Learning About Primates’ ‘Toys’

Visitors to the Los Angeles Zoo can learn about monkeys, apes and other primates in a series of programs called “Presents for Primates” that will be held each Saturday this month, except Christmas Day.

Children and adults will learn about the “toys” used by zoo staff members to keep the animals bright and busy. Discussions will also include the unusual foods that make up the primates’ diets.

For information on this and other programs at the zoo, call (213) 666-4090.

ORNITHOLOGY

* The exotic birds of Indonesia will be featured in “Wild Indonesia: Biak to Bali,” a program presented by Herb and Katherine Williams at the Whittier Audubon Society meeting on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Whittier Community Center.

For more information, call (310) 699-2021.

MARINE SCIENCE

* “Discovery Center,” a workshop in the Science at the Seashore series at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, offers children and adults opportunities to view live marine animals, handle tide pool creatures and examine marine artifacts Saturday from noon to 3 p.m.

For more information, call (310) 548-7562.

SCIENCE FOR KIDS

* Children 4 and older can make their own animal track “fossils” in clay in workshops at the Kidspace Museum in Pasadena today at 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. For more information, call (818) 449-9144.

REPTILES

* James Cornett will discuss “Giant Reptiles of the Amazon Basin” in a natural science lecture at the Palm Springs Desert Museum on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Annenberg Theater.

Call (619) 325-7186 for more information.