a little bit of chickens gonna go a long
way here at animal world in snake farm
and during fourth week joins me and you
hear that you hear that back there yes
that is a lion right and we are going to
be feeding them that's right that's
right these aren't just any lions these
are actually a pretty rare genetic
abnormality so these are what's
considered white lions there's not too
many of these guys especially left in
the wild but we have moats wari or adult
male who's kind of impatiently
pacing at the front waiting to get some
food he knows where de and we have his
girl in gala over there waiting her turn
now have you ever fed lions before no
all right what do I need to know and and
how do you feed them all right well very
carefully for one obviously you can see
they have a pretty massive jaw that is
meant for taking down big prey items but
here at the zoo they get a wide variety
of obviously hand-cut beef and chicken
as well as a supplement on top that
gives them a little more vitamins and
calcium nutrition that they need in
their diet but we're gonna let Chelsea
come over here and feed with you is our
lead trainer and keeper out here and
they're gonna cooperate a little bit
better for you if she does this feeding
alongside so feeding they'll be kind of
go through what they call a behavior
training with everybody he has to do a
command so he's been a lot of time
training these guys these commands come
in handy for a few different reasons
especially if a vet comes by they're
trained to present a couple of things
easier for one of them he knows how to
present the underside of his Paul so if
he has a limber like he something stuck
in there there's not any invasive
procedure about checking that out they
have that training to wear we call him
up he puts up pop when we can check it
out no problem he's happy we're happy we
can go the rest of my day and then they
do you also know how to stand up on
their tippy toes so we can't get a good
look at their underside and then while
they're are throwing it's a good way to
sort of gauge that they're still you
know growing as they should and they can
lay down for us also sort of just come
up and then lay down they'll stay down
for as long as needed and then this guy
will do that's gonna help with okay yep
of course with health checks wellness
checks and vet check ups and gesture
don't you make sure everything's gone
right please why these behaviors are
learned
okay so let's take it through the
feeding there we go you know do a little
motorcycle Rev and that's saying hi
I don't have chicken one day he's like I
know that but basically just doing this
at the piece of chicken he's a chicken
yeah and then the smile was just okay
and then you pump it
okay so I'm gonna feed you maybe the
signal crap here you go pull that
through you got
you got it it'll get you got it you'll
get it you got it
there we go
all right you feel better
num num num num the tum-tums oh let me
okay yeah yeah so folks can watch you
guys feed the Lions right Lily yes when
on weekdays it is at 2:30 and weekends
at 2 o'clock all right for more
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