The 17 Weirdest Things I Learned at the Zoo
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Published 2024-03-29
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All Comments (21)
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Oh hey, that's us! Thank you so much for spending a few hours at Denver Zoo and for sharing some of these wild and weird facts! It's always a pleasure when we're able to share our animal care and wildlife conservation stories with awesome people like you! Don't be a stranger!!
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"I love your shoelaces!" "Thanks, I got them from the President... of DFTBA"
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I give the newsletter “We’re Here” 5 stars.
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HANK! You don't have a time limit for videos, yet you only gave us THREE SECONDS OF PENGUINS RUNNING ABOUT BEING ADORABLE?!
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Lady vulture is really throwing as much shade as possible at himbo vulture and he tries so hard. 😭
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It was a pleasure and an honor to share my favorite place and my best animal friends with you and the fam. ☺ Next time I'll make sure you meet the BEST giraffid, Sekele, and we'll check out all the cool primates!! John, the invitation is open to you as well.
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Did they check your pockets for any hidden lemurs when you left?
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"to increase.... health. .......... IT DOESN'T WORK!" I laughed so hard 🤣
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love that "night keeper" is a real job title that real people have
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I love how that Giraffe's expression is like "yeah I did get a selfie with Hank Green, what about it?"
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Guide: "Okay, so giraffe mating-" Hank: "Oh, I already know about all that."
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So I guess the thing to remember about antivenom is that, if you have to receive it from a zoo, make note of which zoo you get it from, and then donate the cost of the antivenom to that zoo. I assume this is the proper move, because it seems not great for them to take a loss on saving your life.
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'IT DOESN'T WORK' - 10/10 summery of drinking blenderised frogs
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If I was the night keeper, you wouldn't be able to know me without knowing that
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4:37 these Giraffe selfies are adorable!
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Tbf my Iron gets too high if I don't have it taken out occasionally I've tried sticking to a "low iron" diet, and it helps keep me in the "high" but not "too high" range. But yeah... doctor was like "you should give blood"... and when I responded with "I do" he was like... "probably more often then if you can". I have "bad days" where I can't really work out why I am... then I get a text from the NHS telling me that my blood has saved someone's life, and I remember that along with Arthritis, and increased risk of Heart Disease and Diabetes my genetic lottery came up with "really Irony blood"... and every 3 months someone gets my super blood and maybe they don't die. Don't supposed there's much call for Rhino blood... but I got such a text this week and it helped deal with work... so... I kinda just wanted to shout my Iron related anecdote
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"we're everywhere, including a zoo... AT NIGHT!" I don't know why, but that made me spit out my drink laughing. Caught me off guard XD
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My favourite fact I learned when I recently went to a zoo was the penguins have dual camouflage, which is why they’re both black and white. They have white tummies so that when they’re in the water if predators look up at them, they mix in with the light/water, and black backs, so that when predators look down at them, they mix in with the water/depths.
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Honestly the przewalski's horse pronunciation was the thing that got me
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"we're everywhere! Even at the zoo...at NIGHT! 😁🙌 Lmao love this
