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Meet the Animals: White-Faced Saki Monkeys

Get to know our saki monkeys, Chuckie, Stitch and Suni, and meet our two new sakis, Cecil and Frankie!

Meet the Animal: Amazon Puffing Snake

Today, we’re shedding some light on one of the coolest – but often overlooked – cold-blooded Zoo residents: Gerald our 7-year-old Amazon puffing snake.

Meet the Animal: Pancake Tortoise

Flap and Jack the African pancake tortoises are fantastic Animal Ambassadors. The live behind-the-scenes at our Zoo, so you may not have been formally introduced. Today, we’re changing that!

Scimitar-horned oryx

Meet the Animals: Scimitar-Horned Oryx

Our scimitar-horned oryxes are this month’s Meet the Animal stars! These animals are desert-dwellers native to North Africa. Their namesake comes from the special shape of their horns, the thin and curved keratin resembling a scimitar sword.

Meet the Animals: Turkey Flock

Blending in with their habitat’s lush foliage, it can be easy to walk by the members of our turkey flock when visiting our Wild Florida loop. Even more deceiving – they all blend in with each other! Learn all about who’s who in our blog.

A Florida crown conch sits in sand underwater.

Meet the Animals: Florida Crown Conch

Learn all about a hidden gem in our Paws On aquarium—the Florida crown conch!

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Tickets are almost gone for Jazzoo, our all-inclusive music event on November 8.
Don’t miss out on the fun!

Please note, the Zoo will close at 1PM on Saturday, November 8 so we can prepare for this event. Last admission will be 11:30 AM.