1. Personal Zoo Habitat Project
By: Emily Cunningham

2. Patas Monkey
• Erythrocebus Patas
• As you are starting this new job, you must be
informed about the over all care for the Patas
Monkey.
– Nutrition – For their diet, the patas monkey will
usually eat fruits, flowers and leaves. As a treat,
lettuce is given to them every two days. It usually
drinks two to three times a day during the dry
season and regularly on regular days.

3. Patas Monkey
– Handicap Accessibility – Everyone should be able
to visit each exhibit, no matter if a disability is
present or not. In order for everyone to be able to
visit this exotic animal, you must make sure that
the ramp leading up to the glass of the exhibit is
completely unblocked at all times. You must also
make sure that people who lack disabilities are
not using the ramp just so they can get a better
view of the animal.

4. Patas Monkey
– Severe Weather Protection – The patas monkey is
usually used to a dry, warm climate, as in a
savanna. When big storms approach the zoo
habitat, you must make sure that the animals are
inside their substitute habitat until the storm
passes. This procedure must also be performed in
the winter when temperatures drop drastically.

5. Patas Monkey
– Safe Public Viewing – For the safety of the public,
the employee must make sure that no children are
climbing on the hand rails, the glass has no cracks
that could potentially shatter the entire sheet, and
that only a certain number of people are in the
viewing area at a time. Also, the handicap ramp
must be clear at all times to ensure premium
safety for every visitor.

6. Patas Monkey
– Maintenance – To make sure the animal has high
quality living space, multiple tasks need to be
performed weekly to ensure their quality of life.
The habitat is equipped with a small pond, wide
spaces for the monkeys to roam, logs for them to
sit and play on, and a tall tree-like structure so
they get the feel of their natural woodlands
habitat. It also includes white plastic tubes for the
animals to play with, which should be checked for
natural chemicals obtained in the plastic each
month.

7. Patas Monkey
– Medical Treatment – For the patas monkey, even
though they are used to a warm climate, must be
tested and treated for heat exhaustion weekly.
Because of the extreme temperatures that occur
in Houston, it is required that this be done no
matter what the animal is used to. The animal
must also be weighed monthly to make sure that
they are gaining their proper nutrition. Also,
because some insects live on monkey’s skin, they
must be tested for potential diseases that the
insects could carry.

8. Shoebill Stork
• Balaeniceps rex
• As you finish your job with the Patas monkey,
you must move on to the Shoebill Stork. Here
are the things you need to know:
– Nutrition – The stork normally feeds in muddy
waters, preying on fish frogs and small reptiles.
You must check the murky pond in their habitat
and make sure the supply of food is efficient with
what the bird needs daily.

9. Shoebill Stork
– Handicap Accessibility – As I addressed in the
Patas Monkey instructions, everyone should be
able to visit every exhibit. For the stork’s exhibit,
there is a separate cut out for people in
wheelchairs and with different disabilities. If there
are no people with handicaps at the exhibit at
different times of the day, this section must stay
roped off until a person comes along that needs to
use that section. You must make sure that people
are not taking advantage of this section just so
they can get a better view of the animal.

10. Shoebill Stork
– Severe Weather Protection – This unique bird can
be found in east Africa in large swamps from
Sudan to Zambia. These birds are used to good
amounts of rainfall, so that is not as big of an issue
as cold weather. Africa is subjectively warm, so
dramatic drops in the temperature will strongly
affect the bird. They must be removed from their
outside habitat, and placed into their warm,
covered inside habitat, to give them the most
comfortable living arrangements.

11. Shoebill Stork
– Safe Public Viewing – For the safety of the animal
and humans, you must supervise that children are
not climbing on the cage that surrounds the birds
habitat. They could potentially fall, and the large
creature climbing on the cage will create havoc for
the bird. You should also look out for children
kicking and or shaking the cage. Also playing into
havoc, loud noises are not to be made while
admiring this exhibit. It will scare the animal and
make them feel very uncomfortable in their
already un-natural habitat.

12. Shoebill Stork
– Maintenance – Because this animal is from Africa,
you must make sure that they have every natural
element possible so they feel right at home. You
should try to avoid cutting the tall grass because
that is what they are used to in the real world.
Also, even though the small pond is supposed to
be murky, you must replace the water monthly to
ensure that no diseases from insects contaminate
the water.

13. Shoebill Stork
– Medical Treatment – For the shoebill stork, they
are already used to the warm climates due to the
fact that they are from Africa. So heat exhaustion
will not be an issue here. But, since they are from
such a diseased environment, they must be tested
before they can be brought to the U.S. Their
weight must be checked weekly to make sure that
they are getting the proper nutrition. Their
nutrition can also be tested through the urine and
feces of the animal.