DOWN THE HALL AND AROUND THE WORLD African and Asian Halls
PANDA DESERT OF BORKOU
What was the What is the only Panda’s most animal in the diorama recent meal? that isn’t a mammal? (HINT: Look on the ground for a Fun Fact hard-shelled inhabitant!) Pandas have a specialized pseudo-thumb to help Fun Fact them hold bamboo The plants in this diorama while they eat it. GIANT are made of wax. SABLE ANTELOPE
Can you find the bird in this diorama? What kind of tail does it have? Fun Fact These antelopes are the national animal of Angola. They are now critically endangered.
LION AOUDAD Lion prides are thought to always have only one male lion in them. However, how many What kind of habitat male lions can you do they live in? find in our diorama?
Fun Fact Lions are the most social wild Fun Fact cat species in the world. A group of these animals is called
an “anger of aoudads.”
ANSWERS: : rocky, desert habitat desert rocky, : AOUDAD males; 3 : LION tail; brown long, ANTELOPE: SABLE GIANT tortoise; desert : BORKOU OF DESERT bamboo; : PANDA CAPE BUFFALO SERENGETI PLAIN Which animals help keep cape How many different buffalos clean? species of animals are in this diorama? Fun Fact Can you name them? Cape buffalo are distantly related to cows. However, they have OKAPI Fun Fact never been domesticated. Even though dik diks look like baby antelope, these are There’s an okapi fully grown adults! missing in the diorama. Where do you think it should have been?
Fun Fact The okapi is missing because of a misplaced permit during the expedition when they WILD YAK were collected.
How many birds can you find in this diorama? KIANG
Can you find Fun Fact the flying bird? The wild yak is one of the largest varieties of bovid (or cow) in the world. TIGER Fun Fact Kiangs are closely Can you find the visitor related to donkeys to the tiger’s dinner? Whooo is it?
Fun Fact This diorama is a night scene because the designers wanted to
save time.
: barn owl barn : TIGER back; donkey’s the by close : KIANG
ANSWERS: ANSWERS: 5 birds; birds; 5 YAK: WILD right; the on space empty : OKAPI names!); their all for label the (check birds 2 mammals, 8 PLAIN: SERENGETI oxpecker; BUFFALO: CAPE