YAS NEW HIPPO AT MEMPHIS ZOO

Memphis Zoo has new baby Hippo! For pictures and video go to https://t.co/08MBK3D2xK #Memphiszoo #babyhippo #totallycute #zoobaby pic.twitter.com/gAxt3AcewI

— Karen Pulfer Focht (@Karenfocht) April 6, 2017

YAS OLLIE NEVER REALLY LEFT

Female bobcat Ollie found on Zoo property. Facebook Live broadcast @ 5pm press con https://t.co/XCJPq5wsn3 @FONZNationalZoo @smithsonian pic.twitter.com/jqIYMxSVXE

— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) February 1, 2017

IM A SPLISH

Which hippo are YOU? Retweet for Binti & like for Splish - B&S pic.twitter.com/zKDubO6QWk

— Binti and Splish (@hippos901) September 19, 2016

somebody found took this video of mike at the memphis zoo last week

eating a watermelon basketball style, by this elephant

Who loves 🍉? Our 🐘 girls sure do. Especially Ty. pic.twitter.com/b77y1k5QOe

— Memphis Zoo (@MemphisZoo) May 13, 2016

zebras be like

escaped zebra drill.

new slow loris alert

The @MemphisZoo is excited to announce the birth of a slender loris. For more info, visit http://t.co/YM2izdtxMZ. pic.twitter.com/hst8GqcCT1

— Memphis Zoo (@MemphisZoo) September 15, 2015

omf.

this tiny tiny deer was born at the queens zoo.

who knew queens even had a zoo?

this panda lamb was just born on staten island

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can you spot the snow-covered zoo animal?

it's a bear! and there's more.

welcome to the family, betty and veronica

meet betty and veronica, 2 new grizzly bears in the central park zoo. evidently one is more blonde and the other brunette, but i'm sure she's just dyeing it to meet with manhattan's high standards of beauty.

gimme a park with BEARS big beautiful BEARS

shining, streaming, gleaming, flaxen, waxen...

here are Veronica (L) and Betty (R) the new Central Park Zoo BEARS!

melissa, were you in memphis this weekend, or was this barbara?

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- Memphis Zoo officials have banned a woman after saying she climbed over a barrier to the enclosure where lions are kept and tried to feed them cookies.

The unidentified woman's actions were reported by other zoo patrons, who saw her jump the barrier and heard her singing to the animals. (via)

ol' wobble knees

TGIF, Tamu! RT @MemphisZoo: Tamu says "Happy Friday, y'all!" pic.twitter.com/Mwnagheon0

— Leadership Memphis (@LeadershipMphs) May 23, 2014

kitty swim test

the central park zoo isn't the only place with some fresh kitties. the smithsonian's national zoo in DC put their kitties to the swim test. watch the video to see what happens. thx msdangles

central park zoo has some new baby big kittens

The Wildlife Conservation Society has some good news: The snow leopard cubs above are the first snow leopard cubs ever born in the NYC Central Park Zoo. The brother and sister, which were born earlier this summer but kept away from prying eyes, now weigh about 30 pounds, but are expected to reach between 65-120 pounds. Their parents are Zoe, the mother (7), and Askai (6), a male sent to the Central Park Zoo from the Bronx Zoo. Both adults are first-time parents. LETS GO VISIT IVE NEVER BEEN TO THE CENTRAL PARK ZOO MS DANGLES IS GOING TO TAKE ME.

daily ri ri

got licked by a giraffe at the zoo

this bear is dead

gus used to be a depressed polar bear in the central park zoo. these days, he is fertilizer. he was depressed after his bear friend Ida died a few years ago.

help the knoxville zoo name their baby red pandas

you can submit suggestions for the name-the-red-pandas contest right HERE!

and don't bother submitting "chips and salsa", "cherry and blossom", "noodles and dumpling" or "pat and phil", because i've already taken care of those.

and i believe bun-bun's on top of "ching chong and ping pong"....

in china, this dog is actually a lion

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In the last two decades, the number of African lions in the world has dropped by nearly half. But not to let a pesky issue like species decline get in the way of their animal offerings, one zoo in China has taken an interesting step to round out their exhibit -- by trying to pass a fluffy dog off as a ferocious lion.

The BBC reports that the zoo, located in Louhe City, enlisted a long, golden-haired Tibetan mastiff as a stand-in for the iconic big cat. For those unfamiliar with what lions are suppose to look like, or who forgot their glasses, the canine's appearance might have been convincing enough, but when the 'lion' opened its mouth, the ruse was quickly up.

According to a report in the Beijing Youth Daily, the fraud came to light when a mother visited the zoo, in a park in the city of Louhe, to show her son the sounds different animals made.

But when they got to the cage marked "African lion" - which had a sign describing the range and characteristics of the animal - they were shocked to hear the creature bark.