'Bloodsicles' are keeping Denver's tigers from overheating during this heat wave.
as natural habitat disappears or becomes less hospitable. On the other, the burden of ensuring suitable safe space is growing more difficult.The Denver Zoo opened its new African penguin habitat on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021.“Yeah, we could. But our animals really want to be outside. And we want them to be outside. We want them to enjoy those outdoor exhibit areas — and be there for our guests,” said Denver Zoo general curator Emily Insalaco, an animal behaviorist.
Beyond the frozen treats, mist and occasional ice baths, the zoo’s long-term strategy calls for creating better shade — similar toThe zoo’s horticultural team has counted 7,500 trees overall on their 84 acres in City Park just east of downtown — a mix of mostly cottonwoods along with pines, poplars, lindens and catalpas. But trees are dying here, as around the city, due to heat, drought and insects.
For now, Denver’s former polar bear facility holds a lone grizzly, Tundra, orphaned as a cub around 2002 in Alaska.
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