1 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: Three sixty with Katie Wolf. Join the conversation with Katie Wolf. 2 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: You are our eyes and ears in the Territory Mix 3 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 1: one oh four point nine. We're in our second week 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: of school holidays. 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: No plenty of people struggling to make sure the kids 6 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: were entertained last week in lockdown, but now is everything 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 2: reopens back up, even though there are restrictions still in. 8 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:23,440 Speaker 1: Place a little bit more for us to be able 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: to do now. 10 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: One location which is always a favorite with the kids 11 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: is Crocodilu's Cove and joining us on the line right 12 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 2: now is Animal manager Charlotte Price. 13 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 1: Good morning to you, Charlotte. Hi, how are you really well? 14 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having a chat with us this morning. 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 2: Charlotte, I understand you guys have got a new display 16 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 2: there something a bit interactive. 17 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:53,600 Speaker 3: Yes, so we at curt Cove, We've always had fish aquarium, 18 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 3: but we believe it to be kind of an appreciated 19 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: part of the park, so we started doing hands on 20 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:03,639 Speaker 3: interactions with our freshwater Whipraise. 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: This is awesome. I reckon. Kids love being able to 22 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:08,600 Speaker 1: like O well sodo adults. 23 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,840 Speaker 2: But they like being able to interact with the different 24 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 2: animals and that is something that croc Cove does really well. 25 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 2: But you know, for the little aies being able to 26 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,080 Speaker 2: sort of you know, to touch the whip rays and 27 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:21,639 Speaker 2: things like that, it's pretty cool. 28 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very cool. I personally, I'm really excited about 29 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 3: this product. This is an animal that we discovered in 30 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,960 Speaker 3: my lifetime and it was only described as own species 31 00:01:34,959 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 3: in two thousand and eight and it's systemic to the 32 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: top end of Australia or we believe it to be endemic. 33 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 3: So it's a really really unique animal. 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 2: So how many of them are in the you know, 35 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,240 Speaker 2: in this area where you're able to interact with. 36 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: Them now and we have three three of them? And 37 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: how big are they? 38 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: Like? 39 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: What can people expect? 40 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: So with our whip praise we measure them from wing 41 00:01:57,440 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: tip to wink. It biggest is about one point five 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 3: meters in terms of length. We've put her over probably 43 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 3: two meters, so they are quite big animals. 44 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: Do what's the reaction been for from you know, like 45 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 2: so far? How long has it been that you know 46 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: that people have been able to interact with them? For now? 47 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:21,559 Speaker 3: So our keepers have been interacting with them since we opened. Yeah, 48 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 3: so it's been our kind of It's one of the 49 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 3: favorite jobs of everyone because they're like big labradors. They 50 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:34,119 Speaker 3: are so friendly, slightly smooth, motivated, but that's okay. But yeah, 51 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 3: getting the public in and interacting them. So I'm really 52 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 3: excited by it. 53 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, And so is it just is it something that 54 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 2: really is just kicking off this week or have you 55 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,080 Speaker 2: had a couple of weeks to sort of slowly ease 56 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:46,520 Speaker 2: into it. 57 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:48,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, we have. 58 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,679 Speaker 3: We've had a couple of weeks and we did lots 59 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 3: of practice friends with kind of families and friends. But 60 00:02:54,919 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: obviously last week wasn't it quiet? Yeap, So it's really 61 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 3: only started to off this week. 62 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 2: And so you know, because for some kids they would 63 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 2: actually look at these whip rays and think, oh my goodness, 64 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 2: that is massive, you know, and potentially be a little 65 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: bit scared. But what kind of I mean you said 66 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 2: they're like the family laborador what you know? What are 67 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 2: they like these whipbreys. 68 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 3: They are big personalities that we don't shay away from 69 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 3: that fact. But they so in the wild, a freshwater 70 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: whip bray will drive it's prey up to a sand 71 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 3: bank and then kind of stuck up fish off the bank. 72 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 3: So them coming up and interacting with the public is 73 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 3: a natural behavior for them, and it's something that they're 74 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: very used to doing. Something they're very used to doing 75 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: with our keepers. They know that we have two fish 76 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 3: shows a day, and they know what time they're kind 77 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 3: of feeding is, so they come up, get ready and 78 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 3: their customers cut stand at the back of the aquarium 79 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 3: and have time to kind of get used to them 80 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 3: being around, and you will let you pat them and 81 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 3: tickle them, because they're like sun paper on top and 82 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 3: then really smooth underneath. So it's a really kind of 83 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: interesting animal to interact with. 84 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: How cool and do they enjoy it? 85 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: Like do the whip brays seem to enjoy that that 86 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 2: interaction with with people, I. 87 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 3: Believe, so they obviously have a choice whether or not 88 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 3: they interact with us, and they seem to do it 89 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 3: even when so to clean the achuarme we have to 90 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:30,839 Speaker 3: scuba dize, and obviously someone has to watch the person diving. 91 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 3: And even when we watch the dives, if you sit 92 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: in the quarum, they come up and you give them 93 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 3: scratches and then those and they repetitively, like repetitively come 94 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 3: up to interact. I do think that they choose to. 95 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:46,960 Speaker 2: Oh, that's very cool. I always think it's you know, 96 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 2: it's really cool to be able to go in there anyway, 97 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 2: you know, feed the watch the crocodiles being fed, and 98 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 2: and then for some people, you know, getting in in 99 00:04:56,760 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 2: the big the big cage and having a swim with 100 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 2: the crocodile. I love the way that it's interactive. And 101 00:05:01,760 --> 00:05:03,960 Speaker 2: now to add this, you know, for the kids to 102 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: be able to interact to I think it's fantastic. 103 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 3: Yeah. I believe quite strongly that as humans, we the 104 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 3: more we interact with our wildlife, the more appreciation we 105 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,640 Speaker 3: have for them. So I'm all about it. 106 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:20,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, good on you, Charlotte. Lovely to speak to you 107 00:05:20,200 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: this morning. I really appreciate you letting us know about 108 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 2: these whipbrays and the fact that you know, you're now 109 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 2: able to sort of interact with them there at crock Cove. 110 00:05:28,839 --> 00:05:29,239 Speaker 3: Awesome. 111 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Thank you, thanks for having a 112 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:32,279 Speaker 1: chat this morning.