Hi Zoo Atlanta fans! It’s Ella here from the Primate Team, and I’d like to tell you guys a little bit about what humans and gorillas have in common. As you
Another fascinating similarity is our hands.
Zoo Atlanta is currently home to one of the largest populations of gorillas in North America. Western lowland gorillas live in troops led by a dominant silverback, several adult females, and their offspring.
Gorillas’ faces, hands, and feet are bare, but the
Hello, it’s Allie, a member of the Primate Care Team. Have you ever noticed the way our 3-year-old gorilla, Mijadala, chases after her siblings in the family
Unlike our own hands, the skin on gorillas’ hands has
Hello Zoo people! My name is Allie, and I am a member of the Gorilla Care Team here at Zoo Atlanta. Today I’m going to teach you about a few of the physical
we would also have to walk on the knuckles of our hands
Panamanian golden frogs are native only to central Panama, where they have been viewed as symbols of good luck for centuries. Unfortunately, an epidemic of chytrid, a fungus highly dangerous to amphibians, has eliminated their populations, and the Panamanian golden frog is considered extinct in the wild. Their species is now maintained in carefully managed survival-assurance breeding groups at facilities in Panama and in the U.S., including Zoo Atlanta.
their territories and attract mates by waving their hands
I’m a recent addition at Zoo Atlanta and have been a Seasonal Keeper with Birds and Program Animals at the World of Wild Theater for the last month. I worked
Our parrots are trained to step up to our hands, into
Kosher catering in Atlanta is a reality at Zoo Atlanta. With beautiful natural and exotic views, we’re the ideal spot for your kosher event.
element of your kosher food experience is in great hands
Yesterday, we fed out the last of the bamboo shoots for this season. The pandas and the keepers are totally bummed that shoot season has come to its
shoots, so we will have four grumpy pandas on our hands
With the recent warm weather, all of the beautiful plants on Zoo grounds are starting to grow and flower. This time of year is especially exciting for the
like Lun Lun and Yang Yang, we’re going to need all hands
Lately I’ve been writing about panda-related research: why giant pandas may have their particular black-and-white patterning and how their eye patches may
us work, and we just HAD to go over and match our hands
