Catch your favorite Zoo animals enjoying a slice of summer!

Every Wednesday in July, Reid Park Zoo will be providing special enrichment that are all centered around the classic pink and green summer treat, watermelon!

Enjoy seeing the giraffe’s lick up pulverized watermelons in popsicles, meerkats run through frozen melon tunnels, and elephants smash watermelons whole. In addition to providing fun hydration and exercise, these sweet treats encourage the animals to use natural skills and behaviors such as foraging and problem solving.

 Here’s the schedule of festivities:  

July 23:

8:30 a.m.- elephant habitat
9 a.m. – jaguar habitat
9:30 a.m. – South American Aviary
10 a.m. – South American tortoise habitat
11 a.m. – giraffe habitat

July 30:

8:30 a.m. – elephant
9 a.m. – otter
9:30 a.m. – grizzly
10 a.m. – ring-tailed lemur/duiker
11 a.m. – leopard tortoises