Spotlight On…
Check out this week’s featured specimen!
(Pictured below, really close up!)
Photo: N. Sincero © California Academy of Sciences.
Can you guess what it is? Here are some hints:
- This animal migrates over 3,000 miles each year.
- It’s an excellent swimmer.
Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us in the Classroom on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2:30 pm for Science Story Adventures to see if you’re right and to learn more about this animal. Science Story Adventures is our program for children ages 4 – 8 and their caregivers. In the program, we explore the natural world through stories, specimens, games and crafts.
Caribou
Comment by Danielle — December 6, 2011 @ 4:10 pm
Moose?
Comment by Leah — December 6, 2011 @ 4:21 pm
Oh..yep Danielle is correct I believe.
Comment by Leah — December 6, 2011 @ 4:23 pm
Come on Danielle, its Christmas time, on Donner, on Blitzen. Reindeer! Not Caribou.
Comment by RICH — December 6, 2011 @ 8:06 pm
Moose can swim? That just blew my mind!
Comment by george — December 7, 2011 @ 2:32 pm
As many of you guessed, this week’s specimen came from a caribou (Rangifer tarandus). To learn more about caribou (sometimes also called reindeer), check out the following websites:
Comment by nature — December 11, 2011 @ 4:23 pm