{"id":8040,"date":"2021-01-22T11:10:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2021-01-22T11:10:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T09:10:49","slug":"crocworld-brings-edutainment-home-with-live-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/activities\/wildlife\/crocworld-brings-edutainment-home-with-live-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Crocworld brings edutainment home with live streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t miss out on any of the action at Crocworld Conservation Centre on the KZN South Coast by tuning into their Facebook Live videos every Tuesday and Thursday at 11am. With the delayed opening of schools, many South African children are sitting home, yet still eager to experience the wonders of the outside world. To keep them edutained, Crocworld\u2019s Bird Curator, Ryne Ferguson, will stream a live video every Tuesday at 11am showcasing some of the local and exotic bird species found at the centre, including the latest additions \u2013 two recently hatched Marabou Storks.<\/p>\n<p>The Raptor Wing at Crocworld has also welcomed exciting new residents, including Booted Eagles, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Harris Hawk and Jackal Buzzards. Then, every Thursday at 11am, Crocworld\u2019s new Reptile Curator, Wade Kilian, will give audiences some insight into the incredible animal species found at the centre, such as \u2018Laggie\u2019, a female, white-throated monitor lizard who\u2019s looking forward to some screen time! Wade will share some interesting facts and anecdotes, as well as performing some exciting, on-screen feeding demonstrations as well. Tune in via the \u2018Crocworld Conservation Centre\u2019 Facebook page. For those wanting a real-world experience, Crocworld is open and follows all Covid-19 protocols. Visitors must wear masks, sanitise and follow family group social distancing regulations. In line with regulations, the centre and caf\u00e9 are open from 9am to 4.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crocworld.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.crocworld.co.za<\/a> or contact Crocworld Conservation Centre on 039 976 1103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t miss out on any of the action at Crocworld Conservation Centre on the KZN South Coast by tuning into their Facebook Live videos every Tuesday and Thursday at 11am. With the delayed opening of schools, many South African children are sitting home, yet still eager to experience the wonders of the outside world. To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2706],"tags":[5547,5369,5371,5531,5367],"class_list":["post-8040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-conservation-centre","tag-crocworld","tag-crocworld-conservation-centre","tag-marabou-storks","tag-olivia-jones-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}