Photo by Tina Fess
Thank you Zoo Keeper Tina Fess for capturing these wonderful new photos of our always entertaining olive baboons. As you may know, the animal handlers bring in various items of clothing and toys to use as “enrichment.” This activity ensures the animals continuously have a variety of new experiences within their environment. Sometimes it’s scents like All Spice, or even Old Spice for the tigers. Or it can be a pair of old sneakers that captivates them. This time the keepers thought Santa hats might be a fun item and as you can see the baboons thought so, too. How do they know to put it on their head?
Photo by Tina Fess
Since we are still in the construction mode you can’t view the baboons onsite until May, but you can view them on the 13WHAM Zoo Cam! This is a fun activity for families to do together because for a minute or so, you can manipulate the video cam yourself. Zoom in to get a closer look, or scan the whole exhibit and even catch a glimpse of the elephants next door!
Have a great holiday, everyone.
- Rachel Baker August, Executive Director for the Seneca Park Zoo Society
