Egyptian Fruit Bat
Fruit bats are in the “megabat” family. Unlike most megabats, the Egyptian fruit bats uses echo-location for navigating in darkness. They produce sounds with their tongues that resemble a series of clicks to the human ear.
Sunday, November 4
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Free with zoo admission
What happens to the pumpkins when Halloween is over? The squash get squished! Watch as animals throughout the zoo stomp, romp and chomp pumpkins of varying sizes!
Schedule of Activities
(Schedule subject to change)
| 10:00 a.m. | Andean condor |
| Alpacas |
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| Guinea hogs | |
| 10:30 a.m. | African lions |
| 11:00 a.m. | Amur tigers |
| 11:30 a.m. |
Humboldt penguins **underwater pumpkin carving in the penguin pool** |
| 11:45 a.m. | Grey wolves **Their first time at this event!** |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Lynx |
| Fisher | |
| 12:15 p.m. | Snow leopards **The cubs' first time at this event!** |
| 12:30 p.m. |
White-lipped deer |
| Spectacled bears | |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Fossa |
| 1:30 p.m. |
River otters |
| Egyptian fruit bats | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Asian elephants **a pumpkin of pachyderm proportion!** |
| Siamangs | |
| 2:30 p.m. | Patas monkeys |
| 3:00 p.m. | Indoor birds |
This event is free for members or with paid zoo admission.
We would like to thank the following for making this event possible:
Walter Merriam
Critz Farms
