Moorpark College Teaching Zoo Field Trip Guide
This form is an extra credit field trip guide.  Visit the Moorpark Zoo and look at the signs on the animal enclosures to answer the questions.
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How old is the Galapagos tortoise? Describe his enclosure.
Look at the sign next to the Tortoise enclosure.
What color are the throat pouches of the  male and female hornbills?Where do they live? What does their diet consist of?
Look at the sign next to the hornbill enclosure.
What is training?
Look at the sign next to the zoo tour to answer this question.
What is husbandry?
Look at the sign next to the zoo tour to answer this question.
Go to the Reptile house to answer these next three questions.  How long do African Bullfrogs live?  What is there diet?
Look at the sign on the African Bullfrogs enclosure to answer this question.
Where does the glass lizard live?  What kind of habitat do they live in?
Use the sign on the glass lizard's enclosure to answer this question.
Why are black and white togus good swimmers?
Use the sign on the lizard's enclosure to answer the question.
Go to the alligator enclosure.  Where does the word alligator come from?How do alligators hibernate?
Use the sign next to the alligator's enclosure to answer the question.
Go to the snapping turtle enclosure.Write down two facts about the snapping turtle. Where do they live?  What is unusual about them?
Look at the sign next to the snapping turtle's enclosure to answer the questions.
Answer the next few questions by going to the bird section of the zoo. How many bird are make up a flick of yellow Amazon parrots?
Use the sign of the parrot enclosure to answer the question.
How do blue cranes court?
The sign next to the blue cranes enclosure will answer this question.
Go to the primate section to answer the following questions. List the differences between monkeys and apes.
The sign What is a primate will answer this question.
How many monkeys make up a squirrel monkey group?  What problems have caused a decline in the number of squirrel monkeys?
Use the sign next to the squirrel money enclosure to answer this question.
Go to the olive baboon enclosure.  Describe their teeth and what size these apes have.  What kinds of sounds do these baboons make?
Use the sign nest to their enclosure to answer the question.
Go to the carnivore section to answer the following questions.  How many lions make up a lion pride?
use the sign next to the lion enclosure to answer his question.
Go to the spotted hyena enclosure.  What animal is the spotted hyena closely related to? What is unusual about their jaws.
Use the sign next to the spotted hyena enclosure to answer the question.
Go to the cheetah enclosure. Compare the cheetah to the lion. List the major differences between the two big cats.  How fast does a cheetah run?
use the sign next to the cheetah enclosure to answer the question about speed.
What type of prey does a mountain lion eat?
use the sign next to the mountian lion enclosure to answer the question.
What is behavioral enrichment and what does it include?
Look at behavioral enrichment sign next to carnivore section of the zoo to answer this question.
Measure yourself against the building that contains the wingspan of a condor and a bald eagle.  Which one are you closest to? What is the wingspan of the bald eagle.?
This wall is on a building next to the bird section of the zoo.
Go to one of the animal demonstrations. Describe three animals that are shown.  Write one paragraph about each animal.  Include how they look, how big they get diet, defense,etc.
This is an extra credit question.  Go on a tour of the zoo.  Explain some of the highlights of the tour.  Describe three sections of the zoo you visited.
This is an extra credit question. atten the carnivore demonstration.  Write a short paragraph about the carnivore described in the demonstration. Talk about diet and defense of this animal.
This is an extra credit question.  Interview one of the student trainers at the zoo.  Ask them what made decide to pursue this as a career.  Ask them about their college lasses and how the classes prepare them for working with the animals.  What types of jobs do they do at the zoo?  What is their favorite animals?  How do they handle adangerous animals?  what is their favorite animals?  How are they successful at working with animals?  How do they plan a demonstration?  what advice would they give for someone considering a career working with animals?
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