Author Archives: Raymie

About Raymie

Raymie is a 11 year old boy who loves animals. He is always looking around for new animals. He wants to be a zookeeper someday.

Giant Prickly Walkingstick

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Raymie

This is a female giant prickly walkingstick.  The males are a lot smaller.  It is really hard to see because it blends in with the bark on the tree.  It lives in the rain forests of Australia and are herbivores.  … Continue reading →

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Flamingo Car

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Raymie

This is the car that my dad and I made for my Cub Scout pack’s pinewood derby.  It looks like a flamingo!  First we drew a picture of what we wanted it to look like.  Then we cut a block … Continue reading →

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Antilles Pink-Toe Tarantula

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Raymie

This is an Antilles pink-toe tarantula.  It is also called Martinique Red Tree Spider.  These spiders live in the Antilles islands.  They are called pink-toe because they have pink toes.  They live inside of trees and they make a funnel … Continue reading →

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American Badger

Posted on January 1, 2011 by Raymie

This is a picture of me, my mommy, and an American Badger at the NEW Zoo in Green Bay.  The picture was taken on July 3, 2006, and I was 2 years old at the time.  American Badgers are carnivores … Continue reading →

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Speedy and Tucker

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Raymie

Meet Speedy and Tucker!  Speedy and Tucker are red-eared sliders.  Red-eared sliders are native to the southern United States.  One of these turtles is Tucker and the other is Speedy, but I don’t know which is which.  They are both … Continue reading →

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Hippopotamus for Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Raymie

I want one. Yesterday, I talked about Christmas animals.  Here is another Christmas animal. [audio:http://raymieszoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/hippopotamus.mp3|titles=I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas] (Performed by 10-year-old Gayla Peevey in 1953.)

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Christmas Animals

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Raymie

Today is Christmas Eve, so I’m thinking about Christmas animals. When I think about Christmas, the first animal I think of is a small white or mourning dove flying off the barn that baby Jesus was born in.  There were … Continue reading →

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Animals for Asia

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Raymie

I heard about a website yesterday morning called ChickensAndGoats.com where you can give farm animals to families in Asia that don’t have a lot of money.  They can use the farm animals to feed themselves and make money.  This is … Continue reading →

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False Map Turtle

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Raymie

This is a false map turtle, also called a Mississippi map turtle or a sawback turtle.  A false map turtle is a kind of map turtle.  This is confusing, because it is called “false.”  But I guess it is called … Continue reading →

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Chester

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Raymie

This is Chester.  He is an eastern box turtle that lives at the nature center at Heckrodt Wetland Reserve in Menasha.  He used to be a classroom turtle, but now he is retired and lives at Heckrodt.  He likes to … Continue reading →

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