Native Species & Invertebrate Keepers Photo Blog
Posted at 5:23 pm March 4, 2008 by Kelsey
The Zoo InternQuest Interns join JP Montagne as he searches the pit-fall traps for any coastal sage scrub species, native to San Diego.
The interns thought all of the burnt cacti had died. Mr. Montagne showed them, however, that many of these San Diegan plant species are very resilient and can regrow after a tragedy!
Although the interns didn’t find any animals in the buckets that day, they did manage to observe a red diamondback rattlesnake warming itself on a hot rock.
Paige Howorth fascinates the Zoo InternQuest Interns with a leaf insect, a creature that is mimicking a green leaf.
Don’t get antsy in front of these leaf-cutter ants! These critters are hard at work, cutting and moving pieces of leaves.
Holding up a stick insect, Kelli Walker explains how not all bugs are dangerous but can be friendly.
At the Petting Paddock, the Zoo InternQuest Interns watch as Bob Cisneros trains and interacts with TJ, the goat.
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