Since 2011 season Parco Zoo Falconara has started to collaborate with Parco
Zoo Punta Verde to sustain the '' Save the Caissara' project.
Here at Parco Zoo Falconara the campaign took place at the ' Learning House
Educational Laboratory' where by using posters, gadgets, face painting, face
masks and many other things, the educational staff from the zoo introduced
our visitors to this South American primate.
It has been THANKS to the contribution of all the visitors that for the 2011
season, 2760 euro has been raised for the 'Save the Caissara' campaign.

http://www.puntaverdeinsitu.org/save_the_caissara.html

Not even the arrival of the cold weather can stop births from taking place at Falconara Zoo.
The newest arrival, was born to Nounouse, a white handed gibbon….. with the help, of course of daddy Cheeky, who did his part.

Foto di Luca Lai - Rimini

Come and spend a day at Falconara Zoo on Sunday 30^th October, Monday 31^st and Tuesday 1^st November.
All the children who come with this picture, coloured as they wish will receive a free gift.

Sunday 2^nd October will be dedicated to one of the world’s most mysterious phenomena: migration.
As we all prepare for the cold season, so do birds, and a lot of them leave for warmer destinations.
From the Pink Flamingo to the simple ducks. We will discover something more about this long and difficult journey that they undertake.
From the 14^th our laboratory ‘ Nature House’ will be open to our younger visitors.

On Sunday 11^th September, we met, along with our Sunday visitors, the mysterious world of reptiles.
It was possible to get to know this particular class of animals much better and to admire them from close up, thanks to our guest the herpetologist, Gabriele Achille.
After a general explanation on the three different categories of Reptiles, our attention was turned to the snake.
Our expert answered and explained a lot of things about them. What caught the most attention was the way in which one can recognize a poisonous species from a non poisonous one. This was explained by using graphical representations and with the presence of three harmless species, which the visitors were able to touch.

A Sunday dedicated to biodiversity at the table: This is the theme on Sunday 4^th September at Falconara Zoo, in collaboration with the Old Orchard Cultural Association. The visitors were able to admire a colourful layout of pumpkins, tomatoes and chili plants in various forms and varieties of orange, green and yellow.
The children along with the educational staff from the zoo, engaged themselves in very particular educational workshops regarding the conservation of seeds, a precious and small start from which delicious and healthy and even beautiful vegetables can grow.

During these days, the first days of school started and for this reason, Falconara Zoo, like every year, re-proposed another two weeks of summer camp at the zoo….. because a bit of creativity and fun is needed before facing all those books and homework. And so from the 29^th August to the 9^th September, our small visitors juggled with the discovery of the migration routes made by birds and the particular world of the reptiles.

In the first week, they learnt about the mysterious migration of birds like swallows, that leave Europe to go back to the warmth of Africa. Thanks to little hats made in the form of flamingoes, swans made from plastic bottles and lots of decorated paper made by the kids themselves, they were transformed into colourful birds ready to fly with their imagination until springtime!

 The second and last week of the 2011 summer camp in the zoo, was dedicated to the discovery of the world of reptiles. Getting to know lizards, crocodiles, tortoises and snakes with the use of graphic pictures, flash cards, finds and handicrafts, like for example a pencil holder made in the shape of a snake. The week was enriched by the presence of the Herpetologist Gabriele Achille who allowed the children a once in a lifetime experience: a close encounter with different species of snakes.

On Sunday 14^th August in occasion of a ‘special interview’ with our friend ‘ Pipistrello (Bat)’ , Giacomo Maltagliati was our guest, he is responsible for the project of the BAT-BOX ‘ ‘A bat for a friend’’. The project, dedicated to the conservation of this extraordinary but not well known group of animals, was conducted by the zoologists from the Natural History museum in Florence in collaboration with Unicoop Firenze. The aim of this campaign is the diffusion of the Bat-Box, small wooden houses that are used to give shelter to these efficient predators of insects.
Talking of which….. insects (but not the ones loved by bats), on 15^th August Giovanni Carotti, from The Entomologist Park was our guest. On this day, both adults and children were able to see and touch different species of stick instects: native, tropical and asian. The day ended with another species: The centipede, which tickled us and waved good bye to us with its 600 legs!!!

From left to right: Giacomo Maltagliati and our ‘Bat’, the Bat-Box, one of the species of tropical insects brought to us by the Entomologist.