Elephant Information Repository: Elephant Resources

Elephant Information Repository: Elephant Resources

There is nothing more to add other than my own personal encounters.

One day I was minding my own business as I walked past the elephant exhibit in a hurry. All of a sudden a clod came sailing past me from the direction of the elephants. I guess they wanted my attention. They got it. LOL

I used to watch them playing in the water. Sometimes, they would throwing sand up on their backs. Sometimes, just standing there.

I saw two babies, three and four months old, just after they were introduced to the public. They were so cute. It was fun to watch them grow over time.

San Diego Zoo Weblogs

My email is always behind. This morning, while I was going through some of it, I decided to read a San Diego Zoo newsletter and found a wonderful link.

They are publishing some of their animal log entries. I am really excited about this. It is the same thing I am doing with my adventures at the zoo but this is from an insider's prospective. All I can offer you is what I could see and do with the animals from the public's perspective. Of course, I will continue to share as some people enjoy mine. Here is another side of the story, though.

Click here for the weblogs.

Meerkats

There are three different ways to spell meerkat and they go by other names, too. I will look for a link with all that information on it and post it in the side bar. For now, I will tell you what little I remember from watching them.

The first thing I noticed was that they sand straight up on their mounds to watch for predators. There always seemed to be at least two on guard. Sometimes, I saw three. The mounds come from their digging a maze of tunnels. They live underground most of the time.

They can be busy little critters, though. I have seen them scampering about in and out of the tunnels doing their daily chores.