Exotic Zoo

20/09/2024

A massive thank you to the lovely Honey Bun Haven- rescue and sanctuary who helped out yesterday by taking in 2 guinea pigs that were sadly dumped in Telford Town Park.
Thank god for amazing people like this to help these little furries 💚
And thanks to the town park staff and rangers for making the initial rescue.

Have a read of Honey Bun Havens post and help if you can

19/09/2024

We are lucky enough to be hosting another rock work course at Exotic Zoo this week with attendees from other zoos and animal colleges in the U.K.

Love this pic from today where you can see all 3 layers of the rock work coming together amazingly.

Tomorrow is colouring day! Let’s see how amazing it looks then!

Thanks to Aidan from Unreal Productions for running the course! This man really is a magician!

https://www.unreal-productions.co.uk

18/09/2024

Our Warming Autumn drinks are now available at our Jungle Cafe. 😋🍁

17/09/2024

Santa 🎅 will be spending December here at Exotic Zoo until he flies off on Christmas eve after his last shift at the zoo!
Visit Santa in his grotto or join him for breakfast.
Pre booking essential... ticket link below for grotto booking
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exotic-zoo
For breakfast with Santa please call or email
HoHo Hope to see you there 🎄

12/09/2024

We will be doing pumpkin picking in our haunted woods the whole of October 🎃
And if you’re visiting between the 12th Oct and 3rd Nov there will be a whole host of Halloween fun and activities going on!

See you over Halloween… 💀👻🎃

07/09/2024

Dinosaur weekend is here 🦖
Check out the time table attached and get ready to have a roarsome time!

Join director Scott for a real dinosaur skeleton meet and greet and talk at 12.30pm each day and maybe even grab your self a Dino selfie! 📸

Then hop over to the stage for a 1pm Dino stage show with Jurassic Jack!

Explore the natural history museum and maybe even try your hand at our fossil dig!

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05/09/2024

Don’t forget about our Dino weekend this weekend 🦖

Join director Scott for a meet the Dino talk where you can meet a real dinosaur Skeleton with no glass for the ultimate Dino selfie! 📸 12.30pm Saturday and Sunday

Then hop on over to the Dino stage show with Jurassic Jack!

Even try your hands at the fossil dig and take home some real fossils

And don’t forget to explore the natural history museum with fossils from all through time including a world class dinosaurs Skeleton display with the worlds most accurate dinosaur reconstruction

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03/09/2024

02/09/2024

Really Roar-some weekend at Exotic Zoo!

To beat the back at school blues Exotic Zoo will be trying to bring out visitors inner palaeontologist with a prehistoric treat!
Director Scott Adams, who designed and curated the ‘Natural History and Dino Museum' at the zoo is planning a very special meet and greet! Joining him in their Wildlife Academy for the weekend is a genuine 125 million year old dinosaur skeleton. Usually pride of place behind glass in the museum, the impressive real dinosaur will be part of a meet and greet, up close, no glass experience! Director Scott said, “we know how popular dinosaurs are with our visitors and we love that they can see some real dinosaur skeletons in our museum, but behind glass its so hard to see the amazing details and take photos. So to give people chance to get face to face with a real dinosaur, no glass and as well as finding out all about it, maybe getting to have a selfie with a dinosaur will be an amazing and engaging experience visitors won’t forget!”

The show will be at 12.30pm on Saturday 7th and Sunday the 8th September in the zoos wildlife academy. During the talk, there will be a chance to see and hold some other amazing prehistoric fossils!
As well as the dinosaur meet and greet there will also be a dino stage show with Jurassic Jack, a fossil dig outside the museum with a chance to take home some real fossils, as well as real fossil for sale in the gift shop if you want to start to create your own museum at home!

A small Shropshire zoo with a mighty mission to connect our local community with the natural world.

31/08/2024

It's today!

Today is a day to reflect upon the importance of zoos both in education and conservation.

Zoos offer a 'Noah's Ark' for animals whose habitats have been wrecked by humans but also an opportunity for both children and adults to see, get closer to and learn about amazing species that they may never be able to see in the wild due to the prohibitive costs and inaccessible nature of getting to them in a way that photos and documentaries are not able to.

So let's all give a big cheer for the importance of not just our small but disproportionately mighty zoo in Telford Town Park but for zoos across the country doing really, really important work!!

25/08/2024

It’s BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY tomorrow 🤪

And we can’t wait! The animals are waiting… and so are the staff, with talks on throughout the day… check out the otter talk and feed, meet the dragon, join us for the stage show and meet the minibeasts in our brand new woodland walk.

Feeing crafty? Make your very own dragon fly to take home in the ranger station in the new woodland walk.

Marvel at real dinosaurs in the natural history museum 🦖

Grab some food in the Jungle Cafe 🍔

And don’t forget if you have any energy left we are a couple of minutes walk from the amazing Telford Town Park play areas for all ages.

22/08/2024

Is it too early to mention the 'C' word?
That's right our famous Santa... the real Santa 🎅 will be spending December here at Exotic Zoo until he flies off on Christmas eve after his last shift at the zoo!

Visit Santa in his grotto or join him for breakfast.
Pre booking essential... ticket link below for grotto booking
www.ticketsource.co.uk/exotic-zoo

For breakfast with Santa please call or email

HoHo Hope to see you there

21/08/2024

It’s never too early to let you know we will be doing pumpkin picking in our haunted woods the whole of October 🎃
And if you’re visiting between the 12th Oct and 3rd Nov there will be a whole host of Halloween fun and activities going on!

See you over Halloween… if you dare 💀👻🎃

19/08/2024

We’re having a Dino-tastic summer at Exotic Zoo! Have you seen our natural history museum?

Take a journey from the start of time through till today and see fossils representing all time periods including some real dinosaur Skeltons!

This summer you can even do a fossil dig and take home some amazing real fossils of your own! 🦖

16/08/2024

The sun is still shining ☀️ and the summer fun at Exotic Zoo is in full swing!

We’ve got stage shows and keeper talks as well as a new woodland talk and crafts in the brand new ‘British Wildlife Conservation Woodland Walk’ opened this summer 🌳

Meet some new arrivals and some keepers and animals out and about to meet you as you walk around 💚

See you all soon

12/08/2024

Exciting Zoo News 🌎🚨📰

We just wanted to let you know about a super exciting new arrival!

After a while in quarantine to monitor their health and settle them in after arriving from another collection, we are excited to introduce the arrival of 4 critically endangered Roti Island snake neck turtles 💚

The Roti Island snake-neck turtle (Chelodina mccordi) is distinguished by its long, slender neck, which is almost as long as its shell. This unique characteristic, along with its outgoing character makes it a rare and fascinating addition to the zoo’s reptile collection.

The species has been severely impacted by habitat loss and the illegal pet trade, leading to its status as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List. Conservationists estimate that fewer than 250 individuals remain in the wild, making breeding program efforts like this vital for the species’ survival. With so few left in the wild this beautiful turtle is on the verge of extinction.

Zoo visitors will have the opportunity to view these rare reptiles in a newly designed exhibit that mimics their natural environment. We have carefully created a habitat that includes shallow water pools, basking areas, and a variety of aquatic plants, providing an enriching environment for the turtles.

We are thrilled to be part of the conservation efforts for the Roti Island snake-neck turtle, this species is facing a very real threat of extinction, and it’s our responsibility to do everything we can to ensure their survival.

08/08/2024

Today is National Tarantula Appreciation Day, in the USA, and although there might be a literal ocean between us, we thought we'd take the opportunity to show our appreciation for our eight-legged friends!

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At the zoo we currently have mexican fireleg tarantulas, an endangered species native to southern Mexico.

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Just like grandma used to tell you, it is true that these fantastic creatures are more scared of you than you are of them, but even so, they are not that likely to bite you, choosing instead to flick the hairs from their abdomen towards your eyes and nose causing sneezing and itchy eyes which gives them the opportunity to escape.

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Although in the wild you would find them in dry scrubland, here at the zoo you can find them in our rainforest along with all sorts of other amazing animals every single day of the summer holidays!!

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04/08/2024

Happy Owl awareness day 🦉

Have you seeen Barney the Barn Owl in his new enclosure in our brand new ‘British Wildlife Consevation Woodland Walk’?
He’s loving it!
You can learn all about British owls in this new zone, as well as all our other amazing British Wildlfe.

But don’t forget about the other amazing owls you can see around Exotic Zoo, like an old favourite Rubble the Burrowing Owl and a new face, Merlin the Eurasian Eagle Owl!

Did you know… the eyes of an owl are not true “eyeballs.” Their tube-shaped eyes are completely immobile, providing binocular vision which fully focuses on their prey and boosts depth perception. This is why, as owls can’t move their eyes instead they can rotate their necks 270 degrees. A blood-pooling system collects blood to power their brains and eyes when neck movement cuts off circulation 🦉

Hope you have all had a hoot of a day 💚

31/07/2024

We have a very special birthday to celebrate today! 🦜

Join us in wishing our Red and Green Winged Macaw, Chico a happy 30th birthday. 🎂

Kirsten had made him a special cake to enjoy and obviously he had to share it with his zoo family. 💚

So here are some of his friends sharing the spoils 📸 Don the otter, might of had too much cake 🍰

Why not come down and wish him a happy birthday too, the weather is just a bonus for him ☀️

Some of our keepers also tried the cake…. Kirsten didn’t tell them there was egg shell in there though 👀😂 🥚

24/07/2024

Exciting news… today is our BIRTHDAY 🎉🎂🎁

Can you believe it’s been 3 years since we opened our new zoo in Telford Town Park

We are so excited how things have developed over the last 3 years, not just a zoo now but also our Natural History and Dino Museum 🦖, our brand new British Wildlife Conservation Woodland Walk 🌳
And our themed Jungle Cafe 🐯

Come and celebrate with us this summer, lots of talks and shows, crafts and real fossil dig and some new animals!
11am - 4pm daily

We can’t wait to see you all soon 💚

19/07/2024

Exciting news! 🌳🌳🌳

Our brand new zoo ‘British Wildlife Conservation Woodland Walk’ opens tomorrow morning just in time for the summer holidays ☀️

Come and check it out and join us for a mini beast talk at 2pm as well as woodland crafts.

It’s been a busy time getting it ready thanks to amazing staff, volunteers and helpers ❤️ You all rock! 🤘🏻

Keep an eye out for more posts of activities going on this summer! We hope to see you all soon.

14/07/2024

If you come down to the zoo today… you might bee in for a surprise 🐝

We have had a visit by a colony of honey bees looking for a new home 🏠

They have made a great resting site up by reception while they send out scouts to look for there forever home.

We have taped off a safe space for them and added some great information boards so you can all learn more about them.

We are all mesmerised by them! We love bees and this is nature at its finest.

Did you know honey bees are the only insect that produces food eaten by humans! 🍯

12/07/2024

The summer holidays are nearly here and we can’t wait to see you all!

We have some surprises this summer 🙈

We have a BRAND NEW zone opening at the zoo and we have been working very hard to get it all ready! We also have a new exciting animal being unveiled.

We won’t tell you yet but keep a look out over the next week for some teasers.

We also have an itinerary of keeper talks and stage shows to keep you busy during your summer visit ☀️ just like Jack here feeding and talking about one of our cheekiest residents, the short clawed otters ❤️🦦❤️

Come and feed some animals, meet animals around the zoo, check out our natural history and Dino museum 🦖 refuel in our jungle cafe and check out the new surprises around the zoo this summer.

See you all soon 💚

10/07/2024

It’s July 10th which means it’s…. Capybara appreciation day! 🥳

They are the largest rodent on earth and the largest characters of the zoo too! These semi aquatic animals do love seeing people bringing them their snacks 👀 🥕 🥦

All of the staff here at Exotic Zoo love and appreciate our two stunning females in all their glory. ❤️ 🦎

If you’ve been lucky enough to get up close and personal with Brenda and Smudge on our animal experiences, why not join in and post your photos too 📸

03/07/2024

World Meerkat Day 🌍

Join us to raise a glass… of meal worms on this special day!

We love meerkats at Exotic Zoo and we know lots of our visitors do too!

This South African desert dweller is full of character, from their amazing and engaging social group antics, their scorpion eating skills, built in sunglasses and even their bravery to take on venomous snakes like cobras and their immunity to their venom!

There is so much more to learn about them so why not pop in to see them this summer and even get a chance to feed them!