Safari Guide

Use this packet to follow along and learn more about the animals you meet during your Virtual Dream Night Safari!

Thank you to our generous sponsors for making Dream Night possible!: Arkansas Children's Hospital Brad Sims Chad Causey FIELD NOTES See an amazing animal? Learn something new? Write down things to remember and draw the animals and plants you see! Black Rhinoceros

Black Rhinoceros are one of five rhino species found around the world, all five species are Endangered! Black rhinos live on the savannas of Africa, their favorite foods are grasses and leaves. Black rhinos can go for up to five days without drinking water, getting all moisture they need from succulent plants.

Noses with Horns

All rhinos have horns that are made of keratin, the same stuff as our fingernails! Rhinos use their horn to help them defend themselves and they will sometimes use them for digging and breaking tree branches.

The Little Rock Zoo supports the International Rhino Foundation, which helps to protect this endangered species in the wild! Learn more about the International Rhino Foundation: https://rhinos.org/the-crisis/ https://rhinos.org/species/black-rhino/ https://rhinos.org/where-we-work/ Rhinos of the World

There are five species of Rhino, two from Africa and three from Asia! Color and label where each species of Rhino are found!

Javan Rhino White Rhino

Indian One-Horned Rhino Sumatran Rhino Black Rhino Rainforests, just like the one simulated in the Tropical Bird House, are teeming with life! No one knows exactly how many species live in the world's tropical rainforests — estimates range from 3 to 50 million species — rainforests are the undisputed champions of biodiversity! Gifts from the Rainforest A wide variety of food that we eat, materials like rubber, and even new medicines have all been discovered in rainforests! New discoveries are being made in rainforests every year! What could be discovered next?

The Little Rock Zoo recommends supporting the Rainforest Trust, which helps to protect this endangered ecosystem! Rainforest Trust: Million Letters Youth Campaign: https://www.rainforesttrust.org/ https://reservaylt.org/1-million-letters Rainforests around the world all look a little bit different, but they are all home to millions of tress! Each forest has the same four layers, and each layer has different animals that live there! Use the word bank to label the layers of the rainforest, then color your rainforest and add the animals that live there!

Forest Floor Canopy Emergent Understory From Top to Bottom: Emergent, Canopy, Understory, Forest Floor Floor Forest Understory, Canopy, Emergent, Bottom: to Top From

Credit: thelivingrainforest.org Cheetahs

Cheetahs are the fastest runners, they can reach up to 65 miles per hour! Their speed is very important for catching their prey, agile gazelles. Animals that hunt for their food, like Cheetahs, are called predators. Can you think of any other predators?

Spotted Cats

Cheetah’s spots are excellent camouflage, helping them hide from both prey and larger predators on the grassy plains of the African Savanna.

The Little Rock Zoo supports the Cheetah Conservation Fund, which helps to protect this endangered species in the wild!

Learn more about the Cheetah Conservation Fund: https://cheetah.org/about/what-we-do/conservation/ https://cheetah.org/kids/cheetah-facts/ Make a Cheetah Mask

Cheetahs have large forward facing eyes so they can spot their prey from long distances. Cheetah’s have black “tear stripes” to keep the sun out of their eyes. Color the cheetah mask and cut it out. Ask an adult for help cutting out the holes for your eyes. Glue your finished mask to a craft stick and show off your Cheetah spots!

Credit: Lena London, http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/cheetah-mask-0 Asian Elephants

Asian Elephants are the largest herbivore in Asia, and one of the largest land animals on the planet! Elephants need to eat a lot to fuel their huge bodies, one elephant will spend up to 16 hours eating 165 to 330 pounds of grass and fruit to leaves and bark every single day!

Useful Noses

An elephant's trunk is actually a long nose with many functions! It is used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and grabbing things— especially a potential meal. Their trunk has over 100,000 different muscles! Asian Elephants have one “finger” at the tip of their truck to help them grab smaller items.

The Little Rock Zoo supports Asian Elephant Support, which helps to protect this endangered species in the wild! Learn more about Asian Elephant Support and Wildlife SOS: http://www.asianelephantsupport.org/about-asian-elephant-support https://sandbox.wildlifesos.org/our-work/elephant/ https://wildlifesos.org/conservation/elephant-conservation-and-care-project/ Have you Herd?

Asian Elephants live in large family groups called herds. Herds are Make your own herd of elephants! made up of an older female and Trace your handprint on the elephant skin and cut her daughters and granddaughters. it out. Flip it upside down and your fingers are the The oldest female is the matriarch legs and your thumb is the trunk! Use a marker to and she leads her family herd to find give your elephant an eye, knees, toe nails, and food and water and helps protect other details. Then cut out and paste on the ears. them from dangers. African Penguins

African Penguins do not live in the snow and ice, they prefer the warm beaches and islands of the southern coast of Africa! Like all birds, penguins are covered in feathers that keep them warm in the cold ocean. Their favorite food is fish, which they catch and then swallow whole. Tuxedos for Camouflage?

African Penguins black and white feathers give them a special kind of camouflage called countershading. Countershading helps penguins hide from ocean predators like sharks, sea lions, and even killer whales.

The Little Rock Zoo supports the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), which helps to protect this endangered species in the wild! The Little Rock Zoo also works with the African Penguin SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) to help give penguins safe places to nest and raise their chicks. Learn More about SANCCOB and Saving Penguins: https://sanccob.co.za/about-us/#do https://www.savingpenguins.org/the-penguins-story Saving Penguins|The African Penguin Nest Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=384QtcrIaFo African Penguin House Hunting

African Penguins naturally prefer to nest below the ground, in burrows dug out of their own guano (aka Penguin Poop!). Unfortunately there is not enough guano left for most penguins to have a nest that is good for them and good for their chicks. Help this penguin find the best nest!

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