{"id":93623,"date":"2018-05-14T10:14:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93623"},"modified":"2018-05-14T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:14:27","slug":"dinosaurs-arrive-at-rosamond-gifford-zoo-exhibit-opens-may-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=93623","title":{"rendered":"Dinosaurs arrive at Rosamond Gifford Zoo \u2013 Exhibit opens May 25"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dinosaurs arrive at Rosamond Gifford Zoo \u2013 Exhibit opens May 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Five tractor-trailers full of animatronic dinosaurs arrived today from Texas-based Billings Productions to\u00a0be installed at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo for a summer-long exhibit beginning May 25.<\/p>\n

A total of 13 dinosaurs are being stationed around the zoo with help from exhibit sponsor C&S Companies today and Tuesday. Some outdoor areas of the zoo may be off limits during the install, but\u00a0the public will be able to see some dinosaurs being moved and readied for exhibit over the next 10 days.<\/p>\n

See YouTube preview here:\u00a0youtube.com\/watch?v=tGz8T78g4Po&authuser=1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The first dinosaurs off-loaded Monday included Tyrannosaurus Rex, the armored dinosaur Edmontonia and an interactive T. rex robot that guests will be able to operate via a control panel.<\/p>\n

The huge, lifelike dinosaurs are equipped with sounds and movement, but will remain stationary until\u00a0Friday, May 25, when the Friends of Zoo officially opens Dinosaur Invasion! 101 Days of Dinosaurs through Labor Day Sept. 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been excitedly working for several months to bring dinosaurs to the zoo,\u201d said Friends of the Zoo President Janet Agostini. \u201cNow that they\u2019re here, we are even more eager to see the impact they\u00a0will have on our guests and to reinforce our conservation message about saving animals from\u00a0extinction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Friends of the Zoo will open the exhibit May 25, when the dinosaurs will \u201ccome alive and be fully\u00a0operational,\u201d Agostini said.<\/p>\n

She said several other zoos have exhibited Billings\u2019 dinosaurs to great success. Dinosaur Invasion! offers many opportunities to talk about zoo animals that share characteristics with dinosaurs, the link between\u00a0dinosaurs and birds, and the zoo\u2019s active role in saving today\u2019s endangered species from extinction, she\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Several events are in the works to make the most of the prehistoric presence at the zoo. They include\u00a0this year\u2019s Brew at the Zoo, the Friends\u2019 biggest annual fundraiser, on Friday, August 3, dubbed \u2018Brew at\u00a0the Zoo & Dinos Too\u2019 for 2018.<\/p>\n

The zoo will offer other special events such as Donuts with Dinos for an added fee, but the summer-long\u00a0display itself is free for zoo members or with zoo admission during zoo hours. A special pass also\u00a0 will be\u00a0available for sale for guests who would like to participate in dino activities at a Paleo Tent in the zoo\u00a0courtyard.<\/p>\n

For more information including updates on zoo events, visit syracusezooevents.org or
\nfollow the zoo on facebook.com\/syracusezoo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dinosaurs arrive at Rosamond Gifford Zoo \u2013 Exhibit opens May 25 Five tractor-trailers full of animatronic dinosaurs arrived today from Texas-based Billings Productions to\u00a0be installed at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo for a summer-long exhibit beginning May 25. A total of 13 dinosaurs are being stationed around the zoo with help from exhibit sponsor C&S Companies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46395,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23813,23816,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-ff","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Rosamond-Gifford-Zoo.jpg?fit=226%2C178&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-om3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}