Each Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. CST, we host a Facebook Live to bring the Zoo to YOU! Join us for updates of what our furred, flippered, and feathered friends are up to and how our zookeepers are caring for them. Check out our Facebook Live Library below!
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Giraffe Feeding Platform - January 20
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Ernie at the McGovern Plaza - January 13
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Nelson and the Elephant Herd - January 6
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Silas, the Pygmy Hippo - December 16
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Ambassador Animals with Camp Supervisor Nick - December 9
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Shasta - December 2
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Curly the Sloth - November 25
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Orangutans - November 18
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Elephant Bath with Baylor - November 11
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Komodo Dragon - November 4
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Black Bears - October 28
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Not-So-Spooky Critters - October 21
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Goat Tour - October 14
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South America's Pantanal Preview - October 7
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American Alligators - September 30
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Masai Giraffes - September 23
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Giant River Otters in Pantanal - September 16
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Animal Ambassadors - September 9
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Amphibians - September 2
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Farm Animals - August 19
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Elephants - August 12
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Peter Rabbit - August 5
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Galapagos Tortoise - July 29
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Whooping Cranes - July 22
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Sea Lions - July 15
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River Otters - July 8
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Tiny Tenrecs - July 1
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Bug House - June 24
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Curly the Sloth - June 17
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Ambassador Snakes - June 10
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Reopening Modifications - June 1
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Baby Nelson - May 29
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Reopening FAQs - May 28
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South America's Pantanal - May 27
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Rhino Bath - May 26
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Western Lowland Gorillas - May 22
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Schmidt's Red-Tailed Monkey - May 21
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Pollinators - May 20
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Sea Turtles Release - May 19
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Masai Giraffes - May 18
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Attwater's Prairie Chickens - May 15
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Turtle Building - May 14
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Guam Rail and Golden Lion Tamarins - May 13
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Coquerel's Sifaka - May 12
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Jaguars - May 11
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Behind-the-Scenes Birds - May 8
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Elephant Bath - May 7
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Unusual Fish - May 6
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Swap Shop - May 5
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Ankole Cattle - May 4
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Komodo Dragon - May 1
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Lions - April 30
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Houston Toads - April 29
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North American Porcupine - April 28
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Baird's Tapirs - April 27
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Pollinators - April 24
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Tenrec - April 23
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Orangutans - April 22
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Texas Wetlands - April 21
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North American River Otters - April 20
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Texas Snakes - April 17
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Meerkats - April 16
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Flamingos - April 15
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Coastal Pool - April 14
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Okapi - April 13
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Asian Small-Clawed Otters - April 10
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Vet Clinic - April 9
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Mole Rats - April 8
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White Rhinos - April 7
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Galapagos Tortoises - April 6
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Bug House - April 3
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Cougars - April 1
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Green-winged Macaw - March 31
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Red Pandas - March 30
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Clouded Leopards - March 27
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Sea Lions - March 26
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Whooping Cranes - March 25
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Chimpanzees - March 24
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Banded Mongoose - March 23
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Curly the Sloth - March 20
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Elephant Bath - March 19
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Cheetah Walk - March 18
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Goat Social Party - March 17
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Giraffe Feeding - March 16
A giraffe’s tongue can be over 1.5 feet long once they’re fully grown! Get up close with our giraffe herd the next time you visit the Zoo during one of our daily giraffe feedings at 11am and 2pm.
Our North American porcupine, Ernie, was excited for this morning’s mini tour of our renovated entrance and new McGovern Plaza! This renovation is helping us make way for construction for the Galapagos Islands, which opens in 2022.
Our nearly eight-month-old Asian elephant, Nelson, reached a BIG milestone this week and now weighs 1,000 pounds! He’s been learning a lot of new training behaviors and will grow to be 10,000-15,000 pounds once he’s fully grown.
Thank you for joining us in our last Facebook Live of 2020, and for tuning in all year-long! We hope you enjoyed seeing Silas, our pygmy hippo, who made his public debut three weeks ago. You can see him in his exhibit across from the ankole cattle.
We’ll be back in January, Wednesdays at 11am! Happy holidays! 💚
Tingoora – Ting for short – may look like a dog, but she’s a dingo native to Australia. Unlike dogs, she’s unable to bark but can howl like a wolf, which is a distant relative of theirs.
Although cougars may look like a big cat, they’re actually classified as a small cat. They have the ability to purr, not roar, like cheetahs. If you missed today’s livestream with University of Houston mascot, Shasta, or want to watch it again, check it out online.
Curly is sloth goals. He sleeps anywhere between 18-20 hours a day! Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths are nocturnal and tend to have a great sense of smell.
Orangutans are the only great ape species that is primarily arboreal, meaning they spend most of their time in trees. This week, our newly renovated orangutan habitat reopened and features an additional viewing area for guests, as well as additional shade and naturalistic logs and vines for our orangutans to climb.
Every morning, our 11 elephants receive a bath from their zookeepers to ensure they’re healthy and to work on voluntary training behaviors, including checking their feet and mouths. Weighing over 7,000 lbs, it’s important for Baylor and our herd to have their feet regularly checked.
For millions of years, Komodo dragons have inhabited a small group of Indonesian islands, including Komodo – hence their name!
Belle and Willow, are gearing up for denning season, also known as torpor, where their body temperature and metabolic rate slow down. This means they are less interested in food and may not even need to drink water or pass waste from December-February. Black bears in Texas do not truly hibernate since it doesn’t get as cold in the winter here.
We’re still buzzing over today’s Facebook Live! Zookeeper Declan took us up close with a few of our Bug House residents to show you how cool bugs really are and why they aren’t as frightening as you may think.
We hope you enjoyed this morning’s tour of our South America’s Pantanal, which opens this Saturday! Be among the first to see a variety of animals right here at the Houston Zoo including giant rivers otters, a jaguar, and many more!
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Giraffe’s tongues are dark purple, which helps help protect them from the sun! It’s kind of like sunscreen for the tongue! 🦒 If you missed today’s livestream from the giraffe barn, or just want to watch the replay, check out our Facebook Live library presented by T-Mobile: bit.ly/3iXVe3h
Did you get to meet our giant river otters Dru and Max on this morning’s livestream? If you missed out, or just want to watch it again, check out our Facebook Live library presented by T-Mobile: bit.ly/2wHMYBw
Black throated monitors can be found in South Eastern Africa. Did you know that these species are also related to Komodo dragons? We hope you enjoyed today’s live stream!
Did you know that the Hellbender Salamander has folds on their skin that help them absorb oxygen underwater? Thanks for tuning into today’s live stream with Zookeeper Chris!
We hope you enjoyed learning more about Winston the pig, Levi the sheep, Fiesta the llama, Zamir the Zebu!
We hope you enjoyed this morning’s #WorldElephantDay live stream!
We hope you enjoyed this morning’s Peter Rabbit update!
In the 1940s, there were around only 20 whooping cranes left in the wild. Thanks to conservation efforts, their population has increased and there are now over 850 whooping cranes. Watch this morning’s livestream with Zookeepers Tim and Stephanie.
See our sea lions participate in a recycling challenge and take the pledge to reduce your single-use plastics and help save sea lions in the wild!
Learn more about our North American river otters, Jack and Belle, and how you can help save them in the wild by making the switch to reusable water bottles and shopping bags.
Believe it or not, these mighty tenrecs are most closely related to elephants! Learn more about our tenrec trio from Children’s Zoo Supervisor Danielle.
Learn more about some of our smallest residents at the Zoo from Zookeeper Declan as we celebrate #InsectWeek!
Find out more about Curly, our Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth, from Zookeeper Tessa!
Learn more about two of our Ambassador snakes, William Snakespeare, our ball python, and Jolt, our Sonoran gopher snake, from Camp Supervisor Nick!
Check out our final daily Bringing the Zoo to You Facebook Live as Jackie, our director of public relations shares more about some of the modifications you can expect when you visit the Zoo and some of the items you can purchase at our gift shop.
Learn more about our herd from Rob, our elephant manager, and see the youngest member, Nelson, up close!
Hear from Jackie, our director of public relations, as she shares more about the Zoo’s reopening plans and answers frequently asked questions from viewers.
Check out a behind-the-scenes sneak peek of our upcoming South America’s Pantanal exhibit opening later this year.
Learn more about our southern white rhino, George, from Zookeeper John as gets a bath.
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Learn more about our bachelor gorilla troop from Zookeeper Ashley as she does an ice pop toss to them as part of today’s enrichment.
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Learn more about our youngest Schmidt’s red-tailed guenon, Peter Rabbit, from Zookeeper Miriam!
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Learn more about our pollinators from Children’s Zoo Supervisor Michelle as we chat with Rodeo Houston!
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Watch Zookeepers Andy and Cody from the Houston Zoo’s Sea Turtle Hospital release three green sea turtles back into the wild.
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Just like humans, giraffes have seven neck vertebrae! Learn more about our Masai giraffes from Zookeeper Kendall!
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Learn more from Zookeeper and APC Recovery Program Coordinator, Amber, as she takes you on a behind the scenes look at the work we’re doing to restore the Attwater’s prairie chicken population in the wild.
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Watch as Zookeeper Chris gives viewers a behind the scenes tour of our Turtle Building.
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Learn how we’re helping save birds in the wild like the Guam Rail from Bird Curator Hannah and see our Ambassador Guam Rail, Hurao, clean the waterways as part of his training. Zookeepers Sydney and Tessa are also sharing more about the endangered golden lion tamarins.
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Sifakas can jump 20 feet from tree to tree! Learn more about our sifaka family from Zookeeper Tiffany!
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Jaguars have the strongest bite force of any cat! Watch our female jaguar jump 9 feet in the air for her bone-in meat enrichment and learn more about this elusive big cat species from Zookeeper Tori.
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Ahead of World Migratory Bird Day, we’re taking you behind the scenes to introduce you to a few of our bird species that are off exhibit with Zookeeper Jessica.
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See our oldest male elephant, Thailand, who will be 55 in June, get an elephant bath from Zookeepers Mandy and Kim.
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Banded archer fish shoot a jet of water at their prey to knock it into the water! Learn more about some of our unusual fish in our Natural Encounters building from Zookeepers Kenny and Denise.
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Learn more about the Swap Shop and how trading works from Senior Naturalist Sara and even meet a few of our Texas native Ambassador Animals with Zookeeper Tianna.
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Ankole cattle date back 4,000 years ago! Learn more about our three Ankole cattle from Zookeeper Memory.
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Komodo dragons are the largest living lizard in the world! We’re taking viewers up close with Boga, our 12-year-old Komodo dragon as he eats a whole pig to help exercise his jaw and encourage natural behaviors they would display in the wild.
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Learn more about our lion pride from Carnivore Supervisor Kathy and see them interact with a variety of enrichment.
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Learn how we are helping save Houston toads in the wild through our Houston Toad Recovery Program and meet Zookeepers Matt and Brittanie.
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Zookeeper Russell shares more about one of our Ambassador Animals, Ernie, the North American Porcupine.
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Zookeeper Kendall shares more about two of our Baird’s tapirs, Molli and Frida for #WorldTapirDay.
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Bennett takes us up close with Milly, our three-banded armadillo, and Anna from Horticulture.
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Zookeeper Lisa shares more about one of our nocturnal friends, Ninerec the tenrec!
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Zookeeper Cheka shares more about our orangutans, Rudi and Kelly from their habitat!
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Water Quality Technician Karen takes us on an up-close look from inside our Kathrine G. McGovern Texas Wetlands.
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Learn more about the playful North American river otter from Zookeeper Jay and meet otters, Jack and Belle!
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Texas is home to more snake species than any other state in the U.S. Learn more about some of our native species from Zookeeper Chris!
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Did you know meerkats can dig 6-7 ft. below ground! Learn more about our mob from Zookeeper Hayley as she takes you up close with our meerkats.
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Learn more about our flamboyance of flamingos from Zookeeper Steve!
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Zookeeper Heather takes viewers up close at our Coastal Pool to learn more about our brown pelicans, ruddy ducks, and laughing gull.
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Okapis are the only living relative of giraffes. Learn more about our Okapis, Kwame and Sukari from Zookeeper Jessica.
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It’s about to get otterly adorable! Zookeeper Priscilla shares more about our two Asian small-clawed otters, Danh Tu and Hope.
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Take a behind scenes look at our veterinary clinic with Dr. Joe as Dr. Judilee performs an exam on a wild green sea turtle.
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Learn more about one of the most unique mammals in the world from Zookeeper Hayley and Peter, vice president of conservation & education.
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Zookeeper Memory is taking you behind the scenes to meet Mumbles our white rhino!
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Our Zookeepers Scott, Chris, and Priscilla are taking you up close to meet the largest living tortoise, the Galapagos tortoise, along with a few of our other tortoise species.
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We’re taking you behind the scenes at the Bug House with Zookeeper Julie and General Curator Kevin!
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General Curator Kevin and our Carnivore team are sharing all about our cougars, Shasta and Haley, from our cougar den.
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Zookeeper Sydney is here to tell you all about Clark, our green-winged macaw, including his favorite song!
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Zookeepers Marisol and Natalie are sharing more about our adorable red pandas, Li Ming and Také.
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Our Zookeepers Kathy and Danielle are taking you on an up-close adventure with our clouded cubs, Nova and Luna!
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Get an up-close look at sea lion training and enrichment with sea lions Jonah and Kamia along with their keepers Sophie, Krista, and Amanda.
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Once on the brink of extinction, learn more about our whooping cranes, Heiden and Angel, who reside in our Kathrine G. McGovern Texas Wetlands Exhibit. Bird Zookeeper Kelly takes us up close!
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Meet Primates Zookeepers Agnieszka and Victoria as they highlight our chimpanzee troop.
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Learn more about our mongoose mob from Children’s Zookeeper Brian.
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Hang with Curly the sloth and his zookeepers and learn more about our two-toed sloth.
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Zookeepers Mandy and Kim take us up-close during an elephant bath with elephants Tess, Tupelo, and Tilly. Tune in to see the surprise cameo!
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Tag along on a cheetah walk with the carnivore team and Dash, one of our male cheetahs here at the Zoo.
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It’s a goat social! Children’s Zookeepers Natalie and Dan are bringing some of our adorable goats to you.
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Our giraffes can brighten anyone’s day! Elephant zookeepers Heather and John share all about our giraffe herd.
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