Christmas.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the zoo Not a creature was stirring, except an eggnog drunk Emu The stockings were hung by the herpetarium with care,In hope that St. Nicholas would bring tasty hare; The reptiles were nestled all snug on their rocks, With visions of small rodents being dropped in their box; The zookeeper in her office, and I in my exhibit, Had just settled down for something that rhymes with exhibit. When out in the zoo there arose such a clatter. I sprang from my cage next to the black adder, Way past the monkey house I slithered and slank, Past the lions and bears and some fish in a tank. The ambient lighting of the apple so big Made it easy to see the ...

While most of us are no longer convinced that Santa Claus exists, researchers in the Netherlands have revealed why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is more real than just a children's song. According to a recent study published by BMJ, there is an actual scientific explanation behind why some reindeer do in fact have red noses. Researchers uncovered a small group of reindeer native to the Arctic regions in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia and Scandinavia who actually do have a distinct red coloring in their noses. ...