What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

A Siberian tiger plays with a pumpkin at the DierenPark Amersfoort zoo in Amersfoort Netherlands October 30 2014.

What zoo animals eat pumpkins. Animals have the right idea. Gorillas and elephants just love the simple taste of pumpkins the spokesperson of the zoo told us. But it wasnt until about 25 years ago that the Cincinnati Zoo started involving the public.

In the case of others like the lions bats geese and meerkats we use the pumpkins as feeding devices by carving holes into the pumpkins and hiding treats inside. Chimps share a pumpkin during Smashing Pumpkins at the Detroit Zoo. Many of the most prominent zoos including the Brookfield Zoo Detroit Zoo Smithsonian Zoo Oakland Zoo and Los Angeles Zoo have historically given their animals pumpkins for Halloween and engaged the public in the process.

The Houston Zoo elephants join the fall-craze for pumpkins by smashing and eating the yummy snacks in a single bite. Animals such as elephants chimpanzees baboons goats and camels enjoy eating and playing with the pumpkins. You cavy can eat butternut pumpkin when it is ripe.

The Cincinnati Zoo has its annual HallZooween the Detroit Zoo holds a yearly Smashing Pumpkins event and the Woodland Zoo puts on a Pumpkin Bash. They love a good pumpkin. Smaller animals might just use them more for going into and hanging out he said.

Many people think butternut squash is a vegetable but It is really a fruit. From the smallest of fish to the largest rhino animals at Chester Zoo were given pumpkins filled with treats to eat and play with and in some cases explore. Pumpkins are a safe treat for many animals - from pets to livestock.

See the whole list of animals lucky enough to get pumpkins. The fall season kicks off the nation-wide frenzy for pumpkin-flavored treats. If youre always watching funny animal videos on your phone put your phone down and see some live-action animal antics at the zoo.