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Denver the Giraffe Has a Milestone Birthday at Reid Park Zoo
This week, Reid Park Zoo is celebrating the 30th birthday of Denver the giraffe. Denver’s 30th birthday is a huge milestone, as the median life expectancy of a female giraffe is 19.4 years. She is just a couple of months…
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A New Andean Bear Is Moving Into Reid Park Zoo
Reid Park Zoo welcomes Oja, the Andean bear! Oja was born at the Zurich Zoo as a part of their bear breeding program. She is inquisitive and bold, and her favorite foods are peanuts, raisins and strawberries. Oja’s fifth birthday…
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Squirrel Monkeys Have Arrived
The troop is settling in at the Animal Health Center at Reid Park Zoo. Guests swill soon be able to experience the energy of tiny, adorable squirrel monkeys at Reid Park Zoo! Three female squirrel monkeys and one male has…
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Reid Park Zoo Helping to Save the Southern Tamandua
A Major Success for Conservation Reid Park Zoo announced the birth of a baby southern tamandua earlier this fall. Lety, the Zoo’s twelve-year-old female tamandua, welcomed her seventh offspring on August 31. During the initial health check, animal care staff…
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Raging For Rhinos
As grey clashes with brown, the earth moves. One after another, like a steady drum beating to a rhythmic chant, prints the size of a melon are etched into the earth’s canvas. Slowly, water trickles in, filling the divots to…
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We Have a “Big” Announcement!
Reid Park Zoo is happy to announce Lety, the twelve-year-old female tamandua, and Santiago, a fifteen-year-old male tamandua welcomed a male baby tamandua on August 31. Although the little one has yet to be named, the animal care staff have…
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Eyes on the front, ready to hunt!
Did you know animals that hunt are called predators? Predators eat other animals, called prey, for food. They are very important for keeping ecosystems healthy because they maintain the balance between plants and the animals that eat plants (herbivores). When…
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Life is like a bed of roses…primroses
Worf, Reid Park Zoo’s male Andean bear, has been a visitor favorite for years. He often rolls and plays in the pink primrose flowers in his habitat or wades in his pool during the summer heat. Worf is always…
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The Largest Reptile in North American is Here!
AMERICAN ALLIGATOR LYING IN THE WAIT The largest reptile in North America, the American alligator, can now be seen at Reid Park Zoo. Zoo guests have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this nine-foot reptile while the habitat was under…
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A New Herd Has Moved In!
On Monday, March 26, Reid Park Zoo became home to seven new residents, three female and four male, four-month-old Nigerian dwarf goats. The Nigerian dwarf is a miniature goat from West Africa. It has been domesticated as a dairy goat…
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