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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Zoo News Sunday: National Zookeeper Week, babies and a 600 pound tortoise!

Good morning everyone in Bloggerville. Zebee here with lots of great happenings at the world zoos. Sit back and travel with me around the world for a bit. I’ll see you back here at the end of our trip.

N.C. Zoo Celebrates National Zookeeper Week
Watch this video to see what they’re doing at the zoo. Thanks zookeepers!

Cougar Mountain Zoo in Issaquah to Debut New Bengal Tiger Cubs on Wednesday
What cute babies! They are two different breeds of tigers. Which two?

Zoo Director (O.K., Be That Way)
A great look inside the Bronx zoo. How many animals do they have? Read and find out that and much more insiders stuff.

A Walk in The Vienna Zoo
Great slide show of the worlds oldest zoo. When did it open? 1752!

Bulkee, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo's newest koala, now on display
Watch this video and learn all about Bulkee the male koala.

The St, Louis Zoo – A Day Trip to Remember
Okay, I’m not a big fan of insects, but they have a really cool Insectarium you just have to check out.

Tulsa Zoo welcomes 600-pound tortoise
Look at the picture and see just how big a 600 pound tortoise is. He’s also pretty old, for a tortoise that is.

Zoo Animals Baffled by Solar Eclipse
Very interesting! Read what happened at this zoo in China last week. Did you see the solar eclipse where you live?

Zoo Tiger Cubs Now Have Names
See what they are and look at the picture of one of them. Cute as can be!

Clues At The Zoo
What a fun idea. Check this out. Could your zoo do something like this?

Rock Out at the Seattle Zoo
See who’s coming to town. Zoos are great places to spend an evening listening to music.

Cincinnati Zoo's cheetah looks to set new land speed record for mammals
It’s a race of a different kind. Read how these two cheetah from different parts of the world are going to race against each other to see how can claim the title of fastest cheetah.

A look back at the Fort Worth Zoo's first 100 wild years
See how far they’ve come in 100 years. Great history here.

Bearing up: Orphaned grizzly cubs to star in Memphis Zoo exhibit
The Memphis Zoo did a lot of work to make this baby feel at home. Read about his new life.

Knoxville Zoo’s prize chimp is bold, curious as he turns 1
What a great picture and video of this chimps birthday. Learn how long he’s going to be at the Knoxville Zoo.

Animals Do Their Part to Keep Miami Zoo GreenWhat can we animals do to help out? See what they’re doing down at the Miami Zoo.

What’s happening at the zoo near you? If you tell me where you live, I’ll check out your local zoo and report on it whenever they are having special events. Just drop me a comment. Thanks!

I’m glad you came along with me today. I hope the rest of your day is going to be as much fun as mine is. While I was traveling with you, the keepers Rebekha and Sally hid treats for me to find all over my exhibit. I love to explore and find them all. There’s one over there. It looks like a carrot. Oh, and there’s another one! Got to go. See you back here Tuesday with all the art projects form our campers. Bye for now!

posted by Zebee aka Joy Delgado
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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Zoo News Day: Travel the World of Zoos

Hi everyone in Bloggerville. Boy have I been busy this week. There seems to be more and more zoo news as the summer goes on. This week I went from Denver to Singapore to the Taronga Zoo in Sydney and on and on. I really did travel the world to find the best of the best in zoo news for the week. So, sit back, grab a glass of chocolate milk and some cookies because there’s lots happening in the world of zoos.


Zoo hopes to boost endangered tortoise population
Do you now what a creep of tortoises is? Read how the endangered Bolson tortoise are being helped in New Mexico, oh, and find out what a creep is.

Pangolin at Singapore Zoo
Look at a pangolin up close and personal here. Did you now they are part of the anteater family?

Taronga Zoo's Tex is one randy Tasmanian devil
Learn about Tasmanian Devils by watching the video and see how cute they are.

Koala and Kangaroo Joeys Debut at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Aren’t they cute? Koalas always look so cuddly.

As animals live longer, zoos find ways to help them age gracefully
Who would have thought that we animals are doing the same thing you humans are doing? Living longer! Look how zookeepers art taking care of our senior citizens.

Baby zebra debuts at Denver Zoo
Look at Elliot the Zebra. He’s a different species from me but just as beautiful if I don’t say so myself.

Well, that’s all for today. Hope you enjoyed this trip around the world. See you Tuesday.

Zebee