Category: Safari Spotlight

Safari Spotlight: Crested Porcupines & Jr. Keepers

Rodents, famous for being numerous, disease-carrying, and nearly impossible to kill are possibly the most misunderstood and fascinating of the mammalian orders. The defining characteristic of rodents are the sharp...

June 15, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: Northern Bald Ibis

The Northern bald ibis, also known as the Waldrapp’s ibis could be considered a scary looking bird. At first glance, their bald, red-skinned heads and glossy black plumage make them...

May 17, 2016 by Aphrodite Caserta

Safari Spotlight: Southern Ground Hornbill

This edition of the Safari Spotlight focuses with great excitement on the southern ground hornbill, a bird we’ve had on the property for some time and almost exclusively behind the...

April 19, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: Sulcata Tortoise

Easter is nearly here and with it, that adorable little bunny who scampers about hiding easter eggs and trinkets for children to find. It would make sense then to focus...

March 5, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: The Nile Lechwe

Have you heard the term sexual dimorphism? Don’t worry if you haven’t. Like most fancy science words, it’s a simple idea hidden in a confusing term. Basically, if a species...

February 12, 2016 by Aphrodite Caserta

Safari Spotlight: So Many Guineafowl!

“Some of your speckled turkeys got out.” "What's that fat, blue-headed bird?" “Why do you let your weird chickens run loose?” This is a small sampling of the questions and comments we get...

January 21, 2016 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: the Cape Buffalo

In this month’s Spotlight, we cast our attention on the Cape Buffalo. While not as well known as the giraffe or the rhinoceros, the cape buffalo is nonetheless one of...

December 1, 2015 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: The Scimitar Horned Oryx

Extinct. A very scary word. A word that brings up images of dinosaurs and dodo birds; animals and plants that were once but now no longer are. Extinct is a word...

November 1, 2015 by Jared Paddock

Safari Spotlight: The Great Argus Pheasant

Move Over Peacock, There's a New Star in Town In this edition of Spotlight, we'd like to draw your attention to a true crowd pleaser, the Great Argus Pheasant. One of...

October 1, 2015 by Jared Paddock