On February 6, 2016
Tex went with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen to visit Houston’s only reptile
zoo, the Crocodile Encounter. Tex, Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen had
adventure learning about alligators, crocodiles, and capybara, and celebrating
their nephew, Connor’s Birthday. Tex and Mrs. Normann-Petersen answered
together the following questions:
1.
Where is Tex? Tex is on
an adventure with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen learning about alligators,
crocodiles, and capybaras at the Crocodile Encounter.
- What is the geography like
there? Crocodile Encounter is located in Angleton, TX which is a city
and the county seat of Brazoria County. Brazoria County lies in the
southeastern part of Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and is within the
Woodlands, Houston, and Sugar Land metropolitan area. Angleton is
located at the intersection of State Highway 288, State Highway 25, and
the Union Pacific Railroad.
- What are typical foods that
are eaten there? What type of foods do you and family and
friends like to eat? Our tour guide told us that visitors should
not eat food during the tour of Crocodile Encounter because you will be
too busy learning about the reptiles. But the tour guide did share
with Tex and the other visitors that after they were finished then could
enjoy cake with the Birthday Boy! Alligators and crocodiles are
carnivores and they typically will eat fish, insects, snails, crustaceans, worms, alligator
gar, turtles, and various mammals, particularly nutria and muskrat, as
well as birds, buffalo, wild boar, deer, and other reptiles. The
pigs are omnivores like people, but the pigs eat bugs, vegetables,
and fruit. The tortoises eat a wide variety of plants including
vegetables, flowers, berries, and grasses.
When Tex
asked the tour guide what did the alligators and crocodiles eat at the
Crocodile Encounter. The tour guide said that they eat mainly raw chicken
parts.
- What types of jobs are there?
At the Crocodile Encounter the types of jobs are the owner, the tour
guides, and the zoo-keepers who take care of the animals and reptiles that
live there.
- What are the popular sports
or games played there? What popular sports or games interest you,
your family, and your friends? The people that work at Crocodile
Encounter and the visitors who come to learn about the reptiles enjoy
participating in all types of sports from swimming to basketball, soccer,
and football. They also enjoy rooting the hometown favorites: the
Houston Astros, and the Sugar Land Skeeters, the Houston Rockets, the
Houston Texans, and the Houston Dynamo.
- Where are you going next
Tex? Give us a hint and see if we can figure it before you get there! Tex’s
clue is at the end of this post.
- Tex, can you include any
pictures of yourself and surrounding area and/or landmarks?
Please see the pictures below of Tex at the Crocodile Encounter.
Here is Tex at the start of the tour at Crocodile Encounter.
Here is Tex with the tortoises.
Here is Tex with the Farm Pigs and the Potbelly Pigs. Tex liked the Potbelly Pigs the best!
After Tex watched
the pigs he got see some elliptical waterbucks, which are mammals
that are related to the deer.
Finally
after the tortoises, the pigs, and the elliptical waterbucks, Tex and the other
guests on the tour got to meet the Alligators and Crocodiles. Here are a
few pictures. The first four pictures are of Sultan, an alligator.
The last pictures of a Nile Crocodile.
The Nile Crocodile
After the tour
everyone enjoyed cake and wished Connor a Happy Birthday and took pictures with
each other. Here is Connor and Riley with Mr. and Mrs. Normann-Petersen
and Tex.
For more
information on the Crocodile Encounter please contact the staff at the
information below:
Crocodile Encounter
23231 CR 48
Angleton, TX
77515
281-595-2232
Tex's
clue for the next stop: Tex attends a celebration at St. Thomas More Parish
School that always takes place the day before Ash Wednesday. This
celebration is usually includes parades, fun music, masks, and a yummy a
dessert. Can you guess where Tex went on this next visit?
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