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Animal Stories
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Bearded Dragon
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Spike is our Bearded Dragon, she loves to welcome people as they enter to zoo. Bearded Dragons live in arid, rocky, semi-desert regions and dry open woodlands of Australia.
Bearded Dragons have an average life span of 10–20 years, although some have been known to live longer. We love looking after Spike her favourite foods are [...] -
Bobcats
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Our Bobcats love to sleep in their hammocks, but at dawn and dusk are very active playing and hunting for their food that the keepers hide for them.
The female Kakisa and male Sikanni are litter mates 9 years of age. Sikanni is vasectomised so they are not a breeding pair. Although Bobcats prefer to eat [...]
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Bearded Dragon
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