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Has anyone here done the sloth experience at the Hattiesburg Zoo?

Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:33 am
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52563 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:33 am
quote:

Sloth Experience will last 45 minutes and will include:

Behind-the-scenes tour of the animal kitchen.

Assist a Keeper with preparing sloth diets.

Opportunity to feed a sloth.

Up close encounter with a sloth (sloth handling will be contingent upon temperament of sloth on given day).


quote:

Sloth Experiences are $40 per person. They must be booked at least one week in advance but typically books 3-4 months in advance. Limited spots are available for each Experience. Please call the Zoo to reserve your place as soon as possible at 601.545.4576. Sloth Experiences are only available on Thursdays and Saturdays.








Posted by MSMHater
Houston
Member since Oct 2008
23248 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:34 am to
Well that's freaking awesome!
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
92223 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:35 am to
no, but I get the experience every time I walk into my son's room on a Saturday morning
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52563 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:35 am to
Posted by LucasP
Member since Apr 2012
21618 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:35 am to
quote:

Sloth Experiences are $40 per person


I've heard that you can give them an extra fifty and they leave you alone with the sloth for ten minutes, no questions asked.
Posted by HempHead
Big Sky Country
Member since Mar 2011
56699 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:36 am to
That's pretty cool, I'd do it.

I bet they smell like a bucket of hot wet arse, though.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44827 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:37 am to
Do you know if they check your criminal history?

Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
150315 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:37 am to


She can hang her claws on this tree branch
Posted by Spock's Eyebrow
Member since May 2012
12300 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:39 am to
Looks like fun. Much better than the sloth experience in Se7en.

quote:

sloth handling will be contingent upon temperament of sloth on given day


I wish they'd gone into more detail on that. I always imagined sloths to be pretty even keeled.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:39 am to
just go to Barnhill.

LINK
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52563 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:41 am to
quote:

just go to Barnhill.

Never heard of it. Thanks
Posted by Riseupfromtherubble
You'll Never Walk Alone
Member since Jun 2011
39991 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:41 am to
Sonia Blackledge is the worst kind of person
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44827 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Sonia Blackledge


What a count.
Posted by Abadeebadaba
FL
Member since Sep 2010
5037 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:44 am to
A fraternity brother of mine works at the zoo. I always thought it was kind of a shite hole, but he tells me they are improving all the time. With new transit in Hattiesburg, it could turn into something nice. If I had time to do it, I would drop the $40 easily.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:47 am to
pretty awesome little place. Baby Roo's you can hold, Coatimundi,Sloths,baby Otters and many more.









Posted by LaBR4
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
53881 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:48 am to
quote:

just go to Barnhill.


Otter swims are $154
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52563 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:49 am to
quote:

Sonia Blackledge is the worst kind of person

Yeah, just saw that.
Posted by meauxjeaux2
watson
Member since Oct 2007
60283 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:50 am to
quote:

Otter swims are $154
they're a not for profit agency and all money goes towards sustaining the preserve.
If someone wants to help out by paying that i see no problem.

The Sloth and other animal encounters are 25-$30
Posted by ForeverLSU02
Albany
Member since Jun 2007
52563 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:50 am to
Their prices seem steep, but the $400 for mobile birthday party doesn't seem too bad if there are a lot of kids there
Posted by Machine
Earth
Member since May 2011
6001 posts
Posted on 5/23/17 at 10:51 am to
nope but i sure as hell am going to now
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