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Enriching animal encounters at the Gateway to Hocking Hills since 2015. Encounters on our farm have begun! Check out https://www.pandcencounters.com to book.
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Proud to offer swimming with otters, painting with otters, fox, sloth, and capybara encounters, as well as full tours at one of the most unique farms around.

11/02/2026

Sloths are the ultimate yoga instructors.
Did you know sloths’ muscles are better suited to pulling themselves along branches than pushing their bodies up from the ground? This is why they spend so much time hanging upside down. Their arms also help pull distant branches within reach.

Hanging takes surprisingly little effort! Their curved claws and specialized muscles and tendons help them maintain a grip without constantly using lots of energy.

11/01/2026

A good grip makes snack time easier! Prehensile-tailed porcupines use their front paws to hold food while they nibble. Up in the trees, their gripping tails can help steady them, leaving both front paws free for eating!

10/31/2026

Happy Otterween.

We hope everyone continues to have a safe and fun filled Halloween night.

10/31/2026

Ally, one of our keepers carved this awesome pumpkin and gave the raccoons their food inside of it. It was a fun treat for the raccoons and the humans, too.

10/31/2026

Trick or Treat? Coatimundis have noses for Treats!

Coatis have incredibly flexible, elongated snouts that they use to sniff out insects, grubs, and other tasty treats hidden beneath leaves, logs, and soil.

10/30/2026

TRICKS, TREATS & 30,000 QUills!

Did you know North American porcupines, like Thatcher have approximately 30,000 quills AND naturally orange teeth?

Their orange-colored incisors contain iron compounds that help strengthen their enamel, making them excellent tools for gnawing through tough bark and wood!

And despite what you may have heard, porcupines cannot shoot their quills! Those sharp defenses only detach through contact.

With built-in Halloween colors and thousands of tiny defenses, Thatcher is practically made for spooky season!

10/30/2026

Meet Dill, the six-banded armadillo.

Did you know armadillos have some very unusual teeth?

Unlike humans, armadillos have simple, peg-like teeth that lack the hard enamel coating found on most mammalian teeth. That hard enamel is a substance that protects our teeth. Instead, their teeth consist primarily of dentine, with cementum on their surfaces. Dentine is softer than enamel, making their teeth more susceptible to wear….
But one of their most interesting adaptations is that their teeth are continuously growing (hypselodont).
So, their teeth can compensate for wear through continued growth.

In addition, unlike humans, dogs, and cats, six-banded armadillos don’t have clearly differentiated incisors, canines, premolars, and molars.
Instead, they have a series of relatively similar-looking teeth.
This dental arrangement is called homodont dentition.

Finally, They have an unusually large number of teeth
Six-banded armadillos can have approximately 32–40 teeth, and it’s not always the same amount in each individual.

10/29/2026

Some of my favorite faces to be greeted by.

Chester, Chessie, and Chai are Giant Red-and-White Flying Squirrels and they glide through canopies. Many people ask if they are related to sugar gliders, but they are not. They are actually rodents, not marsupials.

Flying squirrels and sugar gliders are an excellent example of convergent evolution: unrelated animals independently evolving similar adaptations.

10/28/2026

Pumpkins are more than fall decorations around here! For our porcupines, hyraxes, foxes, and squirrels, they offer opportunities to sniff, explore, gnaw, and forage.
For those who dig in, there’s nutritional value too! Pumpkin flesh provides moisture, fiber, and nutrients like beta-carotene, while the seeds offer protein and fats. A seasonal treat that keeps minds—and paws—busy!

10/28/2026

Happy Hump Day! Did you know there is a little science behind that camel strut? Dromedary camels move both legs on the same side forward together, giving their walk that familiar side-to-side sway.

Want to know why they walk that way?

It helps keep their long legs from getting in each other's way. Moving the front and back legs on the same side together gives them room to take long strides without their hind feet interfering with their front feet. This allows them to be able to travel distance with ease, which is especially useful when food and watercan only be found far apart.

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Bremen, OH

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7402434740

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https://www.pandcencounters.com/

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