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Zoo Chats

GET THE INSIDE SCOOP ON ANIMAL CARE

This is your chance to get up close and personal. Meet our staff, ask questions and learn all about what makes our animals so amazing! All chats are subject to change; please consult with a Zoo staff member on the day of your visit for the most current schedule.

All chats will be cancelled in heavy rain. Demonstrations in the Lands of Change Theater will be cancelled if thunder is heard less than 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

Colonel a blue-and-yellow macaw

Time: Mondays-Fridays at 11 a.m.

Location: Front Entrance Plaza

Details: Enjoy a chance to meet one of our ambassador animals up close and chat with one of their keepers!

River Monster Training

Time: Tuesdays at 2 p.m.

Location: Rainforest Aquarium, Rainforest Revealed

Details: Watch our amazing giant arapaima swim to “targets” as they train with keepers!

A Restore Our Shores team member holds clams.

Time: Wednesdays at 3 p.m.

Location: Lands of Change Theater, Lands of Change

Details: Meet a member of our conservation team and get an update on one of their field projects!

Baird's Tapir

Time: Wednesdays at 2 p.m.

Location: Rainforest Revealed

Details: Learn more about our herd of Baird’s tapirs.

Two spider monkeys inspect a produce-filled device

Time: Thursdays at 2 p.m.

Location: Lands of Change Theater, Lands of Change

Details: Discover the incredible ways animals learn at Brevard Zoo and how research improves our understanding of animal behavior in this interactive experience for all ages!

A man holds out a skull for the audience to observe

Time: Fridays at 2 p.m.

Location: Lands of Change Theater, Lands of Change

Details: Discover the amazing adaptations found in the skeletons of animals during this interactive scientific show.

Training Tales chat with Brazilian porcupine Shelley

Time: Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Sundays at 11 a.m.

Location: Lands of Change Theater, Lands of Change

Details: Meet one of our incredible ambassador animals as you chat with their keepers!

Alligator on grass

Time: Saturdays at noon

Location: Wild Florida

Details: Watch our gators enjoy some delicious snacks!

Bear Necessities chat

Time: Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Location: Bear Habitat, Wild Florida

Details: Chat with keepers about the importance of bears while meeting our resident Florida black bears!

Eat Like An Animal Zoo Chef Chat

Time: Sundays and Wednesdays at noon.

Location: Lands of Change Theater, Lands of Change

Details: Watch our amazing Zoo Chefs create a fit-for-an-animal version of our cafe’s current special! Then grab your own version at Nourish 321 and #EatLikeAnAnimal.

J the black-handed spider monkey moves through his habitat wearing his new brace.

Time: Sundays at 1 p.m.

Location: Rainforest Revealed

Details: Get to know our troop of black-handed spider monkeys!