Brittany's to do list:
✅ Have a snack
✅ Take a little dust bath
🐘 At the end of Brittany's trunk are two finger like prehensile lips which allow her to pick up grass (to eat) and throw dirt (to protect her skin).
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International Red Panda Day
Celebrate International Red Panda Day with us today (9/21) from 10am-2pm!
🐾 Learn more about this endangered species and how you can help.
🐾 Can you balance like a red panda? Test your skills!
🐾 Decorate your own red panda.
🐾 Support the Red Panda Network by purchasing animal artwork (while supplies last).
All activities will take place near Florence Mila Borchert Big Cat County and are included with Zoo admission unless otherwise noted.
Happy the Hippo
Open wide! 🦛
Happy and other hippos can open their mouth 150 degrees!
We are proud to share that we earned reaccreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)! AZA-accredited institutions maintain the highest standards in animal care, including animal wellbeing, veterinary care, and conservation efforts.
We've been continuously accredited since 1976 and are one of only 252 organizations that have met these rigorous standards in the world. When you support us, you can feel confident you are supporting an organization dedicated to the animals in our care and conservation efforts to protect animal species around the world.
REACH
R E A C H!
A giraffe's tongue is prehensile and can be up to 20-inches long. This helps them reach, grasp and manipulate objects, especially leaves.🍃
Wishing your day flows as smoothly as a harbor seal glides through the water.💚🌞
Harbor seals swim by moving their hind flippers in a side to side motion to propel their bodies. Their front flippers act as a rudder.
Help us wish Kash a paw-some birthday!🐾 He turns 8 today(9/14)!🎉🐅💚
Using your head
Now that is using your head.💚 🦦
📹: Rhonda, Small Mammals Supervisor
Lion Pride
Another great Zoo day, we are not lion! 💚
A big round of applause for our very own Brittany stepping up as a traveling branch manager! 😉🐘💚
X-ray training for tiger Kash
X-ray training for Kash. 🩻
When Kash was a cub he was treated for an infection in his knee which could cause him to develop arthritis earlier than he would have normally. The animal care team monitors that area with yearly X-rays. Part of Kash's routine training includes X-rays, blood pressure checks and blood draws with the tail.
Our Zookeepers devote a lot of time and care to train the animals to voluntarily participate in their own health care.
Bear-y good time to visit.
It's looking like a bear-y good week for a Zoo visit!💚🐻
Saturdays make great Zoo Days!
There is so much to see and Zoo today!
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We are open from 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Hippo Patti💚
Hippo Patti coming at you. 💚
Here is a quick way to tell Happy and Patty apart.
🦛 Patti has rough edges around her ears.
🦛 Happy has a notch in his right ear.
