National Geographic Kids April, 2024 - Animal Restaurant, 10 Cool Things About Rumps, Bet You Didn't Know! - Read by Ava DeVoe - AIRSLA
Apr 29, 2024
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Authors Kay Boatner and Lauren Goertzel discuss the fascinating world of animal dining habits in theme parks and unique facts about animal rumps and flowers. Topics include specialized diets, animal birthday cakes, turtle breathing, peacock spider mating displays, frog pollination, and ancient bouquets for a snake god.
Theme park in Orlando customizes diets for diverse animals based on individual nutritional needs.
Animal keepers creatively serve meals like hiding meat for big cats to hunt and hanging fruits for bats to discover.
Deep dives
Behind the Scenes of Animal Feeding at a Theme Park
Each day, employees at a theme park in Orlando, Florida, prepare and deliver 10,000 pounds of food to various animals, including big cats, sharks, and insects. By customizing diets based on individual animal needs, nutritionists ensure proper nutrition, preparing heart-shaped meat patties for lions and discovering preferences like bats disliking strawberries. The park's diverse menu includes hay, fruits, insects, and leafy branches, all carefully portioned and transported to different habitats.
Unique and Fun Dining Experiences for Animals
Animal diners receive special treats like colored ice cakes or cakes with watermelon slices, sweet potato puree, and kale frosting for birthdays, ensuring they are both festive and appropriate for digestion. Keepers creatively serve meals, hanging fruit for bats to discover, hiding meat for big cats to hunt, and allowing warthogs to forage for popcorn. The diverse diet includes fruits, veggies, and protein sources like eggs and beans, with meal preparations ranging from freezing dried leaves for butterflies to garnishing cakes with acorn squash slices.
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Inside the Wild Restaurant: Feeding a Theme Park's Animal Residents
1) Animal Restaurant, by Kay Boatner. Table for 2,000, please! Here's how one theme park keeps all its critters fed.
2) 10 Cool Things About Rumps, by Lauren Goertzel.
3) Bet You Didn't Know! By Lauren Goerstzel. 7 Fun flower facts to sniff out.
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