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Stubby is no longer with us here at the Highline Community College Biology department. he passed away June 17th of this year (2009) |
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We started the FatCat Fund in 2000 with the support of the Highline Community College Foundation, and a group of Highline employees. Concerned about the care and support of Stubby and Domino (both now deceased) in light of the budget cuts, the group quickly developed a plan to care for the cats and maintain their home on campus. Although the cats are no longer with us, we have several other animals in the lab, so have decided to continue the FatCat Fund in memory of the cats. |
Donations can be made directly to the HCC Foundation. Please contact the Foundation at ext. 3774 for further information. |
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Squawky-Dude is our Sun Conure, the traveling parrot. He belongs to Donn and Sabine and comes to work at the bio lab every day. He hides in Donn's office but squawks really loud when he's bored (which is 75% of the time). And if you get too close to him, he might bite. (So don't point your finger at him asking "does he bite?" because he might just answer you!!!) |
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Gumby is a rubber boa and native to the northwest. He's a con-artist and has tried to escape several times. Now there are rocks on top of his cage to keep him save. |
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Sam, the turtle, is a cool dude. He likes to balance on the rim of his water bowl. He was donated by Teri Trillo from the nursing department. |
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Shoorik (Russian for Alex) the tortoise has been part of the bio lab family longer than Donn! Nobody really knows how old he is, but he is quite old. |
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These are our four axolotls--some donated by Richard Overman, a former student What's an axolotl? This link will tell you all about them. |
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This is Kedaka, our bearded
dragon. He loves to chase the crickets around in his cage, but he
eats his veggies, too.
He was donated by a student who could no longer care for him. |
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This is Slider, donated by Katie Gulliford, a faculty member that has moved on. If you walk past his cage he might even wave at you! | ||
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Oma and
Mr. Smith are two Mali uromastix lizards. They like their
home real hot!
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Nigel, the iguana, is king
of the bio lab (or at least he thinks he is). Watch out if he's
bobbing his head at you. That usually means that he's the boss and you
better watch out! And yes, he does have a cage. He only fixes the computers when ICC takes too long. |
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| This is Monty the Python (common ball python). He was donated by a fellow student who works for a local hotel. The snake had been left behind by a hotel guest. He loves them little mousies!. We also have another Ball named Balak, an adoption from the Pacific Northwest Herpetological Society, which also happens to meet here in the lab every third Sunday of the month. | |||
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This is Cody, our red tail boa. She likes to sleep, eat, bathe and hug you really tight if you let her. She eats a cornish game hen every two weeks. |
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We've had a recent mishap at the lab and have lost all of our fish - More will be coming soon, but won't be nearly as large as our past wet residents. |
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Cane is our old California Gardner Snake, a donation by Jeremiah Easter, a past student. He has been in captivity since he (she) was very young, about 16 years now. He really hates to be held, so we let him be until its time to clean his home. |
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