Pittsburg Zoo
Juma, male lion at the Pittsburgh Zoo, gets excited as he sees a horse bone. Once a week the lions get this particular treat, and the gnawing is good for their teeth.
. Kathy Suthard is lead keeper of the carnivores and the two veggie-loving rhinos. She's been at the zoo for 26 years. The tall, pretty blonde is in charge of four lions, three tigers, two snow leopards, one Amur leopard, a cheetah and the rhinos. She runs her own commissary out of a Pepsi cooler in the lion house. "All the cats eat ground horse meat purchased from vendors who package zoo carnivore diets. It comes in frozen and has to be thawed for 24 hours," Ms. Suthard said. "Some of the cats will snag a snack on their own. Mallard ducks, free-ranging on the Allegheny River, will fly up here to the zoo hoping to cadge a free meal. Occasionally, they become the meal." The lions eat the whole duck, usually leaving the beaks and feet. Once a week, the lions will get a horse leg bone with some meat on it for a treat. The gnawing and chewing is good for cleaning their teeth. For another occasional change-up in their diet, the keepers toss them a whole dead rabbit -- the works, hair, ears and entrails. The lions grab the rabbits and run to a corner to eat in solitary contentment. Tigers don't get rabbits, but then they have a better chance of snagging one of the mallards. "Toma, the young Siberian tiger, never turns down a meal," Ms. Suthard said. "She's the smallest of the cats but a fierce hunter. All of the cats will get smelts as an occasional treat. The cats get no people food. None." Rhinos have not evolved much, according to Ms. Suthard. All they need is food, reproduction and a good climate.
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Animal feeding in a zoo setting is a lot more complicated than you might think.
Certain factors have to be taken into account-
* How many times a day does this animal eat in the wild?For example: A ball python eats every 2 weeks, a capuchin eats a few times a day
* When should they be fed? i.e., Are they nocturnal? do they hibernate? For example, a bear will be given huge amounts of food in the summer and nothing in the winter when their metabolisms slow down. Owls are fed in the evening and buffalo are fed in the morning.
* How to present the food- are they scavengers that eat dead animals- or do they eat only live animals- do they hunt or forage? For example, Fennec foxes like to forage for their food while crocodiles need to see live moving animals (wiggling a dead rabbit seems to often do the trick). In addition, zoo animals are confined to small space, with a habitat that never changes so they need stimulation and enrichment-
PRESENTATION of the food is very important-
this includes:
* cutting up the meat/fruits vegetables in different shapes * varying amounts of the different foods * hiding the foods in different containers and bowls of different colors * putting the foods in hidden, new and hard to find places etc...
Just a carnivore. But it is just a higher part of a food chain / web.
Their main diet is comprised of meat, and that's what a carnivore will obtain its energy from. They may eat plants if their main prey or food source is gone or is in low numbers.
a carnivore
water, plant,herbivore,small carnivore, big carnivore
Grass is not a carnivore or herbivore. Grass is a producer. Grass produces carbon dioxide and food for animals. Grass is NOT a carnivore.
A tiger is a carnivore.
carnivore
They smell for their food.
Yes, Zoos do hinder the nature of animals. Animals in the zoo do not have to hunt for food, they are just given food.
yes because the zoos give them lots of food and water and give them a home
i think zoos are not necessary becouse here animals not provide good food
Just a carnivore. But it is just a higher part of a food chain / web.
no, they are carnivore's.
A carnivore is a meat eater(: A consumer depends on something else to get their food (:
No, because they have a steady food supply.
5 pounds of food
Ligers don't exist in nature, only in parks and zoos. They get what they need from their keepers.