Surprisingly, I’m not talking about mine this time. Rather, I’m talking about one of the cool new things to come out of quarantine, which is the Bringing The Zoo To You program! Since March 2020, several zoos across the US have joined the BringingTheZooToYou hashtag on Facebook with videos and Facebook Live streams, providing a mix of entertaining updates – such as Minnesota Zoo’s wolves howling along to the local siren test – and educational presentations on various animals, ecosystems (Symbiosis On The Reef), and aspects of care and maintenance. Of the selection I’ve watched so far, my personal favorite is Brookfield Zoo’s chat about Leo Red Panda – they trained him to use a paintbrush!
So yeah, this post is effectively an advertisement for a whole archive of (p)awesome animals and fascinating facts. Go wild!
