When it gets hot! hot! hot! like this, zoo animals swelter, too. Woodland Park Zoo finds ways of helping them have fun, as well as cope with the heat. Today, Friday, if you swing by the zoo’s Family Farm at 1 p.m., you can watch Kunekune pigs from New Zealand living it up in their kiddie pool. (They’re only seven months old so it’s age appropriate.) Continue reading Woodland Park Zoo Lowers the Temperature (with Icy Treats)
These Seattle monkey pioneers may live only in photographs from the Seattle Municipal Archives, but can serve as inspiration to … Continue reading Glimpses: “Nelley and Jim, monkeys at Woodland Park Zoo, 1908”
Is it courageous for a 3-year-old to stand her ground against a lion? Is it brave for the boy in this video to say “kitty kitty”? It seems a fairly culturally specific reaction. As an adult, knowing what I do about both Plexiglass and lions, I’d probably still step back from this lionness because I recognize this behavior is (in other, non-Plexiglassed circumstances) very dangerous. Continue reading Op-Ed: Seriously, Will Nature-Deficit Disorder Turn Fatal?
I know the zoo always prefers ethnically/culturally/geographically appropriate names for their animals, but just like with The Killing, I implore them to not be so boring or predictable. For python names, I suggest Egyptian Cobra, Honey Badger, or Kitty. Also acceptable: Huggy or Squeezy. Continue reading The Killing Slowly Slithers Along, While the Zoo’s New Snake Needs a Name
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Check out this video of the Woodland Park Zoo’s latest zoo baby, newly-named eight-week-old ocelot kitten Evita, as she gets a health exam (and a clean bill of health) from the zoo staff. The best part: angry kitteh noises at 0:32 and the end of the clip. You mad, in the cutest way possible. Continue reading Woodland Park Zoo’s Ocelot Kitty Hates the Dentist
