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Kansas City Zoo ZooMobile!
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Kansas City Zoo ZooMobile Visit to New Mark Middle School and the 3Phoenix Flames Science classes!
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Shirley is amazing! She is a storyteller. Kids enjoyed her stories and her approach to animals and the environment!
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Zoo hands!
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Blue-tongued Skink!
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So funny this morning!! Andrea does NOT like snakes...and what appeard from behind her and over her head?! A Rainbow Boa Constrictor, that's all. :)
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Oh Andrea! Is this HISStory class? LOL
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See the 2 Rhino horns that poachers seek to sell to those who want to make medicine from it. People in East Asia believe ground-up rhino horn is a medicine that heals them when they are sick.
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The smaller horn from a rhinoceros. They get big money for this horn. Why? Many people desire ground-up rhino horn for medicines.
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Black Rhinoceros Activity: Experience the Decline in Population (All kids rec'd a card)
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Netherlands Dwarf Rabbit. :)
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Netherlands Dwarf Rabbit!
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Belted Rabbit (Blue Dutch)
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Pet Trade: Paper towel or TP tube used to smuggle baby birds, snakes
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Rainbow Boa Constrictor!
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Shirley in action! Taking the kids on a journey! Loved the SETUP of this lesson that centered around endangered species and STORIES that shed light on some major ways humans threaten animals' survival.
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Shirley in action! Taking the kids on a journey! Loved the SETUP of this lesson that centered around endangered species and STORIES that shed light on some major ways humans threaten animals' survival.
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Kansas City Zoo ZooMobile Visit!! Shirley is telling stories about animals and issues in conservation/endangerment. Stories rule. So does Shirley!
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Live animals are being placed around the room in 3 places...with much secrecy until the unveiling. :)
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Bearded Dragon!
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Bearded Dragon
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Kids got to touch/pet the Boa and then the bunny as they left. :)
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Compare mammal vs reptile eyes, nose, ears placement! Thanks, you two! :)
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Mandy, Sondra, and Shirley from the KC ZOO!! They were phenomenal!! @kansascityzoo
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Sondra and Shirley with the animals, waiting for the kids to touch them if they wanted to!
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Shirley talks about the difference between ivory (elephant tusk) and keratin (rhino horn)
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Rainbow Boa Constrictor
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More fun with these 3 fine educators from the Kansas City Zoo! Mandy, Sondra, and Shirley!