats and talks include Beat-the- Heat Saturdays (meerkats, cougars and Stellar sea lions); Sno-Cone Sundays (polar bears, elephants, lorikeets, the zoo's new baby colobus monkey colobus monkey Any of 10 species of long-tailed, essentially thumbless African Old World monkeys in the genus Colobus (family Cercopithecidae). Colobus monkeys are diurnal, generally gregarious vegetarians. They make long leaps from tree to tree. and an ocelot ocelot (äs`əlŏt', ō`sə–), medium-sized cat, Felis pardalis, of Central and South America. It is occasionally found as far N as Texas. The ocelot has a yellow-brown coat with black spots, rings, and stripes. kitten); Mighty Mai Tai Mondays (grizzly bear grizzly bear or grizzly, large, powerful North American brown bear, characterized by gray-streaked, or grizzled, fur. Grizzlies are 6 to 8 ft (180–250 cm) long, stand 3 1-2 to 4 ft (105–120 cm) at the humped shoulder, and weigh up to and elephants); Tropical Tuesdays (mandrills and lorikeets); Big Wave Wednesdays (chimps, Steller sea lions); Beach Party Thursdays (wolves and hippos); and Aloha Fridays (orangutans and wolves). March 25 will feature a Hawaiian music show and April 1 will feature music by local pirate band Captain Bogg & Salty. The music shows, at noon and 2:30 p.m. both days, are free with zoo admission. For more information, visit www.oregonzoo.org or call (503) 226-1561. |
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