🌟🎉 Get ready for an unforgettable weekend at Park-a-palooza on the Peoria RiverFront! 🎶🎨
Check out all the fun in store, from live music and delicious food to exciting games and activities for the whole family! 🎤🍔🎈
✨ Don't miss the FREE drone light show on Saturday evening! Watch in awe as 300 drones create amazing moving designs in the night sky. 🌌🚀
Join us for an incredible celebration! 🌟
#Parkapalooza #PeoriaRiverFront #FamilyFun #DroneLightShow #WeekendVibes #FreeEvent
Baby Mandrill Update: River is bouncing around and getting bigger every day! In the video, you can see her face is getting darker and she is super busy running and jumping around! She is also eating more on her own and getting more independent!
Don't forget the Zoo is open all year round (closed for a few holidays), so make sure to plan a visit sometime soon to see her and the rest of our crew!
River, our baby Mandrill, has been growing up fast!! You'll see her jump all over the indoor enclosure as well as on Tara (the other adult female) and mom, Kofola. You can also spot dad, Linus hiding in the back!
📷Thank you to keeper Regan for the great video!
It's Zoo o'clock! ⏰⏰⏰ Vote for Peoria Zoo at BuildPeoria.org/vote
The Peoria Zoo is in the running for a $50,000 grant to build an outdoor tropics classroom! One vote per person... through the end of May! Let's Go! 🙌
Zootini is back on May 11th!!!!!! 🍸🦓
Tickets go on sale next week! Learn more at peoriazoo.org/zootini/
Happy National Reptile Awareness Day! Enjoy this video from our Keeper Doug to celebrate this day!
Enjoy a family-friendly drive through experience full of spooktacular fun and freight!
Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22 from 6:30-9pm
Lakeview Park After Dark brings back the vintage, all hallows eve experience of ghosts, jack-o-lanterns, and witches, through this family-friendly adventure. The marked route will guide your car along the twists and turns through Lakeview Park with surprises of Halloween fun everywhere you look! The night is full of tricks and a treat for the first 1,000 kids! Halloween-themed beverages will be available for purchase as you enter the park.
Admission is $15/vehicle. There is no pre-registration/ticket sales. All sales are at the entrance.
Have you ever heard the joke about the sloth crossing the road?
Never mind, it’d take too long... 😂
Instead, enjoy this rare glimpse of Dustin, taking the mighty trek across his exhibit!
🎉Happy Birthday, Mac, our male Kookaburra!
Enjoy this fun fact about Kookaburra calls from Keeper Michael!
Today we're celebrating Scrapper, our Three-banded Armadillo's 21st birthday!
Enjoy this video taken this summer with Keeper Elly to learn all about Scrapper!
Thank you to Curator Melissa for this video of Dustin, our Two-Towed Hoffman's Sloth!
In the wild, sloths are found in the rainforest canopy in Central and South America, from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, and from Peru east to Brazil.
Did you know that the health of sloth populations is wholly dependent on the health of tropical rain forests? Without an abundance of trees, sloths will lose their shelter and food source. When sloths come to the forest floor—which they do once a week—they are more exposed to predators and can do little to fend them off. You can help by encouraging sustainable forestry, and supporting conservators efforts, like the work of the World Wildlife Fund.
Only ONE DAY LEFT to get your ticket to the holiday party of the year-- Peoria Zoo's Murder Mystery Ugly Christmas Sweater Party!
Learn more and get your ticket here: https://www.peoriazoo.org/murdermystery/
Did you know that we have three Reticulated Giraffes at Peoria Zoo named Taji, Emy and Vivian? Check-out this fun video of Emy, one of our females, enjoying a beautiful fall day here at Peoria Zoo!
Reticulated giraffes are listed as endangered in its native habitat and their populations are declining. Learn more about giraffe on our website: https://www.peoriazoo.org/animal-groups/mammals/giraffe/
We're letting the cat out of the bag! Save the date for May 12, 2022... 🦁🐯🍸
Today's Tongue Out Tuesday is a special video of Louise, our Burmese Python! #TongueOutTuesday #BurmesePhython
It's that time of the year for some pumpkin enrichment! Check out the Tiger, Red River Hog and Mandrill enjoying some fun seasonal enrichment!
📸credit: Curatorial Assistant Lisa
Happy National Reptile Awareness Day! Enjoy this video from our Keeper Doug to celebrate this day!
Today is International Sloth Day! What a perfect day to watch a video of our Hoffman’s Two-toed Sloth, Dustin enjoying a snack!