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Hello all! A lot has changed since the last time I wrote to you guys. I still work in our Outback Station section, but I am now a keeper under the Ambassador Animals Department instead of our Mammals Department. The Ambassador Animals Department is really geared toward guest interaction with our animals, whether that’s our … Continue reading "What’s an enrichment liaison?"

Critically endangered species is new to Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Zoo Atlanta welcomes two exciting new arrivals to the award-winning Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Two African slender-snouted crocodiles arrived on February 13, 2018, and may be seen exploring their new habitat starting Friday, February 16. “We’re always … Continue reading "Introducing African slender-snouted crocodiles"

Critically endangered species is new to Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Zoo Atlanta welcomes two exciting new arrivals to the award-winning Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience. Two African slender-snouted crocodiles arrived on February 13, 2018, and may be seen exploring their new habitat starting Friday, February 16. “We’re always … Continue reading "Introducing African slender-snouted crocodiles"

Everyone knows that our resident male, Yang Yang, is a class-A clown and eternal cub-at-heart. While Lun Lun is more of a “businesswoman,” when the mood strikes she can get very playful. Her little shadows have been making sure that Mom doesn’t spend too much time eating or sleeping lately. We’ve noticed a pattern over … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, February 14"

Happy Valentine’s Day! If you read our previous blog, you probably found some great ideas on how to be a conscientious consumer when it comes to shopping for greeting cards, flowers, chocolates and other pink and red things. We’d like you to continue being a conscientious consumer past this holiday, though, and spread some love … Continue reading "Why Conscientious Consuming Matters"

Hello, everyone! I’m Courtney, a gorilla caregiver, here to tell you about some of the tool-use skills our gorillas have and how most of their enrichment opportunities encourage those natural behaviors. Gorillas, like other apes, use sticks as tools to forage for food. Observing tool-use in animals is exciting, because it highlights similarities between humans … Continue reading "Tool use in gorillas"

The cubs have both exceeded the 90-pound mark. Ya Lun is still the heavier of the two at around 43 kilograms, with Xi Lun at around 42 kilograms. They are little bamboo-eating machines and they’ve begun coming inside with Lun Lun almost every time we need to freshen up Lun’s bamboo. Right now we have … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, February 12"

If you follow the Zoo on our social networks, you might remember a certain #TakeoverTuesday that had an unusual focus on scat. Well, that was me, and if you didn’t get enough of a scat talk then you’re in luck: here is “Scat Chat 2.0.” Working in the Wieland Wildlife Home, I have the privilege … Continue reading "Monitoring scat for animal health"

Try to imagine a new color. Well, just stop, because it is not possible. Every color that you can imagine is simply a mixture of the red-green-blue wavelengths that comprise the Human Visual Spectrum. There are plenty of other wavelengths wandering through the universe, but our eyes cannot detect them. We live our life in … Continue reading "Color: in the eye of the beholder?"

Three little (big) peas in a pod! I captured a cute moment the other morning while the ladies were inside munching on breakfast, patiently waiting for their overnight bamboo mess to be cleaned up. Both cubs now love their bananas! They each get about half a banana, and the current favorite way of eating the … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, February 2"