Today we went to the Naples Zoo to continue working on our Animal Helpers badge. We got to meet some animals and trainers and learned about the prehensile-tailed skink.

The prehensile-tailed skink is from the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It lives in the tropical forests and eats fruit, flowers, and leaves. They are the only fully herbivore of the skink family. They have great eyesight and can use their tail to grip on to branches to help them climb.

We also got to feed a giraffe. Their tongues are really rough which helps them grip leaves when they are eating them.

It was a great day to visit the Naples Zoo and we can’t wait to go back again.

We have been working on our Night Owl badge. Part of that was learning how people adapt to living and working during the night time. We went to the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium where we got to see a presentation about how people adapt to living and working at night time. We also hiked around the Nature Center and saw the animals on display.

We also got to meet Officer Klausner of the Cape Coral Police Dept. She explained how she had to adjust to working different shifts and how that impacted their daily routine. She took a lot of time to answer all the questions the scouts had.

Our whole troop went to Camp Caloosa for a weekend camping trip. There was so much to do. Archery, kayaking, arts & crafts, and of course: S’mores!