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Mogo Wildlife Park

Mogo Wildlife Park is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mogo Wildlife Park rather than just read about it. In short: Mogo Wildlife Park (formerly Mogo Zoo) is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Description Mogo is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association and has had success in breeding programs for endangered species, including the cotton-top tamarin, black-and-white ruffed lemur, red panda, and Sumatran tiger.

Key takeaways

Mogo Wildlife Park belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
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Reproduce the core statement of Mogo Wildlife Park from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mogo Wildlife Park (formerly Mogo Zoo) is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Description Mogo is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association and has had success in breeding programs for endangered species, including the cotton-top tamarin, black-and-white ruffed lemur, red panda, and Sumatran tiger. The zoo has one of Australia's largest collections of primates. Unlike most small Australian zoos, Mogo Wildlife Park focuses on exotic species. Mogo Wildlife Park exhibits a large African savanna, and a series of islands for primate species. The zoo took over care from some unwanted animals from other collections. During the 1990s, the zoo kept an endangered kea parrot, the only individual held in any Australian zoo at the time or since, and was also the home of the last Siberian tiger in Australasia (Kuldur, who died in June 1997 aged seventeen). Snow leopards were a long term species at the park (beginning in October 1995) and the park was the first zoo in New South Wales to birth this species when on 20 October 1999 a female cub Sheva and male cub Bhutan were born to parents Lena and Mangar, who had another pair of cubs born at the park on 12 October 2003 (female Tenzin the last Snow leopard at the park who lived for 19 years, and male Khumbu, named after the region). In November 2019, Featherdale Wildlife Park bought Mogo Zoo from former owner Sally Padey, and took over full ownership and operations from the end of that month. During the devastating December 2019 bushfires, staff at Mogo Wildlife Park exhibited extraordinary dedication by remaining at the park to safeguard the animals. As the fire approached, the town of Mogo was evacuated, but the staff chose to stay behind to protect the wildlife under their care. Their efforts included implementing fire protection measures and maintaining the animals' welfare amidst the chaos. This unwavering commitment ensured the safety of the park's inhabitants during one of the most challenging periods faced by the region. The park also keep Asian water buffalo herds which can be sighted in paddock directly north of the zoo grounds viewable on the inland side driving Tomakin Road in the direction towards Princes Highway and Mogo village shops. Orangutan duo Jantan and Willow, originally from Taronga Zoo and have lived at the park since September 2018, are of mixed origin of both the Bornean and the Sumatran species, are currently not housed in the general public viewing area of the zoo.

Animal species on public display

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mogo Wildlife Park

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mogo Wildlife Park claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mogo Wildlife Park before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mogo Wildlife Park ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mogo Wildlife Park

In research: Mogo Wildlife Park appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mogo Wildlife Park in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mogo Wildlife Park is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in Australia, South Coast (New South Wales), Zoo stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mogo Wildlife Park outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Mogo Wildlife Park in 20 minutes

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Frequently asked questions

What is Mogo Wildlife Park in simple terms?

Mogo Wildlife Park (formerly Mogo Zoo) is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo, on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. Description Mogo is a member of the Zoo and Aquarium Association and has had success in breeding programs for endangered species, including the cotton-top tamarin, black…

Why does Mogo Wildlife Park matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Mogo Wildlife Park?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Mogo Wildlife Park.