Follow us on Facebook , Twitter , or Instagram to see more animal-related content! Our keepers work hard to build bonds with their animals so that they will voluntarily participate in their care. Look at how calmly Jabari the Masai giraffe stands for his hoof trim! What's on your menu tonight?
Hope you're all staying healthy! Wallowing, or rolling around in mud, helps rhinos coat their skin in mud. This not only cools them off, but acts like a natural sunscreen, and also can help protect rhinos from parasites. Check out Timu enjoying the great weather we've had lately and rolling in her favorite wallow! Even our animals love to watch TV sometimes! Television can make great enrichment for our animals, introducing novel visual and audio stimulus.
Check out Mac and Jabari, our Masai giraffes, enjoying the movie "Elf"! While the spider monkeys are running and chasing one another, Max and Jenny enjoy a little more subtle play time together. Exercise is still important for staying healthy. Hopefully you're finding a way to stay active while staying home, just like Gumby our Laughing Kookaburra! This puzzle feeder is meant for dogs, but it works great for tamarin insects too.
All 3 emperor tamarins are kept engaged for long periods of time, retrieving delicious mealworms and crickets! Did you know that Eastern black rhinos have a prehensile lip? This top lip is what differentiates them from white rhinos, and allows them to easily strip leaves off of bushes and branches in the wild.
Turns out it works equally well for cleaning out a watermelon! Nothing better than an Easter Egg hunt for treats! Check out the meerkats' enrichment for Easter Sunday. Lemonhead the Straw-colored Fruit Bat hopes you're enjoying plenty of fresh fruit and staying healthy just like he is! Who doesn't love to pop bubbles??
