Trip to Willowbank
On Thursday 23rd of May 2019, Year 9 E.S.O.L went to Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. In E.S.O.L we are currently learning about Mammals and the field trip was part of the E.S.O.L learning so we can choose what animal we want and so we can learn more about the animal we choose which is the Horse, Alpaca and Rabbit.
Firstly, when we arrive in Willowbank the first one we did was gather in front of the lobby and wait for our teacher Ms Briggs, the name of our tour guide is Rachel. When we enter, we went straight to Farmyard the first animal we saw in the Barnyard was the Kunekune Pig we also fed them but we are just dropping the food because we are not allowed to feed them or lend our hand, while we're feeding the pig we can see the other animals walking around like Chicken, Goose and Duck.
My favourite animals in the Barnyard in Willowbank was the Horse, Alpaca, Bunny.
The type of Horse we saw was Clydesdale Horse. Her name is Sam she is very lovely and she is very calm, when you touch her she doesn't mind and she is not a very sensitive kind of horse maybe because she is used to people now and no afraid of people. Clydesdale usually has bay colour, they usually eat grass and hay. Behaviour that Clydesdale have is they have a very mild temperament.
Throughout the trip in the farmyard, the animal that I have been wanting to see was the Alpaca because I found it cute and they look soft. When we are approaching the Alpaca he/she was also coming to us. Alpaca has soft and thick fleece/wool but on that time my hand was sweating and I can feel the rough and dryness of the fleece/wool of the Alpaca I touched. Alpaca is similar to llama but Alpaca is smaller than a llama. They have a special stomach that allows them to get nutrients from poor food. Alpaca cria is the term for Alpaca babies, they can stand up 30 to 50 minutes after being born.
The third favourite animals that I saw in the Willowbank was the rabbit. Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. There are around 504 breeds of rabbit in the world. A male rabbit is called bucks; the female rabbit is called does while the adult rabbit is called coney and the young rabbit is called a bunny. The ears of the rabbit are used to detect and avoid predators.
Throughout the trip, I have learnt a lot about animals like how they behave and how they live as if they are living with the pack or they are living by there selves. We also saw different types of animals; different types of native birds and parrots.
The third favourite animals that I saw in the Willowbank was the rabbit. Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha. There are around 504 breeds of rabbit in the world. A male rabbit is called bucks; the female rabbit is called does while the adult rabbit is called coney and the young rabbit is called a bunny. The ears of the rabbit are used to detect and avoid predators.
Throughout the trip, I have learnt a lot about animals like how they behave and how they live as if they are living with the pack or they are living by there selves. We also saw different types of animals; different types of native birds and parrots.
"Clydesdale"
"Alpacas"
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