didn't know because we've been hearing
that throughout the showed that that
noise was coming from their tiny little
animal this is Zeus he's a Red Roof
lemur that comes from the island of
Madagascar and he got his name because
of that call that he makes it sounds
like you have a girl in your house and
when he stays in our house let's disarm
describe yeah you got a level market and
he likes his belly rubs too so gentle
that your belly is awesome now lemurs
are one of my favorite animals to talk
about with kids and we do in educational
programs because they predict within 20
years they might be extinct in the wild
on Madagascar because of reinforce
destruction so they've destroyed about
95% of the trees and these guys rely on
the trees more so than the other lemurs
which the popular lemur we all know is
the ring-tailed lemur like King Julien
from the media these guys actually build
a nest up in the trees and they have
their babies in the trees for the first
couple of weeks of their lives and then
they go when they plan them around on
different parts of the trees and that's
where they take him they were just
really lazy overall chill animals in
general yeah he does he just kind of
lays out and hangs out and he's you know
he's great with kids and with people
adults and literally you walk in his
enclosure and he comes to you and hugs
your neck kids react
they love him so our ring-tailed lemurs
of course are one of our Popular's
because they're that's what everyone
knows but I tell all of my parents I'm
like no you want the rough lemur trust
me because he just lays in their laps
and and lets him snuggle and rub all
over a beautiful yeah and so the
question he is part of the monkey family
he is not a monkeys a primate but he's
not a monkey he delivered eyes so
they're not as intelligent we don't tell
him oh he does have a best friend is a
monkey I brought a monkey back in
January that little bitty monkey yeah
buddy they are buddies they room
together and they feel each other out of
their mouths and how are you so you they
are the coolest you own ahold of mine
you've got the prettiest eyes okay
you've had a busy summer Courtney's yes
so that's one of our libraries right
there of our ladies with the ring talk
with the red ruffed lemur we work about
six to seven days a week in the summer
and we average about 60 hours a week
sometimes Wow 60 hours yeah to do all
these yes I don't mind it whatsoever I
enjoy teaching and educating the kids
and bringing them new and fun animal
what do we have you tuck is from
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three-banded armadillo' and he is the
only armadillo the three bandits that
can actually roll up into a full ball
and they look like a little puzzle piece
on the events together this is their
protection in his shell it's a bony
shell that's made up of keratin the same
thing as your fingernails and he's not
the kind found around here no those are
our nine-banded this is a three banded
so you count the three big bands one two
three this is just flexible skin in the
middle that allows him to roll until
Bobby account these big bang there you
go and then he'll come out what's
interesting is - yes these are mammals
and they're in insectivores he's
actually closely related to him
anteaters and swap really yeah and then
if you look home pick him up get him to
open up his front feet or not actually
like feet feet like sloppy he's got old
balls
yeah he's got claws he's his little
claws you think what do you think what
did they eat normally
he's insects and even termites yep he
uses his claws to dig in the ground and
get all kinds of things eaten but if you
see his back foot I think you can see
his back foot in there yeah he actually
has a you an actual back and this right
here looks kind of like what he doesn't
have hair so a lot of hair call these
like curbside like bumpers
they because they don't see very well
look at his eyes
guys aren't very big and I can stick him
back and kennel if anything he said he
can have him what do you think about
doesn't have a very big mouth opening
it's a really really tiny almost like a
circle in their mouth is shaped like
that versus I've been down like hours
and they have a long sticky tongue that
they stick out like that's how they
dress just like you teeners and that's
how they grabbed their aunts and the
insights and things to eat then you see
his little claws he walks on the tips of
his claws like that race with the turtle
ashes and how old his TUC TUC is ten
years old he's actually a friend of mine
he's retired from shows was gonna rehome
him so we took him in because he's a pro
it shows and he's great he comes out
he's very social with everybody you know
looks everybody see him and look at him
he'll live about 15 years 15 to 20 years
holy it's so neat to see their
personalities the different that's much
personality yeah this guy's cool so this
is ash and ash is a baby large spotted
Genet and this guy comes from South
Africa specifically he's just a baby so
he's gonna be the size of a house cat
whenever he grows up and these are
nocturnal as well okay
but you mentioned house gay but he is
not a hug he's not really used to cat
whatsoever these are civet so he's close
to related to a mongoose or a weasel a
bottle he still takes it you could
technically could be weaned but we give
him a bottle just for just to keep him
social and keeping and coming to us they
usually get freaked out really easily
with new surroundings so we're trying to
acclimate him and get him socialized
with everything really young so he
doesn't be so he's not that way when he
gets older we have an older one that's
seven his name is smokey that's why we
named him smokey Nash and smokey is very
bonded to me so these animals bond to
one
really really strong and zoo safari and
these fascinating animals this is just
great Courtney thank you so much course
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