📣 BREAKING NEWS 📣 Supersized snake savors salutations of sociable citizens❗

Don’t forget to greet Chief the Burmese python in his new public-facing habitat in the Tropical Aviary!

Join us for keeper talks at the Zoo!

We host multiple conversations about the captivating critters that call the Zoo home every day!

Check the daily schedule on the video board as you enter the Zoo to see when and where our keeper staff will be chatting during your visit.

Welp, that’s enough walla-being for one week! 😴

(Regularly scheduled walla-being will resume this weekend in our Australian Walkabout experience from 10 AM to 4 PM!)

#DidYouKnow : Goats use their horns in a variety of social contexts, but most commonly for self-defense. 🛡️🐐
They also make for convenient built-in back scratchers!

A purrrfect pose to admire some wonderful whiskers! 😻

Amur leopards have long whiskers, or vibrissae, that act as important sensory features helping the big cats hunt, traverse their environment, and even communicate.

Thor the hamerkop’s been busy in the Tropical Aviary! 🪹🍃🪶

Hamerkops have a passion for constructing huge, elaborate nests. A finished nest can weigh 50+ pounds and can contain thousands of individual twigs and leaves!