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Tuesday Trivia Answer - C

The Hearld & Marge Ambler Diversity of Life exhibit building is celebrating an anniversary this month. This popular exhibit building, home to Dickerson Park Zoo's reptiles and amphibians, opened in April of what year?

C. 2001

The Hearld & Marge Ambler Diversity of Life exhibit opened April 2001. It is home to biodiversity from three areas of the world: Deserts & Dry Places, Under the Canopy -- Rainforest Life and The Ozarks. Among the exhibits are multiple species of reptiles, amphibians and insects, both venomous and nonvenomous.

When the Ambler Diversity of Life building opened, it became a new home for the reptiles and amphibians previously  seen in Swinea Hall (which was closed in June 1998 becasue of safety concerns). Swinea Hall, we believe, was built in 1875 by Joseph Gott as part of the estate that became Dickerson Park Zoo in 1922.

Tuesday Trivia - The Ambler Diversity of Life Building

The Hearld & Marge Ambler Diversity of Life exhibit building is celebrating an anniversary this month. This popular exhibit building, home to Dickerson Park Zoo's reptiles and amphibians, opened in April of what year?
A. 1991
B. 1996
C. 2001
D. 2006

E-mail your answer by tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon to trivia@dickersonparkzoo.org for a chance to win two admission passes to Dickerson Park Zoo. Remember to include your mailing address for your chance to win.

Check out FOZblog on Wednesday for the correct answer and for more information about black and white ruffed lemurs.

Tuesday Trivia Answer - True

True or False: Black and white ruffed lemurs are native to the rainforests of eastern Madagascar.

True

Congratulations to this week's winner - Randall Wheeler!

Black and White Ruffed Lemurs Facts

Scientific Name: Lemur variegatus

Range & Habitat: Rainforests of eastern Madagascar.

Size: Approximately 23 inches in length; weighs 8 ½-11 lbs.

Life Span: About 14 years

Gestation: Almost 100 days; 2-3 young (about 30% twins, 30% triplets)

Wild Diet: Fruits, leaves, bark, nectar and seeds

Zoo Diet: Leaf eater biscuits, assorted fruit and vegetables

Habits: They live in families of 2-5 animals.

Black and white ruffed lemurs like to sunbathe in the early morning and rest during the hottest part of the day. They are most active at dusk and dawn.

Lemurs are agile leapers and climbers with prehensile hands. They are rarely found on the ground. 

Female lemurs make nests in holes in trees or in the forks of branches and line them with their own fur, which they pull from their flanks or thighs. Their fur is thick and woolly to provide protection from heavy rain.

Tuesday Trivia

E-mail your answer by tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon to trivia@dickersonparkzoo.org for a chance to win two admission passes to Dickerson Park Zoo. Remember to include your mailing address for your chance to win.

True or False: Black and white ruffed lemurs are native to the rainforests of eastern Madagascar.

Check out FOZblog on Wednesday for the correct answer and for more information about black and white ruffed lemurs.

Tuesday Trivia Answer - C

A Malayan tiger remains with its mother for _____ months after birth?

C. 18

Congratulations to this week's winner - Angela Grogan!

Malayan Tiger Facts

Scientific Name: Panthera tigris jacksoni

Range & Habitat: Forests of Southeast Asia

Size: Females average about 250 pounds and males about 350-400 pounds. Total length including tail ranges from 7½ to almost 9½ feet.

Life Span: About 15 years; up to 20 in captivity

Gestation: 103 days, 3-4 cubs

Wild Diet:Primarily deer, antelope and wild pig but also larger animals like buffalo and smaller prey such as monkeys

Zoo Diet: Carnivore diet and bones

Habits: Tigers move well on land, but are also good swimmers and may bathe or sit in the water to cool off. The stripes are effective camouflage in a grassland or brush forest environment, and also break the outline of the body on simpler backgrounds.

In the wild, tigers are generally solitary animals. Cubs remain completely dependant on their mothers for at least 18 months. Females will allow cubs to precede them at a kill.

Status:The Malayan tiger is one of five surviving tiger subspecies. There are approximately 1,000-1,800 in the wild today. There are around 60 living in zoos throughout Asia and the United States.

Tuesday Trivia

It's back! Tuesday Trivia returns for 2011!

E-mail your answer by tomorrow, Wednesday, at noon to trivia@dickersonparkzoo.org for a chance to win two admission passes to Dickerson Park Zoo. Remember to include your mailing address for your chance to win.

A Malayan tiger remains with its mother for _________ months after birth?

a. 10
b. 16
c. 18
d. 24

Check out FOZblog on Wednesday for the correct answer and for more information about Malayan tigers.

Where is it in the zoo?

This week's "Where is it in the zoo?" is slightly more difficult than previous weeks because our readers are so good at recognizing items in the zoo.

Where is this frog?