Feeding Sting Rays and Learning About Sharks

 There is a new exhibit this year at

the OKC Zoo.

 It's a Sting Ray pool.

 Children are allowed to pet the

sting rays and feed them.

 Grace loved it!

 She the sting ray grabbing a piece of

shrimp out of her hands?

She was holding the food wrong, so only

the more aggressive sting rays

would come up and eat it, so the

zoo keeper at this exhibit helped her.

 You're supposed to hold your hand flat

with the food between your fingers.

Holding the food this way allows you to

catch it should a sting ray knock it loose

and not eat it.

 And when a sting ray eats it, he just swims

by and sucks it out of your hand.

Grace wanted to touch and feed the

shark, too.... but the sharks were in the

"no touch" zone.

The zookeeper could see that Grace was

a little disappointed so she allowed

her to touch a shark egg.

If you hold the eggs up so that the light

can shine through it, you can see

that is has an embryo incubating

inside of it.

 Grace thought that was pretty cool.

She didn't think too many people have

had the chance to hold and touch

a shark egg.

Here is the egg's Momma!

 

And - I'll post more on the zoo tomorrow.

Grace's favorite exhibit is

coming up!