Archive of ‘columbus zoo’ category

A Guest Post – Blogathon

Thank you very much to A.J. from  I Still Want More Puppies for this great guest post!! I always loved Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Who didn’t want to be part of a wild rumpus, after all? That being said, you know where the wild things should not be? In your house or yard. There [...]

What is a Celebes Macaque Anyway?

Don’t worry if you don’t know, because I had no idea until I searched about it. A Celebes Macaque also known as a black ape, is an Old World monkey that lives in the northeast of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi as well as on neighboring islands. It spends more than 60% of its day on the ground searching [...]

The Columbus Zoo – Blogathon

A little bit of history about the Columbus Zoo. In 1927 the Columbus Zoological Park opened with a small collection of donated animals. In 1951 the Zoo acquired it’s first three gorillas. In 1956  the world’s first captive gorilla was born at the Columbus Zoo. His name was Colo. In 1978 Jack Hanna became director [...]

Let the Blogathon Begin

It is time to get this blogathon started! To recap,  for those of you who were not paying attention earlier in the week: *This weekend we are joining Dr V from Pawcurious, along with many other bloggers,  in a 24 hour blogathon in support of our favorite causes of the year. * I have chosen to support [...]