Halloween in Atlanta
The first weekend of Boo at the Zoo has been a lot of fun! We’ve seen all sorts of really cool costumes! And for a special enrichment, our giant pandas got to bob for apples. It was a sight! Both days this weekend saw identical results from each panda: Yang Yang grew impatient on Saturday and after on 20 seconds of ‘bobbing’ he decided that flipping the tub over would be a much quicker way of retrieving his apples. On Sunday we tried to wedge the tub his apples were in but he’s too smart! He padded right over to that tub and flipped it over…and kicked it into the moat in the habitat for good measure – I think to prove a point!
Lun Lun was the only one who figured out/had enough patience to scoop the apples out of the water. With the tub empty of apples, Po decided that it was his cue to come over and splash around in the water and knock the tub over and play with it.
Lastly, Xi Lan: he wasn’t so sure about the whole bobbing for sweet potatoes (he doesn’t get apples in his diet, yet). He tried for a few minutes but eventually decided to take a similar route as his dad Yang Yang did, but with wetter results. He managed to tip the tub over both days…right on top of himself! So he got his sweet potatoes in the end, but he also got himself drenched. I don’t think he cared because he was soon running around acting like a goofball!
If you weren’t able to come out to see these funny events, come out this next weekend during Boo at the Zoo, because we plan on giving this another go to see what the pandas do!
Jen (Carnivores Keeper @ Zoo Atlanta)
Source: Zoo Atlanta
