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WISH LIST
| If you look around at home or at work, you might find lots of things you don't want or need anymore that we could make good use of at the zoo.
We can always use things like a sign on the motorway indicating the zoo exit is no. 474, paint, buckets, containers, wire cutters, a concrete mixer, skill saw, wire and netting, water blaster, wheel barrows, cordless drill & drill bits, clean mulch (no mould) from safe trees (poplar, willow, gum), clean straw and hay, ride-on lawnmower, water pumps for ponds, clearlight plastic roofing, perspex, decking timber, certified organic fruit & vegetables. There may even be some things you have that we haven't even thought of. Please speak to one of our keepers, or check the list hanging in the entrance. Thank you. |
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| Emu |
| Second biggest bird in the world. Our emu can run up yo 50km per hour and each stride can be as long as 3 metres. Because they have no teeth, emus eat stones and pebbles to grind up their food. Imagine that! Listen carefully, and that drum beat you hear is probably one emu chatting to another. Emu Dads look after the eggs until they hatch and then look after the young chicks for the next two years. |
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