The Courier has teamed up with Blair Drummond Safari Park to supply readers the possibility to win a household go for 2 adults and two youngsters every week - and study a bit extra about their residents on the identical time.
Easter Sunday is almost upon us, a time for all issues chocolate and egg-shaped.
This 12 months Blair Drummond Safari Park is holding a Scrambled Egg Path all through April.
Plenty of clues have been hidden within the park; comply with the clues to search out the eggs and unscramble the letters to spell out the thriller phrase. Then you may enter the park’s large prize draw for an opportunity to win a £100 reward card for Blair Drummond Safari Park.
The Scrambled Egg Path, nevertheless, received’t produce the one eggs guests can anticipate to see. Be a part of the each day chicken displays, and it's possible you'll get to see the park’s red-legged seriema Elvis and her spectacular egg-throwing expertise.
A spokesperson stated: “Pink-legged seriemas are predatory terrestrial birds from South America.
“Though they will fly brief distances, they like to run from their predators and may attain speeds higher than 40 miles an hour.
“Pink-legged seriemas are omnivorous, and can eat every little thing from bugs, lizards, snakes and rodents, to grains and wild fruits. They may even eat eggs from different chicken species if the chance arises.
“Seriemas are well-known for his or her relatively violent approach of killing their prey, choosing them up of their payments and repeatedly throwing them on the floor till shocked or useless. They may even use this method to interrupt open eggs.
“That is the place Elvis’ egg-throwing expertise come into play. Elvis was taught this method by her keepers to imitate this pure behaviour. Her keepers initially gave Elvis a rubber egg to observe with, ultimately working their approach as much as giving her an actual egg when she had mastered the artwork. Nonetheless, seriemas are naturally very playful birds, and so they quickly found that Elvis truly most well-liked bouncing the rubber egg to the actual factor. It's now her all-time favorite exercise, and one which may be very worthwhile coming to look at.”
Blair Drummond Safari Park is open seven days every week, from 10am till 5.30pm. Tickets could be booked on-line at blairdrummond.com.
For an opportunity to win a household go, which can be utilized any at some point through the park’s opening season this 12 months, simply reply the next query: How briskly can red-legged seriemas run?
Ship the coupon along with your reply, identify, deal with and phone quantity to: Safari Park Competitors, West Lothian Courier, One Central Quay, Glasgow, G3 9DA. The deadline is Wednesday at 4pm. Solely authentic vouchers can be accepted, no photocopies.
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