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Bundle Up For Polar Bears…As seen on KARE-11!
Como Zoo celebrated International Polar Bear Day on February 27th. With Bundle Up for Polar Bears, Como Zoo is asking families, schools, and businesses to turn down their thermostats by two degrees on February 27th to lower carbon emissions and help save polar bears. Participants are invited to bundle up in their favorite warm clothing—or, in a twist, in their ugliest or tackiest sweaters—to help
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Coca-Cola “plays” it forward with recycled syrup barrels for Buzz & Neil
Above is a picture of Buzz playing with a Coke barrel. Just before Christmas, Buzz & Neil got some holiday gifts of their own! Coca-Cola donated fifty clean plastic 55-gallon syrup barrels for the bears to play with in their own environment. Ordinarily, these plastic barrels are used to store concentrate syrup which is used during production at the Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Company located in
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Polar Bears
Polar Bears Buzz and Neil enjoyed a post-Thanksgiving nap after the zoo keepers fed them their diet and a few Thanksgiving treats this Turkey day. We are thankful to all the zoo visitors who came out to see us today. Happy Thanksgiving from the Zoo keepers and animals at Como Zoo.
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Movember for the male keepers
For the second year in a row, many of the male zoo keepers of Como Zoo are growing mustaches to help celebrate Movember. By sporting these upper lip warmers, the Zoo keepers join a worldwide group of men dedicated to raising awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancers. Joining them in their mustached endeavours are the Emperor Tamarins. Emperor tamarins were named after German Emperor
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In for the season
The seals and sea lion that reside on Pinniped Island for the summer have returned to their winter home. After a summer spent basking in the sun, California Sea Lion "Subee" and her pool mates, Harbor Seals "Ginger" and "Fletcher" all went voluntarily into their crates to be hoisted off the island by the City of Saint Paul’s Forestry department. From there, it’s just a short ride into the
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Gorilla construction underway
Walking into the zoo you might notice some changes around the primate building. The entrance on the Great Ape side has been closed off and a construction fence has gone up around the outdoor gorilla exhibit.Construction has begun on Gorilla Forest, a new gorilla exhibit that will open in 2013. While still providing the up-close experience that Como Zoo is known for, this new exhibit will expand
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Gorilla construction underway
Walking into the zoo you might notice some changes around the primate building. The entrance on the Great Ape side has been closed off and a construction fence has gone up around the outdoor gorilla exhibit.Construction has begun on Gorilla Forest, a new gorilla exhibit that will open in 2013. While still providing the up-close experience that Como Zoo is known for, this new exhibit will expand
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