WITH HALLOWEEN COMING UP WE
WANTED TO CHECK OUT SOME OF THE
ANIMALS OFTEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THE HOLIDAY.
DASH:
SO WE PAID A VISIT TO THE ZOO
WHERE WE SAW THAT EVEN SOME OF
THE CREEPIER
ANIMALS ... ARE QUITE FRIENDLY.
WITH NO BOO AT THE ZOO THIS YEAR
.. ANOTHER CASUIALTY OF THE
PANDEMIC ... WE
STILL WANTED TO VISIT SOME OF
HONOLULU'S MORE UNIQUE RESIENTS.
THEY CERTAINLY HAVE MORE THAN
JUST A HANDFUL OF ANIMALS THAT
FIT INTO THE
HALLOWEEN CATEGORY.
INCLUDING THIS GUY.
3:15. "WHISTLES. C'MON MAKAMAE"
3:17
SOT: JAERON NAKASONE / BIRD
2:48 "MAKAMAE IT'S A NATIVE
HAWAIIAN OWL OR PUEO. HE CAME TO
US IN 2016 AS A FLEDGLING AND HE
WAS FOUND
WITH A HIGH PROBLEM SO HE WAS
DEEMED UNRELEASABLE WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVE HIM IN CAPTIVITY NOW".
3:05
MORE REVERED THAN FEARED, PUEO
ARE KNOWN AS ANCESTRAL GUARDIANS
.. OR
AUMAKUA.
ALTHOUGH RARELY SEEN ..IT'S
CONSIDRERED GOOD FORTURE TO HAVE
ONE
FLY OVER YOU
SOT: JAERON 4:49 "THEIR MOSTLY
SEEN ON KAUAI AND THE BIG
ISLAND. IF WE COULD DO MORE
CONSERVATION WORK
TO HELP THESE GUYS EXCEL AND WE
BETTER THAN WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
5:03
NAT: 3:39. "MAKAMAE. COME HERE
GOOD BOY".
UNLIKE MOST OWLS. THE PUEO ARE
MORE ACTIVE BY DAY... THOUGH ON
THIS DAY ...
HE WOULD PASS ON HIS YUMMY
TREATS.
SOT: JAERON 3:26 "WE FEED HIM
PREY WHICH IS GROUNDED MEET WITH
NUTRIENTS AND VITAMINS ADDED TO
IT. YUMMY YEAH HA HA VERY GOOD
".3:35" WHILE MAKAMAE STILL
GETTING USED TO PEOPLE OUR NEXT
FRIEND WAS MORE
THAN WILLING TO COME OUT AND
PLAY. IN FACT HE WAS DOWNRIGHT
CURIOUS. NAT: 13:35 "THIS IS
GEORGE OUR BURMESE PYTHON".
TURNS OUT GEORGE WAS SOMEBODY'S
PET... WHICH IS ILLEGAL HERE.
FORTUNATELY HE
WOUND UP AT THE ZOO.
SOT: KALE TAYLOR / REPTILE
SPECIALIST
13:57 "HE'S GROWN QUITE A BIT
SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE SO HE'S
ABOUT 10 FEET LONG NOW AT WEIGHS
ABOUT 65
POUNDS". 14:06.
15:28 "AND WHAT DOES GEORGE LIKE
TO EAT FOR A LITTLE HALLOWEEN
TRICK-OR-TREAT SNACK? WELL HE
DEFINITELY
ENJOYS RATS HIM LIKE A RABBIT OR
PREVIOUSLY FROZEN". 15:43
CAN'T SAY I'M A FAN OF HIS DIET
...BUT HE'S FRIENDLY.
SOT:DASH 16:24 "MY NEW FRIEND
GEORGE. WE'RE BONDING HE'S A
NICE GUY". 16:33
HIS ROOMATES? TOUGH TO SAY.
SOT:KALE 12:08 "WE HAVE OUR
JAPANESE GIANT SALAMANDERS. OUR
FROGS". 12:14
SOT:KALE 20:31 "WE ALSO HAVE TWO
DIFFERENT TYPES OF TARANTULAS.
SO ANYBODY WHO'S IN
ARACHNOPHOBIA MIGHT WANT TO
CHECK OUT. OR NOT. HA HA". 20:39
SOMETHING YOU DEFINITLEY SHOULD
CHECK OUT ... GRUNT AND PO.
SISTERS THAT CAME TO THE
HONOLULU ZOO A COUPLE OF YEARS
AGO. SOT: SARAH HANEY 23:34
"CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEVE
PORCUPINES DO NOT THROW THEIR
QUILLS. THAT
BECAME SOMETHING OF HOLLYWOOD
MOVIES. ACTUALLY NOT SCARY
THEY'RE VERY SWEET". 23:42
AND VERY SMART TOO. LIKE A
COUPLE OF FRIENDLY FAMILY PETS.
NAT: 27:07 "GRUNT UP. WOW YOU
HE'LL EAT THE WHOLE THING" 27:16
27:21. "WOW THESE ARE REALLY
COOL ANIMALS". 27:24
SOT: TYRIS PERREIRA 29:32 "I
LOVE WORKING WITH THESE
PORCUPINES. THEY DO LOOK SCARY
BUT THEY'RE VERY SMART AND QUICK
LEARNERS". 29: 38
AND WHILE NON THREATENING ..
BEST TO REMAIN IN FRONT OF
DASH:
STICK AROUND JUSTIN CRUZ WILL RE
JOIN US AFTER THE BREAK.
IT'S ALOHA FRIDAY AND TOMORROW
IS HALLOWEEN. WHAT YOUR WEEKEND