Who’s eating the bamboo??
Zoo Knoxville and the Tennessee School for the Deaf teamed up to teach some young students more about animals and get some bamboo for Zoo residents at the same time!
Zoo Knoxville and the Tennessee School for the Deaf teamed up to teach some young students more about animals and get some bamboo for Zoo residents at the same time!
Rhinoceros hornbills require mature, old growth forests to provide them with large nest hollows to produce. Unfortunately, in Malaysia, lots of trees have been removed from hornbill habitats to make way for palm oil plantations. So, a team of staff members from the Phoenix Zoo went to Malaysia to help them build better nest boxes like what we have here at the Phoenix Zoo!
Our vet staff recently examined a Kemp’s ridley that was accidentally caught on a fishing line and reexamined 10 green sea turtles who were cold stunned when freezing temperatures hit our area earlier this year. Two of them were cleared to be released into the wild that day while the others continued to receive medical care until they were ready to be released.