Rnc 2012 Area Guide
Find The Fun
Contact us
Have a question, comment or suggestion for Things To Do? Want to advertise on this site? We'd love to hear from you.
Follow us ...
Update your app
We've been hard at work improving our Things to Do iPhone app, which gives you all of Tampa Bay's best events, restaurants, bars and attractions at your fingertips. Be sure to update yours now for improved stability. We've also added our Editor's Picks, a quick look at all of the top events happening in the area. Just look under the Featured icon. Head to the the iTunes store now for your update.
Easy Meals Ideas
Food editor Janet Keeler knows that cooking dinner every night can sometimes be daunting. Subscribe to her Easy Mails newsletter and watch your cooking time shrink and your recipe file grow. | Sign up now. | View a sample.
New baby giraffe at Busch Gardens
Busch Gardens has a cute new baby, a female reticulated giraffe. It was born on Tuesday.
At 5 foot, 7 inches tall and weighing approximately 127 pounds, the newborn is the calf of father, Jafari and mother, Tesa, who has previously given birth to four other calves at Busch Gardens.
This new addition brings the park’s reticulated giraffe population to 18. The term “reticulated” refers to the giraffe’s net-like pattern of spots.
Mother and baby are currently in an area out of view so they can be closely monitored by zoo staff to ensure the baby is nursing and growing properly. The duo will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in about three months.
A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new baby will nurse for about one year.
