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Discovery Cove in Orlando
At Discovery Cove in Orlando, there are 150 elasmobranchs (sharks and rays) representing 10 different species on display. The park’s two-million-gallon Coral Reef allows guests the opportunity to swim with, touch and even feed several of the species. These close encounters make a lasting impression, hopefully demystifying sharks and stingrays so that people want to conserve and protect them.
Asian Elephants
The Asian elephants at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay have moved into new night quarters. During park hours,
the elephants may be seen on habitat, but they now spend their evenings in a newly constructed
10,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility, with 10 individually heated bedrooms. Additionally,
the elephants’ new digs have a scale and hydraulic doors that are operated by a touch screen.
Kalina
SeaWorld Orlando is making room for baby. The park welcomed a new female killer whale calf to the Shamu family February 9. The calf's mother, Kalina, gave birth to
the 7-foot-long, 350-pound calf at 10:10 p.m. This calf is
the 19th killer whale born at SeaWorld parks in Orlando,
Fla., San Diego, Calif. and San Antonio, Texas.
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Green Sea Turtle
In mid-June, a green sea turtle laid 105 eggs in a nest at SeaWorld San Diego. A nesting sea turtle will lay from
about 50 to 200 eggs each time she nests.
Emperor Penguin
SeaWorld San Diego has the world’s only successful emperor penguin breeding colony outside the Antarctic. Since 1980, the aviculture department has witnessed the hatching of 20 emperor penguins, the most recent on Sept. 21, 2002. The fluffy black-and-white chick is being hand-raised in a nursery at the park’s Penguin Encounter and will be on display with the adults soon.
"ANIMALS"
2004 marks the 10th anniversary of the "ANIMALS" Web site (www.seaworld.org or www.buschgardens.org), managed by the SeaWorld/Busch Gardens education department. Following are a few fun facts we bet you didn't know...
PLAY HOST
• Since 1995 SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Adventure CampsSM have played host to nearly 300,000 campers, hailing from all 50 U.S. states and 22 countries. Campers live, work and play behind the scenes, gaining hands-on experience helping care for the parks' diversity of animals.
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