New @ the Zoo
New @ the Zoo
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Red-Rumped Agoutis Arrive
April 5, 2015
Only the gnawing teeth of agoutis can open the Brazil-nut trees’ tough fruit pods. These large rodents eat some of the dozen or more nuts inside the pod and bury the rest.
Read more...The agoutis’ imperfect memory of their hiding places lets new trees sprout and enables the Amazon to keep one of its most important plants.
Agoutis are monogamous and feed together to better detect their many predators and successfully raise young. Agoutis are born with their eyes open and can run within an hour of birth.
You can see the new agoutis by the Giant anteater and other wonders of South America.
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May 2: Celebrate Our Long-Distance Flyers at International Migratory Bird Day
March 4, 2015
This annual celebration of the incredible journeys of migratory birds will be presented by three area National Wildlife Refuges.
Read more...May 2: International Migratory Bird Day. Come celebrate International Migratory Bird Day at Naples Zoo and see the rookery of migratory birds nesting around Alligator Bay. Learn more about the fascinating world of migratory birds as well as information on birding and great places to bird.
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Mother's Day Weekend and National Public Gardens Day Coupon
February 25, 2015
May 8-10, kids can take mom to the nationally accredited zoo and historic garden with a mom's free admission coupon and a paid child ticket.
Read more...Best of all, Naples Zoo will credit mom’s free admission as a full price ticket toward the purchase of a Family or Grandparent Membership. With the Zoo’s current membership discounts, that means families can get a membership at less than half price, but only during this special weekend!
As a member of the American Public Gardens Association, Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens will also be hosting a fun botanical information scavenger hunt with a Family or Grandparent membership as a prize. During the hunt, guests will step back into the history of the gardens and its giant specimens planted by Dr. Henry Nehrling starting over 95 years ago on this now historically designated site.