Here are the photo and video answers to all clues.Clue #1Head to the Red Barn and find out what animal is the
Bovidae capra. Here’s some help…
1) More people drink the milk of the
Bovidae capra than any other animal in the world.
2) The
Bovidae family includes gazelles and water buffaloes
3) The child of a
Bovidae capra is called a “kid.”
Get a photo of both of you petting a
Bovidae capra!
Clue #2
Head to Amazonia and find the Podocnemis unifilis underwater.
Shoot a quick video in which one of you acts like the Nutty Professor and explains how this animal helps to prove an interesting scientific theory!!!!! YOU MUST point to this animal somehow…either the real animal or a picture of it. Clue #3Head up the Valley Trail from Amazonia to find two animals that are very similar but in danger…
Can you tell the difference between
Zalophus californianus and
Halichoerus grypus? Well you better find out soon or they’ll be gone.
There is something we use everyday that is hurting them.
Shoot a video in which you both act like these two animals. You must explain the difference between the two of you and explain what is endangering you. Include either the animal in the background or the dangerous object…Remember I want to see you act like these animals!! Have fun.
Clue #4Head to the Reptile Discovery Center and try to solve this dilemma…
In Greek
Rhombus means spinning top
In Latin
Rhomb means magician’s circle
In the Reptile House what does
rhombifer mean?
Snap a photo of both of you in front of this animal…if it is not near the glass - take a photo in front of its sign!
Clue #5Head to the Small Mammal House to solve this riddle…
If
Leo = lion and
pithecus = ape
What would a
Leontopithecus look like?
Snap a photo of both of you in front of this half and half being!
Clue # 6
You’ll have to hoof it along Olmstead Walk!
What Latin name does Przewalski’s animal and the Zebra have in common?
Shoot a short video in which one of you is pointing to this Latin word and acting like a scientist hypothesizing what this Latin word means. Hint: What makes these animals similar?
Clue #7
Head to the building where you would find
Elephas maximus …What? You don’t know Latin? Take a guess as to what this animal would be.
Now that you are in this house I need you to find the animal that connects to this riddle.
Longest River Frog
It’s not easy but combine the English and Latin names to figure this out!
Snap a photo of both of you in front of this animal (or a picture of this animal)
Clue #8
How did the Panda get its name? Find out inside their den.
Shoot a short video in which one of you explains what the Panda’s name means. Try to get a panda in the background as you shoot this. Check your facts…it must be correct!
Clue #9
Velociraptor was a meat eating dinosaur with a vicious claw that it used to kill its prey
Raptor comes from the Latin word
rapere which means “to grab or seize”. All
Raptors are able to grab you with their claws!!!!!!!
I want you now to find the largest
raptor here at the zoo…and sit on it!
You’ll recognize it as an
Aquila but it is still a part of the
raptor family. Find this statue that was given to the zoo from the Pennsylvania Railroad outside of the Bird House.
Snap a photo of both of you sitting on this statue…but be careful it is a
raptor!!!
Clue #10Is it a Sloth or is it a Bear? Which is it?
Find this tricky creature along the Asia Trail and the key to figuring out if this animal is a sloth or a bear would be the Latin name:
ursinus or ursus.
Do you know it already?
Well if you don’t you will have to go to the “Mistaken Identity” wall and read to find out what it is. Once you figure it out, you’ll also know what Ursinus means.
BREAKING NEWS: Shoot video in which you act like a news reporter and explain three things while next to the statue of the Sloth Bear.
1) Is it a sloth or is it a bear? Use the word ursinus in your
explanation.
2) Explain why so many scientific names are in Latin.
3) Explain who Carl Linnaeus was.
ratulations guys!
ratulations guys!
