Elephants at Milwaukee Zoo have smashing 'gourd' time with giant pumpkins
As for the zoo’s three elephants — they’re named Brittany, Ruth and Belle.
The Milwaukee County Zoo acquired Belle in 2019 from another zoo as part of an expansion of its elephant exhibit, the zoo’s website detailed.Milwaukee Zoo / Amazing Animals+Pumpkins are native to North America, said Rosane Oliveira, a professor at the University of California, Davis, in a 2018 article published on the college’s website.
Pumpkins are believed to date back to 9,000 years ago, she also said on the site, and there are over 45 pumpkin varieties.Elephants normally eat grasses, herbs, leaves, fruit, bark, vines, shrubs, said the Milwaukee County Zoo’s website — and their diets in the wildElephants are still able to eat pumpkins despite the squash not being typically a part of their diet.
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