NC Zoo!!

Today, the Academic Troubadour program brought the North Carolina Zoo to the Hospital School.  Our students got to see many different animal artifacts and learn about animals.  The hairs in the bag are tough like wires, but actually come from an elephant’s tail.  Did you know that an elephant’s trunk has 100,000 different muscles in it? This allows them to be gentle and strong at the same time.  The bag also holds a model ostrich egg.  On the table is a model of a gorilla’s skull.  Did you know that gorillas are the largest living primate?  They weigh about 400 pounds.