On February 24, 2009, we went to the Ionia County Intermediate Office to see the zoomobile.  Binder Park Zoo brought five rainforest animals for us to see.  Angie, the presenter, brought a millipede, a giant toad, a parrot, a two-toed sloth, and a kinkajou.

     The fifth grade students surveyed their classroom.  We asked them, “What is the coolest thing you learned from the show?”  Here are their responses:

 I didn’t know there was a rainforest in Hawaii.

I learned millipedes can grow to be one foot long.

     I learned that parrots live in the rainforest.

     I learned kinkajous are nocturnal.

     I learned that sloths like redskin potatoes and peas.

        I learned sloths only go to the bathroom once a week and there are many layers in the rainforest. 

     A sloth only pees once a week.  There are only two types of sloths.  It likes redskin potatoes, peas, and fruit.  When Angie was talking he whacked her.

     I didn’t know there was a rainforest in Hawaii.  It is the only rainforest in the U.S.  The rainforest is pretty big.  I would want to visit Hawaii.

     I learned that toads have sacs on their backs that held a nasty tasting liquid.

     I learned that the kinkajou only sleeps during the day.

     The parrot could talk and it was funny.

     I learned that the sloth only goes to the bathroom once a week.

     Sloths can hold their waste for one week.