What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

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What zoo animals eat pumpkins. Today animals at Brookfield Zoo were treated to some Halloween treatspumpkins. From the smallest of fish to the largest rhino animals at Chester Zoo were given pumpkins filled with treats to eat and play with and in some cases explore. Yes both the pumpkin flesh and seeds are enjoyed by a number of animals.

Gorilla Koko enjoys a pumpkin tossed into his habitat at the Detroit Zoo. A wolverine eats a Halloween pumpkin in Zoo Budapest and Botanical Garden in Budapest Hungary on Oct. This is when the animals devour treat-stuffed pumpkins.

Make sure the pumpkins arent rotting covered in candle wax or painted before feeding. Many people think butternut squash is a vegetable but It is really a fruit. The zoos inhabitants were given pumpkins and other seasonal munchies to.

Pairi Daiza animal park. Sometimes the animals eat the pumpkins and sometimes they smash them stomp them scratch them up and roll them around. But it wasnt until about 25 years ago that the Cincinnati Zoo started involving the public.

If youre always watching funny animal videos on your phone put your phone down and see some live-action animal antics at the zoo. 10292010 0851am EDT Updated May 25 2011. In the case of others like the lions bats geese and meerkats we use the pumpkins as feeding devices by carving holes into the pumpkins and hiding treats inside.

Forget the sugary candy and throw-away costumes. When it comes to Halloween zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns. After a countdown keepers at the Kansas City Zoo rolled bright orange pumpkins into the elephant exhibit.