Greensboro Science Center Greensboro Science Center: News & Expansion Updates
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And what exactly is Zoo Trek?
OkapiFan
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Zoo Trek is a behind the scenes tours in the zoo part of the GSC.
According to a Facebook post (replying to me), black footed cats should arrive sometime in September 2021. On a personal note, I plan to visit September 7 and my fear is I will just miss them by a week or two! (I could swing back by on September 13 before my evening flight if they have them by then).
OkapiFan
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Quoting the centers Facebook page, "Meet the newest GSC family member, Tut the #serval! Tut arrived late Tuesday from Indianapolis Zoo. He will undergo a standard quarantine period before meeting our female, Kira, and going onto exhibit."
The center will be closed to the public Monday, September 27 through Thursday, September 30 for maintenance.
Greensboro Science Center closing temporarily for repairs, cleaning | Local | greensboro.com
Greensboro Science Center closing temporarily for repairs, cleaning | Local | greensboro.com
That's not for when your trip is, I hope?
No, I will be there in one week.
Black footed cat arrived from Fossil Rim and is currently held off exhibit in the building behind its main exhibit. It will go on exhibit in approximately two weeks.
OkapiFan
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Awesome!! Do you have any other information on the cat, like his name?
No I didn't ask the name. Fossil Rim has their black--footed cats in an off exhibit area, which is why they are waiting to put this one on exhibit. He is not used to the noise of the public so they are keeping him in the building to gradually get used to the sounds. Also it appears they have not added the ramps to get to the connector between the indoor and outdoor exhibits (similar to what the serval has). The connector walkway is there, but not the ramps to it on either the inside or outside. I am not sure if they will install those immediately or let the cat get used to the indoor space first. I also don't know if they plan to do this or not, but it seems they could rotate the sand cat and black footed cat occasionally, since their indoor spaces have the same look.
OkapiFan
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I have noticed that there is no ramp to get to the walkway too, I hope they start on that soon. The center has also said that there will be another layer of mesh put on where the several and black-footed cat exhibits meet, and that there will probably need to be a two gate entrance into the exhibit installed (As seen for the rest of the cats and the red pandas)