Posts tagged "Bronx Zoo"

Tons of Turtles; Nurse Bunny

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Feb 5th 2010 6:00PM Filed Under: Chew on This

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the Web each week!

Tiny Toads on The Move

African spray toads dodge extinction and find a new home in the Bronx Zoo. Apparently they'd always wanted to visit the Big Apple. [via NYTimes.com]
Nurse Bunny

A paralyzed rabbit works as a therapy pet at a hospital in Israel. Other, lazier, therapy animals are secretly annoyed with the overachieving bunny. [via People Pets]
Blinded Turtle

After having his eyes gouged out in Greece, this turtle finds a new life in the UK. [via Guardian.co.uk]
Turtles Take A Wrong Turn
An Aussie and her neighbors save hundreds of baby turtles who wandered into the street. In other news, loggerhead turtles name her their queen. [via ABC.net.au]
Chillax, Bro

"Man, am I tired. I've had a rough day of eating fruit and checking my skin for parasites. Now I just wanna kick back." [via Telegraph.co.uk]

The Bronx Zoo's 'Boo at the Zoo'

by Evan Jacobs (Subscribe to Evan Jacobs's posts): Oct 28th 2009 3:00PM Filed Under: Exotic Pets

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If animals could speak, certainly they would ask to participate in Halloween. "We're already dressed up," they would say. "As animals."

Many zoos around the country have answered this hypothetical request by offering Halloween-themed exhibits and activities during the season. A partial list includes:

Of course, if your local zoo isn't on the list, just check out its Web site and see if it is participating in the festivities.

New York's Bronx Zoo has for the past decade participated in the hair-raising holiday with their Boo at the Zoo spooktacular. During the month of October, the zoo's staff scatters square bales of hay, corn husks, and pumpkins around the grounds, and garnishes all of it with fake spiders, plastic skulls, cobwebs, and other Halloweeny items.

This year, the zoo offers several activities for those who have the courage to go on a haunted hay ride, explore a scary safari, or see some animals having fun with pumpkins. So last weekend, I headed to the Bronx Zoo to face my fears and perhaps get my face painted.

Mongoose Pups Make Their Debut at the Bronx Zoo

by Paul Ciampanelli (Subscribe to Paul Ciampanelli's posts): Sep 10th 2009 1:00PM Filed Under: Exotic Pets, Pets News

Photo: Julie Larsen Maher, WCS

New York City welcomed some adorable new zoo residents this week. Three baby dwarf mongooses were born at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo, and they're a triplet of cuteness.

According to the WCS, dwarf mongooses (not mongeese) are found in sub-Saharan Africa, and they are the smallest carnivores on their native continent. They are social animals who live in small groups led by one dominant male and one dominant female. But in the comfort of the Bronx zoo, they are playing hide-and-seek in a hollowed-out log and spending some quality time with Mom.

You can visit these newborns at the Bronx Zoo's Carter Giraffe Building, and other dwarf mongooses on exhibit at the zoo's Mouse House. In the meantime, fill your cuteness quotient with the video below.

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Madagascar Day Gecko
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Walkingstick
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Dwarf Puff Adder
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Chameleons
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Green Anole
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The Eastern Wood Frog
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