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SINZ_210804_010.JPG: Timed-entry passes are required for entry
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SINZ_210804_012.JPG: Maintain a safe social distance while viewing animals
SINZ_210804_018.JPG: Welcome back to the Smithsonian!
Please be mindful of our requirements for entry:
(1) Maintain a safe social distance
(2) Wear a face covering
(3) Present your timed-entry pass
Enjoy your visit!
SINZ_210804_033.JPG: Open the enrichment trunk!
Your donations help Zoo keepers purchase and create enrichment items and materials for all our animals.
Learn more about the Zoo's enrichment program and donate at:
nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/animal-enrichment
SINZ_210804_039.JPG: Experiencing Migration
The Zoo thanks ConocoPhilllips, sponsor of the migratory flying bridge to the future Experience Migration exhibit.
ConocoPhillips
SINZ_210804_052.JPG: Smithsonian National Zoo membership
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SINZ_210804_063.JPG: Welcome back to the National Zoo
PLEASE NOTE the changes we have made for the health and safety of our guests, staff and animals.
* Some of our buildings are temporarily closed.
* Many paths are now one way only -- please follow directional signs.
* Wear a face covering.
For a detailed map and list of these changes visit:
nationalzoo.si.edu/visit
SINZ_210804_073.JPG: Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
Conservation Starts Here
SINZ_210804_103.JPG: Welcome back to the National Zoo
PLEASE NOTE the changes we have made for the health and safety of our guests, staff and animals.
* Some of our buildings are temporarily closed.
* Many paths are now one way only -- please follow directional signs.
* Wear a face covering.
For a detailed map and list of these changes visit:
nationalzoo.si.edu/visit
SINZ_210804_105.JPG: Smithsonian National Zoo membership
Become a Charter Member Today!
Help yourself to great benefits while helping to save species!
Access to FREE parking reservations
Discounts on food, souvenirs, education programs, and camps
A members-only e-newsletter
SINZ_210804_118.JPG: Thank you for visiting.
Please continue your Smithsonian journey by visiting us online at si.edu
Stay safe!
SINZ_210804_124.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Sparkles
Glitter sprinkled on food helps Zoo scientists connect droppings to a specific animal. The non-toxic addition doesn't get digested and offers a quick ID when multiple animals share an enclosure.
SINZ_210804_127.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Call of Doody
The Zoo's Endocrine Lab specializes in poop analysis and has two walk-in freezes full of samples. Analyzing poop is a labor-intensive process. It takes many steps over a few weeks before analysis can begin.
SINZ_210804_130.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Funky Fences
Maned Wolves mark the borders of their territory with urine that smells similar to skunk spray. The strong smell also communicates to potential mates during mating season.
SINZ_210804_133.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Follow the Leader
Young elephants and GIANT PANDAS need certain bacteria to digest plants they eat. To get that bacteria they eat poop left by their parents or other members of their species.
SINZ_210804_136.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Itsy Bitsy, Teensy Weensy
Panamanian Golden Frog poop is tiny, about the [sic] half the size of a mouse pellet. Scientists need to collect samples for a week to get enough to analyze.
SINZ_210804_145.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Healthy Recycling
What do GORILLAS and NAKED MOLE-RATS have in common? Like a number of animals, they eat their poop. This helps them get undigested nutrients... and then they poop again.
SINZ_210804_148.JPG: You don't know POOP!
You know about herds, flocks, and prides. Did you know there are animal specific names for poop?
Elephant Poop = Boli
Insect Poop = Frass
Cow Poop = Cow Pie
Farm Animal Poop = Manure
Other Poop = Spraint
Hippo and Rhino Poop = Dung
Seabird and Bat Poop = Guano
SINZ_210804_154.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Potty Mouth?
CORALS and sea anemones are simple animals with only one opening for eating and expelling. Food enters the mouth, gets digested, and waste goes back out the mouth.
SINZ_210804_162.JPG: You don't know POOP!
Colorful Menu
What an animal eats affects its poop. RED PANDA poop is green after a meal of bamboo and brown after snacking on fruit.
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2021 photos: This year was filled with hope. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us but it was hoped that restoring sanity to the White House. the rapid vaccine role-out, and a government that finally cared would put things back to normal again. But the force was strong in the evil anti-vaxxer movement and the virus variants made quick use of that so we're still dealing with this crap. Plus the continued impact of the Trump putsch attempt... Sigh.
Trips this year:
after getting fully vaccinated, I made a trip down to Asheville, NC in May to visit my dad and his wife Dixie and returned again in early October,
in mid-July, I made a quick trip up to Stockbridge, MA to see the Norman Rockwell Museum again as well as Daniel Chester French's place @ Chesterwood.
Number of photos taken this year: about 283,000, slightly up from 2020 but still really low.