Animals at London Zoo enjoy spook-tacular creations ahead of Halloween
Penguins, capybaras and gorillas will get into the spooky spirit.
Penguins, capybaras and gorillas will get into the spooky spirit this week at London Zoo, enjoying creepy carved pumpkins to celebrate the season.
The conservation Zoo’s colony of Humboldt penguins will wake up to a fishy breakfast on pumpkin platters, while curious capybaras Kiwi and Gizmo will use their foraging skills to track down their ghoulish goodies. Meanwhile, at the Zoo’s Gorilla Kingdom, Western lowland gorilla troop Kiburi, Effie, Mjukuu, Alika, Gernot, and youngers Venus and Juno will investigate their very own pumpkin patch, just like families across the country this Halloween.
Daniel Simmonds, Animal Operations Manager at London Zoo, said: “Halloween gives our zookeepers a great opportunity to come up with new seasonal ways to encourage our animals’ natural instincts and skills – laying down scent trails leading to tasty pumpkins, or hiding their food for foraging inside the carved creations.
“This October we’ve invited our visitors to join us on a new Winnie-the-Pooh themed adventure, with our A Little Boy and His Bear storybook adventure trail, but we’ve made sure not to miss out on the Halloween fun!”
The trail is part of the celebrations for two very special milestones - international conservation charity ZSL’s 200th anniversary and the 100th anniversary of Winnie-the-Pooh.