Prehensile-Tailed Skink
This skink gets its name from its tail which can be used curl around objects such as branches for balance.This is the only known species of skink with a prehensile, or grasping, tail.
Thank you to everyone who entered the Winter at the Zoo Photo Contest.
Here are this year's winners!
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| Intent by George Hernandez First Place | Adult |
Oh-h-h-h-h! by Jeanann Wieners Grand Prize & Best Action Shot |
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| A Cold Gaze by Jamie O'Donnell First Place | Youth |
The Chase is On by Courtney Moore First Place | Teen |
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| All Hail the King by Katie Tzivanis Best Portrait |
Boy and Penguin by Cliff Hopkins Best Family Fun Photo |
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| Sneaking in the Snow by Megan Mullin Runner-up | Adult |
Family Matters by Lexi VanWormer Runner-up | Youth |
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| Baby It's Cold Outside by Courtney Chiavara Best Winter at the Zoo |
White-throated King Fisher by Emily Rumpf Judge's Choice |
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| Preening Duck by Aleksa Brill Judge's Choice |
Live a Colorful Life by George Hernandez Judge's Choice |
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| Cool Gaze by Emily Goldenberg Runner-up | Teen |
Merlin Hawk by Everet Regal Honorable Mention | Adult |
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| My Cross to Bear by Jesus D. Honorable Mention | Youth |
Doing the Kookaburra Fluff by Kate Zacharewski Honorable Mention | Adult |
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| Daydreaming by Courtney Moore Honorable Mention | Winter at the Zoo |
Roaring at the Wind by Thomas Stolz Honorable Mention| Action |
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| Building a Straw House by Terrence McElligott Honorable Mention | Winter at the Zoo |
Fuzzy Lips by Renee Ventrone Honorable Mention | Animal Portrait |
