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Mandrills are here!
The exhibit is still undergoing some construction, but Creation Kingdom Zoo's Mandrills have arrived...Read More Here
Added: 2010-08-12
Boo at the Zoo!
October 29 and October 30 from 7pm until 10pm each night. Kids trick or treat in the zoo for free, a...Read More Here
Added: 2010-08-12
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Scottish Highlander 
Habitat:   Scottish highland forests and meadows
Weight:   Males 2500 lbs, Females 2000
Food:   Grasses and brush

Description:   
Highland cattle have long pointed horns, rough shaggy coats, broad heads, and bodies of moderate size and great symmetry. Females weigh approximately 2000 lbs and males are often heavier. Scottish Highlander cows usually eat 140 lbs of grass in an eight hour day.Scottish Highland cattle have beef of the finest quality with less fat than most beef cattle because of a shaggy coat. Cattle have a variety of uses; they provide dairy products, meat, medicines, fertilizers, fat, glue, soap, leather, sandpaper, and other items of economic importance, and are sometimes used as beast of burden.
Both cattle and antelope are in the bovidae family of mammels.
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