On February 11, 2017 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 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 competition benefitting Catholic Education! Can you guess where Tex
went on this next visit? Please email Mrs. Normann-Petersen if you think
you have a guess! cnormannpetersen@stmorenews.com
