Heather: CHECK OUT TODAY'S
FOUR-LEGGED VISITOR WHO LOVES TO
BASK IN THE SUNSHINE!
HERE WITH CRITTERS UNCAGED TODAY
IS MILLER PARK ZOO IN
BLOOMINGTON, EDUCATION
SPECIALIST SHANNON!
AND SHE BROUGHT A FRIEND!
WHO DO WE HAVE?
Guest: THIS IS ANDRE THE
GIANT.
[LAUGHTER]
Guest: GECKO.
Heather: I SEE WHAT YOU DID.
Guest: HE'S A NEW CALEDONIA
GIANT KE
GIA
GIANT GECKO.
THE LARGEST SHE SHE IS IN THE
WORLD.
Heather: HE LOOKS LARGER.
Guest: YEAH, THEY ARE THE
BIGGEST.
BUT TO THINK THIS IS AS BIG AS A
GECKO GETS, THAT'S NOT TOO BIG.
Heather: OOH, HIS EYES.
Guest: AREN'T THEY THE
COOLEST?
I THINK THEY'RE NEAT.
HE'S AN INTERESTING SHAPE I
THINK.
HIS HEAD IS OUT OF PROPORTION TO
THE REST OF HIS BODY.
IT'S BIG.
Heather: HIS EYES LOOK LIKE
THEY HAVE CATARACTS.
THEY LOOK CLOUDY.
Guest: BUT THEY'RE NOT.
YOU CAN SEE.
THEY HAVE A TEXTURE ALMOST LIKE
A PATTERN IN THEM.
IT HELPS CAMOUFLAGE, BECAUSE
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO HIDE IN THE
TREES.
Heather: YEAH.
BECAUSE WHO'S AFTER HIM?
Guest: EVERYBODY.
HE
HE'S JUICY AND TASTY AND YUMMY.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE BIRDS AND
MAMMAL CRITTERS AND CARNIVORES
AFTER HIM ALL THE TILE.
Heather: WHAT DOES HE EAT?
Guest: A FRUIT PUREE' AT THE
ZOO, BASICALLY FRUIT BABY FOOD.
AND HE ALSO EATS LOTS OF
INSECTS.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO EAT
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IN THE
WILD AS WELL.
THEY MIGHT FIND AN EGG THAT IS
TASTY.
SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE CRITTER
THAT THEY THINK IS GOOD.
AND FRUITS AND VEGGIES.
Heather: FUN.
Guest: YEAH.
Heather: LET'S TALK ABOUT
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE ZOO.
Guest: THERE'S STUFF
HAPPENING AT THE ZOO!
INCREDIBLE STUFF!
[SIMULTANEOUS SPEAKING.]
Heather: THEY CAN COME SEE
THE GECKO ANDRE?
Guest: WELL, NOT ANDRE.
HE'S INSIDE ONE OF OUR
BUILDINGS, AND OUR BUILDINGS ARE
STILL CLOSED.
DUE TO PRECAUTION, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOING TO
BE OKAY OBVIOUSLY.
AND WE'RE GOVERNED BY
REGULATIONS.
SO WE HAVE OUR GROUNDS OPEN,
THOUGH.
AND SOME FOLKS CAN COME INTO THE
ZOO ANY TIME BETWEEN 9:30 AND
4:30.
AND WE SPACE FOLKS OUT UPON
ENTRY.
IF YOU STAY WITH YOUR PACK, THE
GROUP YOU CAME WITH AND MASK UP,
BECAUSE THE ANIMALS ARE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THIS AS WELL, YOU
CAN COME AROUND.
WE HAVE ONE BIG LOOP.
WE DON'T HAVE A BACK AND FORTH.
YOU CAN'T GO SEE SOMETHING ELSE
JUST RIGHT AWAY.
BUT YOU CAN DO THE LOOP AS MANY
TIMES AS YOU WANT, WHICH IS
NEAT!
Heather: I'M SURE THERE'S
STILL PLENTY TO SEE.
Guest: YEAH!
I TALKED TO FOLKS TODAY WHO SAID
IT'S GREAT WE GET TO GO ON THE
BACK DRIVEWAY.
WE HAD TO USE THAT AS THE LOOP.
OUR SIDEWALKS ARE NOT SIX FEET
WIDE IN MOST AREAS.
SO WE HAD TO DO THAT.
THAT MEANS I GET TO SEE THE
BACKSIDE OF OUR COW AND GOAT
YARD.
IT'S AN INTERESTING TREK BACK
THERE.
Heather: FINDING THE
POSITIVE THERE.
Guest: THEY HAVE TO SEE SOME
OF OUR MESS.
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE KEEP OUR
MESS, BUT WE TRY.
WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT PRETTY
SEE AWESOME.
Heather: WE'RE ABOUT OUT OF
TIME.
BUT I WANT TO MENTION YOU HAVE
BREWS FOR THE ZOO.
THERE'S INFORMATION ON THAT ON
YOUR FACEBOOK PAGE?
Guest: IT IS.
IT'S FUNDRAISER BY THE MILLER
PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, PARDON
ME.
WE HAVE A BREWS AT THE ZOO EVENT
EVERY MAY.
BUT... WE COULDN'T HAVE IT THIS
MAY OBVIOUSLY.
Heather: I KNOW.
Guest: THE LOCAL CRAFT
BREWERS GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED
TO HELP US OUT WITH A
FUNDRAISER.
THEY DEVELOPED SPECIAL BREWS
WITH SPECIAL LABELING, RENDERING
OUR ANIMALS IN ARTWORK.
AND THERE'S EVENTS AT THE
BREWERIES COMING UP.
THERE'S THREE MORE.
ONE WAS DONE AND IT WAS A
SUCCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER FEW
HAPPENING.
THAT'S GREAT THAT THEY'VE
DONATED THAT TIME AND ENERGY TO
HELP US OUT.
SO COME IF YOU LIKE CRAFT BEER.
Heather: THERE YOU GO.
Guest: IT WILL HELP SUPPORT
THE ZOO.
Heather: WONDERFUL.
WE'RE GLAD HE COULD GET OUT AND
MEET WITH FRIENDS SINCE HE'S
INSIDE FRIENDLESS NOW.
IN THE MEANTIME, THERE'S A LOOK
AT THE MILLER PARK ZOO WEBSITE
WHICH WE'LL CONNECT YOU WITH, AS
WELL AS THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE,
OVER AT www.CILiving.tv.
COMING UP, IT'S A NEW TAKE
ON JOURNALLING IN THE CRAFT
WORLD.