Mara travel in mated pairs and are active mostly during the day. Mara have a variety of locomotions. They may walk normally, hop in a rabbit-like fashion, gallop or bounce on all fours. They are able to do this for long distances and at high speed, and have been closed at speeds of 45 km/hr for more than 1000 meters. Cavies also vocalise with grunts, grumbles and screams. They spend much of their day basking in the sun.
The children enjoyed and appreciated all you and your colleagues did – they gave us a lot of helpful and constructive information. Your classroom is looking great – you have created such a lovely inviting place for the children. I filled in a visitors questionnaire today because it was so nice to visit again. Shepreth is a lovely place to be, without trying to sell itself or have that ‘glossy commercial’ look that so many attractions have these days. Its just a very genuine place quietly getting on with lots of good work and, I am sure, creating a very loyal following among all who encounter it – in short, a rare treasure!
Please pass on a huge thankyou to Lainie who spent time with flynn today showing him the education room, the small insects and rats, and especially the time she spent showing him the tigers which were his worst fear!
Shepreth Wildlife park – thank you soo much you are brilliant! Would recommend to anyone!
First Arlesey scout group was very fortunate to have Pete and Lainie from Shepreth Wildlife Park organise an outreach session for the beaver group as part of their animal friend badge. Pete and Lainie’s enthusiasm for nature and child centered approach along with their amazing animals kept a group of 30+, 6-10 years old, engaged for a whole hour. We would be more than delighted to have Pete and Lainie come back and teach our group in the near future and will arrange another trip to Shepreth. I would recommend this type of session to any scout group that wishes to incorporate some wildlife into their programme.
This was the third time that we have had the Shepreth outreach team visit us at school and it was an excellent visit as always. The team arrived on time and set up quickly. They had brought with them an excellent range of age appropriate animals and they were extremely knowledgeable and informative. The session was very ‘hands on’ and the staff were sensitive to the needs of the group that they were working with, tailoring questions to suit. The children all had a wonderful learning experience and were amazed by the animals, they were very excited by the opportunity to touch some extrelmely unusual species. It was a wonderful afternoon, enjoyed by all, and we will definitely be booking again next year!