Wildlife Education 2: This class is a continuation of last semester's. This time we are focusing more on working in a group. The main goal of this whole class, and the entire goal of the lab, is to get our large fundraiser, Spring Spectacular, up and running. We as first years are in charge of everything except the show, which the second years put together and perform. We are all divided into committees, and mine is called "Eye to eye". We are putting together all the other shows that will happen during spring spec. that are more like the normal 15min. weekend shows. Since most of my time will be dedicated to this task, you will be hearing several updates about it.
Animal Anatomy/Physiology: This is a class with our vet, Dr. Stringfield. In here we will cover the basic aspects of mammalian anatomy and physiology. That means what parts the body is composed of and what they do. Should be an incredibly easy class for me since I know most of this already.
Animal Behavior: This is the big tough Gary class this semester. I don't think I'll have to hard of a go at it since I also know most of this material already. Just like the name implies, we'll be covering animal behavior, both natural, and how to shape new behaviors. The lab is the more fun part associated with it where we will do a paper on some animal observations, then we will train a rat to run a maze. This class is basically an EATM right of passage, but a much more fun one than diversity was.
Animal Care and Handling 2: This class will cover more topics as a continuation of last semester's class. We will learn more about hands-on techniques, such as animal restraint. This class will also handle our animal assignments and help us with our turn-over requirements. The lab for this is just the same old area schedule as we had last semester, so I'll keep cleaning up the poo on Wednesday-Saturday.
Zoo Skills 2: This is day watch again. Nothing new on that front.
There is a class that is offered as optional that I'm not taking this semester: Primate behavior. I'm not taking it because I'm really not interested in primates at all. It's also saving me a ton of money due to my paying out-of-state tuition.
So besides school starting, nothing big happened this week. I've found out that I really won't have any kind of weekend free time until after spring spec. since I've been booked for weekend shows every weekend through spring spec. So, if you wanted to visit us, you should wait until April! I'll leave you with just one picture this time, since I've given you so much to digest. (Todd-Red fox)
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Why is the Red Fox white?
Well, I'm glad you asked that oh so obvious question. Red foxes are actually found in quite an array of colors. They were bred this way for the fur trade. Todd is not a rescue from a fur farm or anything, but fur breeders are the reason for finding so many different colors of red foxes in captive settings. Clearly, an animal colored this way would not survive too incredibly long in the wild, so this trait has been selected for artificially (by man).
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