Frankie's Adventures in Zookeeping Part 2

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Needing hoofstock experience, I am now working on The Veldt. The Veldt is the area at the Oakland Zoo which houses a large assortment of animals. Taking care of these large animals is lots of hard work and I'll soon have Linda Hamilton biceps to prove it. Yowza!

Here are the animals I'm now taking care of. As soon as I get a chance, I'll post photos like before.

Reticulated Giraffes - Standing about 15' tall, they can weigh from 1700-4200 pounds Griffon Vultures - Weigh about 15 pounds with an 8' wingspan. Our two males are gay and take turns sitting on a fake plastic easter egg Pearl Guinea Fowl - The wild-guinea fowl of West Africa is regarded as the original of the domestic stock. There are two common varieties, the Pearl and the White
African Crowned Crane - Stand about 3' tall and have a distinctive call (sounds like "u-wang u-wang") Mallard Ducks - They're there to enjoy the moat Common Eland - From Africa, these antelope stand about 6' high at the shoulder and weigh about 2,000 pounds
Addra Gazelles - The largest of the true gazelles, they weigh about 160 pounds and stand about 3.5 feet at the shoulder Egyptian Geese - One of the geese got stepped on by a giraffe so she and her mate now live with the flamingos where they seem to be quite happy Spooky our resident cat showed up one day and decided to stay