#MNZoo staff check on pregnant moms around the clock prior to #FarmBabies. Read our blog that covers the days leading up to the arrival of the babies, and learn how zookeepers and animal health staff work together to care for the moms-to-be. 🐄
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While exploring the Tropics Trail, you've gotta take your picture with the tortoise sculpture, even Luna knows that! 🐢 #MNZoo
📸: Bianca
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Slow and steady wins the race, but when it comes to crossing the road, turtles can use all the help they can get! 🐢 We completed a turtle fencing study with to help keep them safe. Learn how to safely help turtles cross the road from : bit.ly/2WxBJTc
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Join us for our next #MNZooAfterHours event, focusing on Bears & Brews. There'll be over 15 local breweries on-site sampling their best brews as we celebrate the end of torpor for the bears. 🍻 Get tickets and see event info here: bit.ly/3IkIpjd #MNZoo
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It's Ape-ril, which means it's #ApeAwarenessMonth! The perfect time to highlight these animals often lumped in with monkeys and other primate cousins. At the #MNZoo, you can visit white-cheeked gibbons - one of eleven species of gibbon, also known as lesser apes.
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The weather might not look super great for this weekend, but it's always a nice, tropical day on the Tropics Trail at the #MNZoo!
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The Laysan teal duck has one of the smallest geographical ranges of any duck. Originally endemic to Hawai'i, there are now only a couple of small populations outside of Laysan due to successful relocation efforts to Midway and Kure Atolls. #MNZoo
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Coyotes may live in pairs or in small groups, while some chose to live a solitary life. This is true for the species in both urban and rural areas. #MNZoo
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Join us at the #MNZoo or virtually from wherever you may be for Naturally Wild Yoga. On Wednesday mornings, your #yoga instructor will be teaching a combined virtual and in-person yoga class around the Zoo. Learn more and register: bit.ly/3GrIzkd
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Depending on the season, the American avocet's range extends from Canada through Mexico and along the shoreline of the Eastern Seaboard. Breeding adults develop a rust-colored plumage on their heads. This coloration typically appears in February, disappearing by September. #MNZoo
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Today's blue skies and sunshine have everyone at the Zoo feeling ready for spring! The pronghorns even managed to find a patch of snow-free prairie to enjoy. ☀️ #MNZoo
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Pumas are known by many common names including cougars, mountain lions, panthers, catamounts, and others.
Silent and elusive, pumas are extremely rare in Minnesota. Few Minnesotans have ever seen one of these large predators in the wild. #MNZoo
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It's the last day to submit your votes for Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. Help spread the word by telling your friends and family! The Zoo has been nominated in several categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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There's still time to submit your votes for Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. You can vote once per - so be sure to vote as often as you can! The Zoo has been nominated in several categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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Do you love bears? Or brews? If your answer is "yes" then our next event, #MNZooAfterHours: Bears & Brews, is where you'll want to be on April 29! There'll be over 15 breweries offering samples as we celebrate the end of #torpor for the bears. 🍻 Tickets: bit.ly/3IkIpjd
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The brown bears have begun to make their way to their public habitat - and you might have an opportunity to see them during your #MNZoo next visit! The bears will have daily access to both their behind-the-scenes and public habitats as they continue to acclimate to the season. 🐻
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There's still time to submit your votes for Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. You can vote once per - so be sure to vote as often as you can! The Zoo has been nominated in a number of categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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🐢 You can read more about the current state of freshwater turtle populations in Minnesota and what we're doing to help them here: bit.ly/3yBZosh
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MN #Turtles are threatened by predators and habitat changes and loss and are especially at risk during their first year of life. #MNZoo #conservation biologists are rearing hatchlings during this vulnerable stage, before releasing them back into the wild. bit.ly/3yBZosh
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There's more than just animals to see on the Tropics Trail. 🌿 The plants that fill the trail are just as real as the animals they neighbor. Stroll a little slower and take in the variety of plants around you. Who knows? You may even discover a whole new species to love. #MNZoo
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#PoweshiekSkipperling butterflies face an uncertain future as their numbers continue to dwindle. #MNZoo is working with partners like to save this species from extinction. This video poetically captures this collaborative and urgent effort.
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There's still time to submit your votes for Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. You can vote once per - so be sure to vote as often as you can! The Zoo has been nominated in a number of categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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Ope, you got somethin' in your hair, bud. 🐴 Frank and Ritchie have been enjoying the sunshine and warming weather at the Wells Fargo Family Farm. #MNZoo
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Members! Did you know you get special early access to the Zoo every day before we open? Between 9 and 10 a.m., members can select online tickets for this special member-only hour. A morning visit to the aviary is the perfect way to start the day! ☀️
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Voting is now open for this year's Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. You can vote once per day per category - so be sure to vote as often as you can! The Zoo has been nominated in a number of categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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Recently, the brown bears have begun to take a few steps out of their cozy dens and into the outdoors. They aren't quite ready to begin making their way to their habitat. As the weather warms we'll continue to share updates on the bears activity! 🐻 #MNZoo #WorldBearDay
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Not everyone enjoys a snowy spring, but Aurora isn't bothered. ♥️ | "Browse" is a collective term that describes twigs and soft shoots, and it's a moose's favorite meal!🌿Come summer, they also enjoy aquatic plants like duckweed, which grows in their habitat's pond at the #MNZoo.
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It’s #InternationalDayOfTheSeal! The perfect opportunity to check in with the #MNZoo marine mammals team and our favorite Hawaiian monk seal, Ola! 🦭
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Mission golden-eyed tree frogs are found in tropical rainforests and are native to Africa. They are one of a few frogs that can spend their entire lives in the tree canopy due to their preferred habitat for breeding; flooded holes in the trunk of trees. 🐸 #WorldFrogDay #MNZoo
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Great video about conservation of the critically endangered Poweshiek Skipperling butterfly. Heroic efforts by Dave Pavlik and more
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This bird is a Luzon bleeding-heart dove, a type of ground dove that belongs to the genus Gallicolumba, which includes the five species of bleeding-heart doves. All five species are found only in the Philippines. #MNZoo
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Make a difference for endangered chinchillas by #recycling your out-of-use cell phone! Doing so raises money for the AZA Chinchilla SAFE program and helps reduce demand for mining which can lead to habitat loss. Learn more: bit.ly/42lRJuP
#GlobalRecylingDay #MNZoo
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! 🍀 Flash-back-Friday to the sea otter's Patty Day party from last year. 🦦
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Beginning tomorrow, the farm welcomes you for the season! Visit Clydesdale draft horses, Frank and Ritchie, and say hello to the animal moms-to-be. Babies are on their way! Mark your calendars for this year’s #FarmBabies celebration, April 29 – June 5. More info soon! 🐄 #MNZoo
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Today is Save a Spider Day, so we met up with Naturalist Donnie and an orange kneed tarantula learn about this species, and a few reasons why you might want to save spider today! 🕷 ❤️
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You may not know it, but even in the winter, our landscape in MN is full of butterflies! 🦋 While some species, like monarchs, fly south for the winter, many MN native butterflies stick around. We join Conservation Biologist, Cale, to learn more! #LearnAboutButterfliesDay #MNZoo
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Voting is open for this year's Star Tribune Readers' Choice Minnesota's Best competition. You can vote once per day per category! The Zoo has been nominated in a number of categories, just click here to vote: bit.ly/3Ox4RWW
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