Fear not! Boo at the Zoo is finally here starting tomorrow, October 18! 👻🎃🦇
Join us at the Zoo for safe trick-or-treating and “monster-ous” fun across two weekends on October 18 – 20 and 25 – 27 from 5 to 8 PM!
Tickets are still available! To purchase and find more information: https://www.sbzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo
Alt-text: A short video showcasing the frightfully fun times at Boo at the Zoo! We see costumed kids and parents enjoying trick-or-treating, mazes, games, and dancing!
It’s an otterly spooooky time of year! ☠️👀🦦
Alt-text: Our Asian small-clawed otters play in their pool in this reel. While they swim, they curiously glance at the skull Halloween decoration that lies on the other side of their observation window’s glass.
Happy #InternationalRabbitDay from Honeybun the domestic rabbit! 🐰🌎
📸: Keeper Kelly
Alt-text: A short reel featuring Honeybun the domestic rabbit. We see Honeybun munch on some greenery and dig with his fluffy white paws.
Boo at the Zoo 2024 | :15 Video
Halloween decorations are going up around the Zoo, which can only mean that Boo at the Zoo is just around the corner! 👻🕷️🎃
Join us at the Zoo for safe trick-or-treating and “monster-ous” fun across two weekends on October 18 – 20 and 25 – 27 from 5 to 8 PM!
Tickets are on sale now! To purchase and get more information: https://www.sbzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo
Alt-text: A short video showcasing the frightfully fun times at Boo at the Zoo! We see costumed kids and parents enjoying trick-or-treating, games, and dancing!
Foraged food just hits different! 🤷🪱
Buried food enrichment and 📸: Keeper Morgan
Alt-text: Mndeni the Southern ground hornbill digs for its lunch in this reel. We see the big bird use its long peak to pick through the soil as it uncovers and flicks worms into its mouth.
The Masai giraffe gets most of the daily moisture it needs through the plants that make up its diet. 🌿🦒
Sometimes it’s fun to take a sip from the zookeepers’ hose too though!
📸: Keeper Ariel
Alt-text: Theo the Masai giraffe taking a drink from his keeper’s water hose. He ducks his head into the threshold of a giraffe barn door and laps up water from the arching stream.
Boo at the Zoo 2024
It’s Friday the 13th! Get into the spooky spirit by securing your spot at Boo at the Zoo! 👻🎃🕸️
Join us at the Zoo for safe trick-or-treating and “monster-ous” fun across two weekends on October 18 – 20 and 25 – 27 from 5 to 8 PM!
For tickets and more information: https://www.sbzoo.org/boo-at-the-zoo
Alt-text: A short video showcasing the frightfully fun times at Boo at the Zoo! We see costumed kids and parents enjoying trick-or-treating, mazes, games, and dancing!
Phineas isn't even a little bothered by the heat! ☀️🦊
Fennec foxes are native to the deserts of North Africa. They naturally occupy the the Sahara Desert and can be found to the east in the Sinai Peninsula and Arabia as well.
Alt-text: Phineas the fennec fox makes a quick appearance to snatch up some snacks. The big-eared desert fox darts into the frame to munch on a meal of worms and nutritious pellets before leaving as quickly as he came!
Who won this race: the Western chuckwalla or the desert tortoise? 🦎🏁🐢
TRICK QUESTION! Friendship won!
(Let’s be real though, the chuckwalla actually won. They’re much faster than desert tortoises.)
Alt-text: A short video of a desert tortoise and a Western chuckwalla sharing a synergistic moment. The chuckwalla rests atop the tortoise's shell as it trudges through the sand. The chuckwalla then jumps off its tortoise friend and climbs a rock to find an ideal sunning spot.
What a dignified gentleman! 🎩🐼🍴
#DidYouKnow: The red panda has 6 digits on its front paws. Red pandas have a nifty adaptation of a false thumb. They have evolved to have an enlarged wrist bone that helps them climb trees and grasp food with their little red mitts!
Alt-text: A short video of Raj the red panda showing off his pseudo-thumb’s ability to grasp food. He holds on to an herbivore biscuit in his front left paw as he nibbles away on his healthy snack.
#FunFact: Raj the red panda’s favorite food is grapes! 💗🍇
Alt-text: Raj the red panda balances at the end of a branch in this short video. Raj grabs a grapevine left for him by his keepers in his right paw. He brings the white grapes to his mouth and chows down!
It’s been pretty toasty lately, so here’s a little cooldown moment for your feed featuring Banjo the emu! 🪶🧊 #TBT
Banjo loves a hose shower! He’s always quick to come over when his keepers turn on the spigot.
#ThrowbackThursday
Alt-text: A short reel featuring Banjo the emu and keeper Kelly cooling down on a warm summer day. Banjo sits and shimmies as Kelly sprays him with cool water from a hose in the Australian Walkabout.
Wacko the radiated tortoise gets a little metal when it come to his greens! 🥬 🤘🐢
Radiated tortoises are herbivores. Here at the Zoo, their diet consists primarily of various leafy greens and nutritious herbivore pellets …and apparently grass whenever they find themselves in a field of it!
Alt-text: A close-up clip of Wacko the radiated tortoise munching on any blades of grass within a 4 inch radius of his hungry mouth.
Part 2 of our #NationalZookeeperWeek interviews is quite possibly the most controversial video we’ve ever made…
A special thank you to the brave keepers who took these hard-hitting questions in stride!
Alt-text: Interview footage of our keepers answering questions for National Zookeeper Week. We see keepers Ellie, Wyatt, Cassie, Brooke, Ryan, Addy, and Karen in different spots around the gorgeous Santa Barbara Zoo.
National Zookeeper Week | Part 2
Part 2 of our #NationalZookeeperWeek interviews is quite possibly the most controversial video we’ve ever made…
A special thank you to the brave keepers who took these hard-hitting questions in stride!
Alt-text: Interview footage of our keepers answering questions for National Zookeeper Week. We see keepers Ellie, Wyatt, Cassie, Brooke, Ryan, Addy, and Karen in different spots around the gorgeous Santa Barbara Zoo.
