![]() Many Z/As even participate in breeding programs. When you purchase a ticket and buy products in their gift shops, you are contributing to those causes too. Z/As donate millions of dollars a year to support conservation issues around the world. Learning about animals, their habitats and conservation issues is a first step in caring about the environment. As children (and their parents/caregivers) explore, they are learning about the animals and their habitats, especially when they read the signage and listen to educator talks. It’s National Zoo and Aquarium Month!Ĭhildren love going to zoos and aquariums (Z/As) as great places to see animals they would not see in their daily lives. ![]() Look for these and other shark books at your library or online at And when you are finished reading, here are some great activities from members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to help young children learn more. Learn more about sharks and rays by reading some great books today. Their skeletons are made with cartilage, like we have in our ears and noses! Shark and ray skeletons are not made of bones like we have. Sharks loose up to 30,000 teeth over their lifetime and replace them very quickly. Other sharks keep the ocean clean by eating animal remains (detritus). Some sharks are at the top of the ocean food web keeping marine populations healthy. There are over 500 species of sharks that play important roles in the balance needed for healthy oceans. The reality is that one is more likely to be hit by lightning than be attacked by a shark. Sharks… just the word may evoke fear in some. Photos courtesy of Julianne Ubigau: Sampson, Julianne’s current pooper snooper, readies himself to sniff out bullfrogs. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to listen. This month, Phil Hatterman, host and producer of Dog Words Presented by Rosie Fund, interviewed Julie to get at the heart (or at least the nose) of the matter. In her spare time (which she could not possibly have), Julianne is talking with students, interested groups and podcasters to explain how the incredibly useful snufflers of rescued dogs can be. In addition to teaching her dogs to sniff for the scat of endangered animals, Julianne and her canine helpers are also working with scientists and environmentalists to seek out invasive plants and animals, such as garlic mustard plants and bullfrogs. (Yes, the title gives it away: The snoopers’ clue? Poop.) This gloriously illustrated (by Phyllis Saroff) nonfiction details how Julianne and her dog detective work together to help scientists investigate and track endangered animals. Julianne, the education and outreach coordinator of Conservation Canines, University of Washington Center for Environmental and Forensic Science, and I are the authors of Pooper Snooper. This week, I had a chance to learn what was occupying the time of one of my favorite human-dog duos, Julianne Ubigau and her dog Jasper. School may be out for the summer but working dogs are still, well working. The book is available in English and Spanish ( La Dama de las Siguanas) wherever you normally buy your books or through Arbordale, Amazon, or an independent bookstore near you. To learn more about The Lizard Lady, click here. Angeli and JKC (who clearly have become fast friends) discuss the Lizard Lady’s latest on their last Zoom call video. And (drumroll please), she has BIG news to share about the St. Angeli is the Director of Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources. Angeli, was finishing her doctorate (Ph.D.) as she and author Jennifer Keats Curtis (JKC) worked on the book. (Spoiler alert: The Lizard Lady and her team find a way to save these reptiles from extinction!) Croix ground lizards nearly became extinct after a cute but invasive mammal was brought in to eat the rats that were eating farmers’ crops. ![]() The beautifully illustrated nonfiction follows the real Lizard Lady, herpetologist Nicole Angeli, as she chops through rough Caribbean terrain to find and save a critically endangered ground lizard on the U.S.
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