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Ten lords a leapin' or ten LEMURS leapin'? 🎉Ce

Ten lords a leapin' or ten LEMURS leapin'?
🎉Celebrate the holidays and support your Birmingham Zoo by symbolically adopting a wild animal as a holiday gift!
Your gift will help to provide food, health care, habitat maintenance, and enrichment activities for the Zoo's animal family, and also help to support the Zoo's education and conservation programs.

🐾Your friend or loved one will receive an adoption certificate, animal fact sheet, photo, and plush from the Zoo gift shop. You can also gift yourself an animal adoption! Click here to start the adoption process! LINK IN BIO

#BhamZoo #AdoptAnAnimal #ThisisBham #instagrambham #Conservation

Happy 5th Birthday to Chaucer the #donkey! He is c

Happy 5th Birthday to Chaucer the #donkey! He is celebrating his big day with some carrots and fresh lettuce from his wonderful Animal Care Team!

📍Come visit us at the #BirminghamZoo and say "Happy Birthday" to Chaucer!
⏰ Wednesday - Sunday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | *Hours subject to change for events or inclement weather.
#BhamZoo #BirminghamAL #MagicCity #ThisisBham #BhamLife

🐘The best teacher for an elephant is an elephan

🐘The best teacher for an elephant is an elephant!

Hear from Hollie Colahan, your Zoo’s Deputy Director, about the importance of Birmingham Zoo’s all-male herd of African elephants and its impact on elephant welfare and wellness in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Connect Magazine article "Elephants Being Elephants".

🔗https://www.aza.org/connect-stories/stories/evolving-science-enhances-elephant-care-and-exhibit-design-encouraging-natural-behaviors

@zoos_aquariums #AZA #AssociationofZoosandAquariums #BhamZoo #BirminghamZoo #ElephantHerd

We have some #glowing gators at your Birmingham Zo

We have some #glowing gators at your Birmingham Zoo this season!

Join us this holiday season for *Glow Wild: An Animal Lantern Celebration! Watch the Zoo come alive with jaw-dropping wild animal and sea life lantern creations brilliantly lighting up the night!

🎟️Get your tickets TODAY: LINK IN BIO
*Glow Wild: An Animal Lantern Celebration is made possible by Supporting Sponsors: @BakerCampArnold, @CallahanEye and @AbogadosCentroLegal
Thank you to Hanart Culture for creating such unique Lanterns for this year's Glow Wild!
#GlowWild2022 #BhamZoo #BirminghamZoo #HolidayEvents #AnimalLantern #BhamThingsToDo

Cranberry the #redflankedduiker having a bubbly-go

Cranberry the #redflankedduiker having a bubbly-good time at your #BirminghamZoo!

📸Annie B., Zoological Manager, Trails of Africa
📍Come visit us at the #BirminghamZoo and say “hello” to Cranberry next time you “pop” by!
⏰ Wednesday - Sunday, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | *Hours subject to change for events or inclement weather.
#BhamZoo #BirminghamAL #MagicCity #ThisisBham #BhamLife

Today is #GivingTuesday! A global day of philanthr

Today is #GivingTuesday! A global day of philanthropy and doing good. Now is the perfect time to show your favorite Zoo animal your love.

🎉 Your support will help to provide the specialized nutrition and daily care that each of these animals needs and deserves. 👉Help your Zoo’s animals Wildly Thrive by making your tax-deductible gift by December 1 at birminghamzoo.com/donate or text “Zoo” to 53-555.

See ya in the spring Bety and Sassy!!! Your Birmin

See ya in the spring Bety and Sassy!!! Your Birmingham Zoo #blackbears are officially in #torpor for the season!

🐻Wait… don’t bears hibernate? Bears go into Torpor, similar to hibernation but not quite as extreme. While a hibernator may drop their body temp to ambient temperatures, an animal in Torpor will only drop 5-10 degrees; the same is seen with the heart rate, breathing rate and metabolic rate - there is a decrease, but it is minimal in comparison to hibernation. Since these levels are not as low, a bear can wake suddenly to protect itself and its cubs if need be; this also means that if it is a nice day, you may see a bear in the wild out of its den foraging for something to eat.

Bety and Sassy's Animal Care Team watch their behavior closely and adjust their day accordingly. Typically around August/September the girls enter the hyperphagia phase, where all they want to do all day is eat everything so they can pack on weight for the winter. Then they'll start denning in October, and their artificial dens will be set up in their holding buildings; they'll continue to have to the yards during the day until they stay in their dens all the time. At that point, the team will winterize the yards, and the bears will stay inside until their behavior warrants anything different. Typically they will remain in their dens until February-ish but it varies each year. It is entirely up to them, and their Animal Care Team follows their lead!

📷Amanda P., Zoological Manager, Alabama Wilds
#BhamZoo #BirminghamAL #MagicCity #ThisisBham #BhamLife

LAST CHANCE! Give the BEST gift for friends, famil

LAST CHANCE! Give the BEST gift for friends, family, or even YOURSELF - a ZOO MEMBERSHIP! Your Birmingham Zoo has a special offer on memberships! Purchase or renew your Zoo membership TODAY and receive 1 FREE admission ticket to Glow Wild! Use code GLOW22!

#Holiday #Holidaygifts #BlackFridaydeal #CyberMondaydeal #BirminghamZoo #BhamZoo

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