On days like today:
Mammals = 🥵😴😫
Reptiles = 😃😍😋
Being ectothermic, Pythons like Murray need heat from outside sources, like the sun! 🌞
This means on warm, sunny days, reptiles can quite active!
📹 - Murray the Inland Carpet Python
Keeping Cool! 😎 💦
Our Emus love the sprinkler! (Despite having their very own pond...)
There's many ways to beat the heat, whats your favourite?
📹 - Beryl, Cheryl and Denahi 3 of our Emus (Dromaius novohollandae)
Fernando having a good go at his enrichment this morning 🍃 🍂
Enrichment is an incredibly important part of our animals routine. It provides stimulation and a fun challenge for each of our animals.
📷 Fernando, our 7 year old Bare Nosed Wombat
When you get caught with your mouth full...
📹 - Yipi the Boyds Forest Dragon 🐉 🌳
IIIIIIIIIMM.... a Growling Grass Frog!! 🐸
The wonderful Nicholas Talevski giving flair as Giddy the Growling Grass Frog! 💚
Come to Maru these holidays and be entertained by the Forest Fairy Show, every day at 11:45 these school holidays!!
IIIIIIIIIMM.... a Growling Grass Frog!! 🐸
The wonderful Nicholas Talevski giving flair as Giddy the Growling Grass Frog! 💚
Come to Maru these holidays and be entertained by the Forest Fairy Show, every day at 11:45 these school holidays!!
Koalas poo too!! 💩 (A lot!!)
Manna the Koala is sitting in the tree and along comes a little green pellet! Identifying Koala poop can be very important to understanding their distribution. It is brownish-green and oval shaped, not dissimilar to an olive. Out of all of our animals here at Maru, their poop smells the best, since all they eat is Eucalyptus. Wallaby poo may look similar, however Koala poo will not contain hair as Wallabies sometimes groom themselves by licking, unlike Koalas. 🐨
This is Chupa-Chup's (our tawny frog-mouth) favourite way to keep cool on those hot days
20 seconds to find the right leaf! 🍃
Pepper is using his sense of smell to pick the scent of yummy Eucalyptus!
Koalas have a highly developed olfactory (smelling) system, but that doesnt mean bad toxins always have a smell. The worst of the toxins are given away by other scent cues in the leaf, like terpenes. 🐨
Rubi & Rain - Iconic Mother and Daughter Duo ❤️ 🐨
POV: The Lace Monitor is tasting you. 😛 (to see if you're chill or not)
A forked tongue allows Lace Monitors to collect scent particles from the environment. When they retract their tongue, these particles are transferred to the Jacobson's organ, an olfactory structure that enhances their ability to detect prey, predators, and mates. When used socially, the tongue helps them detect pheromones and other chemical signals from other lizards. 👅
📹 - Mo the Lace Monitor
Romeo had to hit a lick on this nectar 👅
Squirrel Gliders are omnivores that get protein 💪 from bugs 🐛 🪲 🐞 and carbohydrates from nectar, pollen and honeydew 🍯 🌳 🌼 With their seasonally varied diet, and tendency to live in forests with mixed tree species, Squirrel Gliders show that variety is the spice of life.
Don't miss your opportunity to feed our inquisitive Squirrel Gliders, available every day at 1:30pm!!
📹 - Romeo the Squirrel Glider
A tourist attraction, including an Animal Park, Pirate Pete's Mini-golf and the Homestead Bistro. Enjoy the Wildlife show in our covered auditorium.
