{"id":36075,"date":"2014-04-09T10:16:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T09:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=36075"},"modified":"2014-10-31T09:09:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T09:09:47","slug":"spiky-newborn-makes-easter-appearance-at-reaseheaths-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/spiky-newborn-makes-easter-appearance-at-reaseheaths-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiky newborn makes Easter appearance at Reaseheath\u2019s Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spiky newborn with attitude is making his first public appearance at Reaseheath College\u2019s zoo in Nantwich over Easter.<\/p>\n<p>The baby porcupine, known as a \u2018porcupette\u2019, was born in \u00a0March to one of the college\u2019s three female porcupines. The youngster was given its first health check last week by zookeepers, who found he was male and that, at 958 grams, he had more than doubled its birth weight. He is quickly becoming independent and showing his rather grumpy character!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_36077\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36077\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-36077\" alt=\"porcupette with keeper\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-300x168.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-1030x578.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-1500x842.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-705x395.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/porcupette-with-keeper-450x252.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-36077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The porcupette is handled for the first time by a Reaseheath zoo keeper<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The porcupette is on display in the zoo\u2019s courtyard enclosure, along with his mother, grandmother and other family members.<\/p>\n<p>Other newborn zoo animals include a pancake tortoise and a muntjac faun named Marius. A two year-old male Asian Small Clawed Otter called Wonga has also joined the collection from a visitor attraction in Devon. The newcomer is settling in well with Reaseheath\u2019s \u00a0female otter \u2018Ying\u2019 and can be seen in the otter enclosure.<\/p>\n<p>Reaseheath\u2019s animal collection also includes meerkats, spider monkeys, ring tailed lemurs, a serval cat, birds of prey and many reptiles, amphibians, fish and companion animals like rabbits.<\/p>\n<p>As well as touring the enclosures and joining in educational activities, families can learn how to reduce their carbon footprint by joining the Pole to Pole campaign. The campaign has been adopted by leading zoos and aquariums in Europe and North America and aims to influence the energy consumption of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Additional activities over the holiday weekend include an Easter egg hunt. Zoo visitors also get a 10% reduction off plants and vegetables in Reaseheath\u2019s Crop Shop.<\/p>\n<p><b>Reaseheath Zoo is open to the public until Easter Monday, 21st April, 10am to 5pm (last entry 4pm)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Admission: \u00a315 family (2 adults and 3 children); \u00a35 adult;\u00a34 Children\/ concessions. Under 3s free<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>More details visit <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/zoo\"><b>www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/zoo<\/b><\/a><b> or email <\/b><a href=\"mailto:zoo@reaseheath.ac.uk\"><b>zoo@reaseheath.ac.uk<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spiky newborn with attitude is making his first public appearance at Reaseheath College\u2019s zoo in Nantwich over Easter. 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