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Pumpkin eating at the Oklahoma City Zoo

Posted by Carrie Coppernoll

on October 21, 2011 at 8:17 am

For the next two weekends, animals at the Oklahoma City Zoo will enjoy some Halloween-themed treats. It’s free to check out these animal feedings with admission. The pumpkin chompin’ will be Saturdays and Sundays. Here’s the schedule:

SATURDAYS:

10:30 a.m. African Wild Dogs (Wild Dog Drive)

11:00 a.m. Children’s Zoo (Barnyard)

1:15 p.m. Elephant Behavioral Presentation (Elephant Pavilion)

1:30 p.m. Andean Condor & Harpy Eagle (across from picnic pavilions)

1:30 p.m. Great Apes (Great EscApe Building)

2:00 p.m. Upper Aquarium (Noble Aquatic Center)

2:30 p.m. River Otters (Oklahoma Trails)

3:00 p.m. Grizzly Bears (Oklahoma Trails)

3:00 p.m. Sea Lion Habitat (Noble Aquatic Center)

3:30 p.m. Indian Rhino

4:00 p.m. Alligators (Oklahoma Trails)

SUNDAYS:

10:30 a.m. Giraffes

11:00 a.m. Children’s Zoo (Underground)

11:30 a.m. Galapagos Tortoise (Island Life)

1:15 p.m. Elephant Behavioral Presentation (Elephant Pavilion)

1:30 p.m. Andean Condor & Harpy Eagle (across from picnic pavilions)

1:30 p.m. Great Apes (Great EscApe Building)

2:00 p.m. Lower Aquarium (Noble Aquatic Center)

2:30 p.m. River Otters (Oklahoma Trails)

3:00 p.m. Grizzly Bears (Oklahoma Trails)

3:00 p.m. Sea Lion Habitat (Noble Aquatic Center)

3:30 p.m. Indian Rhino

4:00 p.m. Turkey Vulture (Oklahoma Trails Aviary)

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Bear cubs wrestling

Posted by Bryan Dean

on September 27, 2011 at 4:38 pm

One of my rules for this blog is that when I come across a video of bear cubs wrestling in the street in Yosemite National Park, I have to provide a link to that video. My goodness, this is cute.

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Pets in the paper – unBEARable!

Posted by petblog

on February 3, 2010 at 10:52 am

OK, so we only have one animal story in The Oklahoman today. And I wrote it. So this is it -

Zoo’s Will, Wiley can’t bear any more wintry weather. (Oklahoma City) ( Get it? They can’t bear it, like bare it. They’re bears.)

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

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House cat takes on bear

Posted by petblog

on January 29, 2010 at 5:08 pm

I wish I knew more about this video. If you trust the explanation on Youtube, this happened in Quebec. I’m a bit disturbed by the laughing from the woman apparently shooting the video and the child. If this were my cat, I’d be in a panic. Still, good for the kitty.

- Staff Writer Bryan Dean

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Pets in the paper – bears aren’t coats

Posted by petblog

on December 28, 2009 at 1:26 pm

Check out these animal stories in The Oklahoman since Saturday:

At zoo exhibit, it’s a bear’s life. (Oklahoma City – Be sure to click on this one and check out the neat panorama photo!)
Opinion: Zoo’s growth continues. (Oklahoma City)
Take care of pets during holidays. (Norman)
Packing up one fragile tusk to go. (Norman)
Two-legged pooch offers hope to wounded veterans. (Ardmore)
Fishing days set for children. (Tulsa)
Build-a-Bear videos raise conservative ire. (Missouri)
Rainbow of underwater color shines in Caribbean. (Belize)

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my that’s cute

Posted by petblog

on December 11, 2009 at 4:35 pm

A Georgia rescue center has an unlikely trio of animal buddies.

Leo the lion, Shere Kahn the tiger and Baloo the bear share a home a the park thanks to their unlikely upbringing. The three animals, kept as pets by drug barons, were seized during a raid in Atlanta eight years ago when they were still cubs.

Shere Kahn, Leo and Baloo enjoy their new home at Noah's Ark

When they were turned over to the Noah’s Ark Rescue Center in Locust Grove, Ga., the decision was made to keep them together. Raised by the zoo’s founders, the three get along like siblings. Now that they have a new public enclosure, visitors can see the three eating, sleeping and playing together.

Enjoy the photos, courtesy of the Noah’s Ark Facebook fan page for the trio, which you can find here.

Leo and Shere Kahn play as cubs Baloo and Shere Kahn with one of the owners of Noah's Ark

The three animl buddies play as cubs

Baloo and Shere Kahn with one of the owners of Noah's Ark

- Staff Writer Bryan Dean

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Scary car thief

Posted by petblog

on October 18, 2009 at 6:00 am

bearcar A Coloardo couple recently got a surprise when their car alarm started going off at 2 a.m.

They could see someone moving around inside their car from their window, so they called sheriff’s deputies. When authorities arrived the thief was discovered — a young bear somehow found its way into the car.

After snapping a couple of photos, deputies opened the door and the bear took off, but not before he managed to cause significant damage to the car’s interior. Apparently this isn’t an uncommon problem. People who leave food in their cars when bears are about run the risk of bear-related damage.

Fortunately, damage is repairable. I can only imagine the heart attack I’d get if I walked out to my car at night to find a bear inside.

- Staff Writer Bryan Dean

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Dogs are funniest … not on purpose

Posted by petblog

on October 3, 2009 at 12:35 am

americas-funniest-home-videos So just in case you were wondering, dogs outshine cats when it comes to wins for America’s Funniest Home Videos. I’m not sure that’s a good thing, though. Most of the time winners on America’s Funniest Home Videos have either done something ridiculously stupid or just been hit in the groin.

The show marks its 20th anniversary at 6 p.m. Sunday on ABC. (Read more about TV on the NewsOK Television Blog!)

And in honor of their anniversary, show officials calculated all the animal winners during the past 20 years. Dogs finished first with cats close behind. But there are all kinds of other animals that have won. (Who knew whales could be funny? And who knew that a praying mantis would win not once but twice?)