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Penzi Loves Lettuce & Ear Scratches
It’s hard to believe Penzi is already three months old! Over the last month, her balance has improved, she’s slowing starting to approach the herd’s mud wallows, and she’s discovered a favorite food: lettuce! While she has started eating a little bit,…
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Stay at Home Fun: Reid Park Zoo
Are you ready for Stay at Home Fun? The Zoo remains closed at this time, but Jamie is here to show you all the great ways you can interact with the Zoo while you are safe at home. Thank you…
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Penzi at 3 Months
Penzi has been busy with her family, practicing all the skills she will need later in life: keeping up with the herd, splashing in the mud, and using her trunk to pick up hay and grass. Penzi is trying —…
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Watching Penzi Spend Time With her Herd
Enjoy this full minute of baby Penzi spending time with her herd! As a part of the City of Tucson’s phased reopening plan, we are still uncertain of our opening date. But don’t worry, little Penzi still has lots of…
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Photos of Penzi to Brighten Your Day
Here’s a little more Penzi cuteness to brighten your day. Enjoy these recent photos of baby Penzi just doing elephant things!
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Penzi Learns to Rub and Scratch
Elephant calf Penzi is learning another important elephant skill: how to rub on surfaces to get a good scratch! Sometimes she uses structures in the habitat to rub on, and sometimes she just uses mom’s leg!
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A Tree Trunk for the Herd
The herd got a special enrichment item this week: a mesquite tree trunk and root ball. Savannah, one of the members of the elephant care team snapped this photo of Semba, Mabu, Nandi, and Penzi enjoying it!
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Penzi’s New Skill
Penzi has mastered an important new skill! She’s using her trunk to bring water to her mouth to drink. While elephant calves get almost all of their water and nutrients from nursing, these additional fluids are important for staying hydrated in…
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Penzi Update: Energetic, Nursing Well, But Still Experiencing Diarrhea
Our little elephant calf is energetic, and nursing and sleeping well, but is still experiencing diarrhea. Our veterinary and elephant care teams are treating Penzi with antibiotics and making sure she spends lots of time in the shade to ward…
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Penzi Health Update
You may have noticed Penzi hasn’t been visible as often on the Zoo cam recently. Penzi’s nursing decreased over the weekend and she has had significant diarrhea later in the week. Dr. Roth, our veterinarian, and the elephant team have…
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