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Large Carnivore Keeper

Posted at 1:17 pm November 1, 2006 by admin

Zoo InternQuest is a career exploration program for high school students. To read journals by the interns, see the Zoo InternQuest Journals. For more photos see the Zoo InternQuest Photo Journal. To meet the Interns, read the Intern Profiles.

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Zoo keeper Jacob explained to us that Tango, a 290-pound (132-kilogram) female lion, eats usually 11 pounds (5 kilograms) of meat daily and likes beef hearts as treats.

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2 Responses to “Large Carnivore Keeper”

  1. Fatima says:
    November 8th, 2006 at 11:20 am

    Tango?? I thought that the only lions at the zoo were the ones at lion camp

    Editor’s note: The San Diego Zoo has two elderly female lions. Lion Camp is an exhibit at the Zoo’s Wild Animal Park and is home to 3 adults and 5 cubs.

  2. Emilija says:
    February 24th, 2007 at 1:33 pm

    are you going to feed the lions?

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