As shared by Disney Parks Blog. Wildlife Wednesday: Happy 1st Birthday, Anala & Jeda! #183

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is celebrating the first birthday of the first Sumatran tiger cubs born at the park, Anala and Jeda. To mark the special occasion, our animal care team created a birthday-themed enrichment treat – a “cake” made for them to gnaw and paw. Enrichment is an important part of their care and is stimulating and fun for the animals.
The cubs have had a momentous first year. Both are thriving and have made significant growth in size and skills, as they stay close to their mom Sohni and learn from her lead.

Born weighing roughly three pounds each, Anala and Jeda have grown into robust young cubs. Today, Anala weighs 160 pounds, and Jeda is 167. For the sake of comparison, their father Malosi weighs 290 pounds.

(Cubs shown in photos above at one-month old on left and about seven months old on right.)
The cubs continue to hit all their development milestones and enjoy learning to be tigers – they practice hiding, creeping and pouncing on mom and each other.
As you might expect, Anala and Jeda act like siblings. They have a special bond but differ in many ways. Anala is feisty and independent in spirit. Jeda is more laid back. Both are incredibly intelligent, and guests continue to enjoy watching the tiger family play and explore their habitat on the Maharajah Jungle Trek.

Anala and Jeda have also learned, like their parents, to participate in their own medical care. For example, they respond to certain hand signals or verbal cues by voluntarily opening their mouths or standing on a station for routine weight checks. They also present their tails and paws for inspection on cue.

Disney’s Animal Kingdom is proud to play an important role in the worldwide conservation and understanding of Sumatran tigers, a critically endangered species. The birth of these Sumatran tiger cubs was a remarkable event that took nearly three years of planning through the Species Survival Plan (SSP), which is overseen by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and ensures responsible breeding.

Fewer than 500 Sumatran tigers are left in the wild due to threats such as habitat loss, poaching and the illegal wildlife trade. Since 1995, the Disney Conservation Fund has provided more than $2.5 million to 14 nonprofit organizations working to protect tigers and their habitats in the wild. As a part of its focus on saving wildlife, the DCF is also helping the Wildlife Conservation Society and its partners protect tigers in Sumatra, Indonesia, by building support for tiger conservation, combating illegal wildlife trade and supporting community rangers who walked more than 5,600 miles in the last year to patrol 1,700 square miles of tigers’ forest habitat.

You can see Sohni, Malosi and their cubs on the Maharajah Jungle Trek and learn more about tigers by visiting DisneyAnimals.com.

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Disney Doodle: Jane Visits ‘it’s a small world’ #181

In our Disney Doodle series, different Disney artists take turns imagining what different Disney characters would do or see first if they had the chance to visit a Disney Park.
In today’s Doodle, artist Ashley Taylor envisions what Jane, the adventurous heroine from “Tarzan,” would do if she could visit a park.
According to Ashley, this budding artist may seek out a new “jungle” for some artistic inspiration.
“Jane loves drawing in the jungle, so it’s easy to imagine her sketching the animals inside of ‘it’s a small world‘!” Ashley said.

Shared by Disney Parks Blog. by,Jennifer Fickley-Baker.

DAY 2 AT COMIC CON REVOLUTION IN ONTARIO CALIFORNIA #178

Hello Again! We decided to do a blog about our visit to the Comic Con Revolution at the Ontario Convention Center this past weekend. We enjoyed Saturdays event so much, we came back for more on Sunday.
When we last left you hanging, I believe there was a Spidey Cosplayer on the last picture. I had asked one of the Cosplay people as we were entering the convention if we could take her picture for our blog. Sadly I did not catch her real name. I hope she will see this blog. I believe her character was Spiderwoman Gwendolyn.

 

What a great way to start the day off with the Amazing Spiderman cosplayers. Thank you mystery girl.

Once we went inside we visited as many booths as possible, hoping to meet the voice of the Batman animated series (Kevin Conroy).

Well no such luck, as he was either at lunch or on a panel.

It felt as if I had jumped into Doc Brown's time machine and went back to the 1980's.

 

The Flux capacitor was Fluxing.

 

We started seeing Cosplay characters from those great 1980's movies like Ghostbusters, Space Balls and The Empire Strikes back.

 

 They have you now!!

 Who you gonna call?

She was a long lost sister of Barf half- Dog half Woman= Wog?

 

As we jumped forward we ran into a couple of science officer Vulcans. as we went on our way, they said in unison "Live long and Prosper"

 

 

 

We stopped somewhere in the 90's and caught up with a Stormtrooper and the Dalek and Big Foot.



Upon re-entry to the convention center we were back!!

 

As I had mentioned in part one of the blog, (If you are reading this first, you need to read part 1 to know what we are talking about.) The people who have this amazing ability to create a costume from cloth, plastic, and rubber is truly cool. Cosplay can be for any age. I saw tiny Darth Vader's kids all the way to the elderly, boys and girls, women and men. I saw Pixar's Mr. Carl Fredricksen, complete with his cane with tennis balls and Dug the Dog.

 

Please remember you can click on our pictures to make them larger.

It seemed that Marvel and DC ruled the Cosplay fashion.

There were a few Dark Horse comic characters as well as Harry Potter.

There were a few of our friends that were here, and we made new ones. I want to thank Bri_Firefly and Harleyquinn_penguin for allowing us to take their pictures. you can find them on Instagram.



 

We ran into Negan from The Walking Dead  and TRON Legacy's Daft Punk among others. One of my wife's favorites was Newt Scamander from Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them.

 

And call me nostalgic but I liked the Captain America and the other Marvel characters and Batman and Wonder Woman.

 

 

 

Lets not forget Star Wars Characters.

Boba fett

 

Yes there were all types of costumes and even art from Disney artists. TV characters from shows like Science Fiction Theater 3000. Joker and D&D is coming out with movies next year. The Cosplayer couldn't tell me much only that he is some kind of a pirate. Yes, Thor and the Green Lantern were there as well. And speaking of children, how about seeing ET in a milk crate. The theme music played as he walked!

 

Well, We hope you enjoyed our blog and once again I want to thank IE Explorer for the tickets, and our friend who is an Uber Driver.

UberMan with Eleven from Stranger Things.

 And to all of our followers, thanks and keep watching for more to come.

 

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Yes we saved the best for last. As we started our blog for Sunday with a Spider-Man Universe, We are ending it one too. Actress Maitland Ward.

Thank you so much, I know it was a long day and I had asked you for a picture. She very nice and funny, and at the time I thought she was just another Cosplayer. I found out later she is a Actress.

 



 

 

See you at the next Con or Disney event!