Shaldon Wildlife Trust

Activity PackScience Bazaar 2021

Top Trumps Cards – cut out and playJungle animals - print out and colour in

For ages 4 and upwards

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Red Titi Monkeys twist their long tails

together when they’re sleeping

TyroneSlender-tailed

Meerkat

MaxiCommon

Squirrel Monkey

CupidRed Titi Monkey

FraggleGolden Lion

Tamarin

Fraggle can be

very loud and

gets excited

when he sees

his favourite

food: bugs. He

lives with his

Fraggle FactsAge: 15 yearsNo. in the zoo: 1Cuteness: 5Friendliness: 5Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 5

Special FactsCountry: BrazilThreat status: 4 -EndangeredFavourite foods: fruit, insects.

Cupid is Shaldon’s

breeding female

and is an excellent

mother. Like lots of

Titis she’s quite

nervous around

new things.

two best friends, our Pygmy

Marmosets, Ozzy and Ava.

Cupid FactsAge: 15 yearsNo. in the zoo: 5Cuteness: 4Friendliness: 3Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 2

Special FactsCountries: Ecuador, Colombia and PeruThreat status: 7 -Least ConcernFavourite foods: fruit, bamboo shoots, insects.

Maxi is one of

Shaldon’s youngest

Squirrel Monkeys

and is quite cheeky.

She likes running

around and

Maxi FactsAge: 3 yearsNo. in the zoo: 6Cuteness: 4Friendliness: 5Cleverness: 4Noisiness: 5

Special FactsCountries: Various including Brazil, Ecuador, ColombiaThreat status: 7 -Least ConcernFavourite food: fruit, insects and tree frogs.

Tyrone is Shaldon’s

largest Meerkat and

lives with his brothers

and sister. He loves his

food but drinks water in

quite a weird way (he

sometimes jumps on the keepers. Squirrel

Monkeys are very vocal and have up to 30

different calls.

Sticks his whole bottom chin in the water

bowl). When eating scorpions, Meerkats rip

the sting off to avoid getting stung when

eating them.

Tyrone FactsAge: 6 yearsNo. in the zoo: 4Cuteness: 3Friendliness: 3Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 2

Special FactsCountries: Botswana, Namibia, South AfricaThreat status: 7 -Least ConcernFavourite food: insects, scorpions, eggs, reptiles, seeds.

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Top Trumps: Cut out the cards, share them with others and play. Whoever scores highest keeps the card.

ElsaAzara’s Agouti

LienOwston’s Civet

EkaRed Ruffed

Lemur

Mini BYellow-breasted

Capuchin

Mini B is Shaldon’s

oldest male

Capuchin. He is

quite clever and

loves to do his

training with our

keeper, Carly.

Mini B FactsAge: 12 yearsNo. in the zoo: 8Cuteness: 4Friendliness: 5Cleverness: 5Noisiness: 3

Special FactsCountry: BrazilThreat status: 3 –Critically EndangeredFavourite food: fruits, seeds, flowers, insects, reptiles, eggs and sometimes shellfish.

The Red Ruffed

Lemurs are

Shaldon’s loudest

resident at the zoo

and they make

frequent calls

throughout the day.

Red Ruffed LemursCapuchins are very intelligent and use

tools, such as rocks, to crack open hard

nuts that they can’t bite into.

have six bottom teeth called a toothcomb

with which they groom and eat.

Eka FactsAge: 7 yearsNo. in the zoo: 5Cuteness: 3Friendliness: 3Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 5

Special FactsCountry: MadagascarThreat status: 3 -Critically Endangered Favourite food: Figs.

Lien is nocturnal but

she will sometimes

wake up to get bugs

and worms from her

keepers. Owston’s

Civets are very rare

Lien FactsAge: 1 yearsNo. in the zoo: 1Cuteness: 3Friendliness: 3Cleverness: 4Noisiness: 2

Special FactsCountries: Laos, Vietnam and southern ChinaThreat status: 4 -EndangeredFavourite food: worms.

Elsa is Shaldon’s

bravest Agouti and

will say hello each

morning to the

keepers, but she

expects some food

in return. Agoutis and there are only 11 of them in zoos

outside of Vietnam. have incredibly strong teeth and can

chew into things as hard as coconuts.

Elsa FactsAge: 6 yearsNo. in the zoo: 3Cuteness: 3Friendliness: 5Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 1

Special FactsCountries: Brazil, Paraguay and ArgentinaThreat status: 0 –Data DeficientFavourite food: nuts and seeds.

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hunters, using their long arms to grab

their prey at night.

JeffBlack-Legged

Dart Frog

Our Black-Legged

Dart Frogs love to

sing and have a

loud trilling call.

They are one of the

most toxic animals

Jeff FactsAge: 5 yearsNo. in the zoo: 5Cuteness: 2Friendliness: 2Cleverness: 3Noisiness: 4

Special FactsCountry: ColombiaThreat status: 4-EndangeredFavourite food: insects.

KasunGrey Slender

Loris

Kasun loves

watching people and

will sit near the front

of his enclosure.

Slender Lorises are

expert insect

in the world and have enough toxins on

their skin to kill 10 adults.

Kasun FactsAge: 8 yearsNo. in the zoo: 2Cuteness: 4Friendliness: 4Cleverness: 4Noisiness: 1

Special FactsCountries: India and Sri LankaThreat status: 6 – Near ThreatenedFavourite food: insects.

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