Will Ursula win and be ruler of the Mermaids and Pirates Event? Find out for yourself this Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00! It will be the last day to see all your mermaid and pirate friends before they set sail, so be sure you don't miss it!
With just the snap of Ursula's fingers, Ariel and Vanessa are ready to take a stroll on down to the Merced Applegate Zoo! This Saturday is the last day to see them before they head back to the sea! Don't miss out on all the fun, join us Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00!
Today is the day to dance your way to the Mermaids and Pirates event at the Merced Applegate Zoo! Have fun with your favorite mermaid friends and some of the coolest pirates you'll ever meet!
The pirates had so much fun with everyone today at the Mermaids and Pirates event at the Merced Applegate Zoo! Be sure to join us next Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00
Don't forget to join us every Saturday in August from 10:00 to 2:00 for our Mermaids and Pirates event here at the Merced Applegate Zoo!
The Mermaids and Pirates are back for more! Be sure to set sail to Merced Applegate Zoo every Saturday in August from 10:00 to 2:00! Don't miss out on the magic and fun!
Who's that you hear? 🔊👂
Our newest resident is making themselves known!
Join us this Saturday June 1st and Sunday June 2nd to greet our newest resident. From 10am to 2pm we will have a booth with information about the animal.
Hope to see you there!
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We would like to send a great big thank you to Andrew Barela (@theandrewbarela), Wildlife Technician for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Andrew spent the day collecting native plants and brought them here to plant at the zoo! Andrew is eager to help turn our current Large Pond exhibit into a native wetland habitat! Thanks Andrew!
We appreciate all of the people who came out this weekend and joined us for the second and final weekend of our Earth Day festivites.
Hopefully everyone who joined us had a great time and learned something new about pollinators! 🐝🪰🦋
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Be sure to join Julie the coyote and the rest of the zoo crew tomorrow and Sunday from 10:00-2:00 as we celebrate round two of Earth Day! We'll be learning about pollinators and the beautiful plants they pollinate!
Join us here at the Merced Applegate Zoo this Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 2:00 as we celebrate Earth Day with the animals! There will be educational carts and a fun scavenger hunt to teach children about the wildlife that call California home!
There's nothing quite like a tasty salad on a beautiful spring day.
It's a beautiful day to do some gardening, and that's exactly what London, from Girl Scout Troop 3019, is doing for our animal friends here at the zoo! Nothing beats fresh produce! Thank you Girl Scouts!! 🐐🌽🥬🥕
Come on down to Merced Applegate Zoo this Friday and Saturday from 10am-2pm for some quail-ity time with your family! Enjoy fun easter crafts, a scavenger hunt, and even see the Easter Bunny!
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Meet our gray fox Wizzer. He came to us in 2013 after being kept as an illegal pet and being deemed non-releasable.
He loves interacting with his enrichment and can be quite vocal at times.
Did you know that gray foxes are semi-arboreal? That means that they are comfortable climbing trees and prefer to spend their time up higher than other fox species.
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It's a great day to come on down to the Merced Applegate Zoo and celebrate the mural being created with us!
Hope you are staying as dry as our goats in this storm because our Zookeepers certainly aren't. Rain or shine our Zookeepers are working hard (with a few dance breaks) taking care of all of our animals! 💃🏻🕺🐐
Penelope, the very happy hippopotamus cannot wait to meet you all this Saturday and Sunday for some fun Valentine's Day crafts and a scavenger hunt! Activities start at 10:00 and go until 3:00! Be sure to stop on by and give a great big hug to Penelope!
Our Turkey Vulture Ike enjoyed some behavioral enrichment today and got to shred some paper while scavenging for food. In the wild, Turkey Vultures are scavengers that look for meals in an unlikely place: deceased things also known as carrion.
These birds are highly specialized around their diet. They have bald heads to help keep clean while eating and they are one of the bird species in North America with the best sense of smell to help find those meals!
Did you know the poison of Poison Dart Frogs comes from their diet in the wild?
Native to the tropical rainforests of Central and Southern America, these frogs eat specific insects in their habitat that allow them to produce toxins. Frogs cared for by humans like ours eat a diet of flightless fruitflies and other small insects that don't provide those toxins, making them perfectly safe!
Enjoy this clip of one of our frogs snacking on a few of those flightless fruit flies. 🪰
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