Calgary Zoo

Official account of the Calgary Zoo. Our purpose: we act for wildlife; saving species and inspiring people to join us | 210 St. George's Drive NE | 403-232-9300

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Area Closure Alert 📢 The Jihad Shibley Rocky Mountain Aviary is temporarily closed. Thank you for your understanding. 🦉

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We have a wool-derful update for you - our herd of alpacas had their annual fleece shearing! 😍

Females 'Chai' (white colouring), 'Latte' (light brown colouring), and 'Pekoe' (dark brown colouring) are all looking summer ready with their sleek short look. ✂️

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It's #WorldOceansDay! 🌊

Oceans capture heat from the atmosphere, but excessive carbon emissions impact the ability to regulate global temperatures. From turning off electronics to decreasing food waste, we can decrease our carbon footprint and protect oceans. 💙

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While black bears are better known for their tree climbing skills thanks to their short claws, younger grizzly bears have curved claws to help them climb trees to avoid danger – or in the case of our male cub ‘Turner’, reach snacks!

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Yoga at the zoo? That’s pretty zoo-nique! 🧘

Recently, some of our members joined us for an unforgettable morning of yoga in the Brawn Family Foundation River Lodge. 🦦

Wild Journey memberships come with so many benefits. Learn more here: https://t.co/DS8IX1zhky

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Female wood bison ‘Taiga’ is turning six today! 🎊

Everything about wood bison is big – but our favourite part of them might just be their noses! 👃 Big noses like this help wood bison to distinguish smells from up to three kilometres away!

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📢 The following locations and attractions will have adjusted hours on June 9:

🛍️ Bambootique: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
🛍️ Polar Treasures: 12 p.m.–4 p.m.
🎠 Wildlife Carousel: 12 p.m.–4 p.m.
🥽 Virtual Reality Experience: 12 p.m.–4 p.m.
🐛 Bugtopia Kiosk & Wild Treats: Closed

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National Indigenous Peoples Day is coming! 🗓️

Join us on June 21st to celebrate the original stewards of our wildlife and wild places. 💚

All National Indigenous Peoples Day events and activities are included with tickets and memberships: https://t.co/qzETRCkknC

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Happy Sunday! 🌞 We hope you're enjoying moments of play just like our #BrothersGrizz. 🐻

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Have you booked your Spring Garden Globes Dinner yet? 😋

Discover your own private dining oasis at the heart of the zoo. You’ll work up an appetite exploring the zoo and learning about conservation before a delectable meal. 🍽️

Book now: https://t.co/XV5PR5yKLL

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Our peacock brothers ‘Fabio’ and ‘Lamar’ (pictured) are turning 15 today! 🎉

While this species is capable of flight, blue peafowl generally prefer to walk on the ground – all the better for showing off that incredible train of feathers! 🦚

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It's #InternationalUngulateAwarenessDay and there’s no better day to talk about Sichuan takin! ✨

This ungulate makes vertical migrations, living in high altitude meadows in summer and descending to valleys in winter.

Meet them when #ImagineAsiaYYC opens in July!

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You butter believe it – it's #ButterflyEducationandAwarenessDay! 🦋

It might seem like bad table manners to us to walk over food, but did you know that butterflies taste with their feet? 🦶 A butterfly’s foot, known as a tarsus, has sensors to pick up chemicals!

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We're pawsing for a moment to appreciate our male grizzly bear cub 'Fitz' perching in the rain earlier this week. 🥹 Stop by to see him in #WildCanadaYYC on your next visit! 🐻

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We have a big hatchday to celebrate today – our male red-crowned crane ‘Hiiro’ is turning 20! 🥳

Red-crowned cranes may not be the tallest crane species – that distinction belongs to whooping cranes – but they are the heaviest! They may weigh over 11 kilograms! ⚖️

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It's #WorldCaribouDay! 🦌

Woodland caribou travel more than 2,500 kilometres across the boreal forest and tundra every year. Walking such distances makes a caribou hungry, but in winter conditions, their diet shifts, with lichen making up 85% of their winter diet.

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Male Humboldt penguin ‘Rafael’ is three today! 🎊

Have you ever noticed the trail of bubbles that follow Humboldt penguins when they swim? 🫧 Tiny pockets of air trapped between a penguin’s feathers escape to reduce friction and help them glide through the water. 🌊

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It’s #WorldEnvironmentDay, and that makes it the perfect day to tell you about our time at the Mayor’s Environment Expo! 🙌

Our booth showcased Calgary and area’s rich biodiversity. 🌿 Our Conservation Education team shared about our school programs. 🍎

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In the Jihad Shibley Rocky Mountain Aviary, someone is always watching. 👀

You might be surprised by how much our great grey owls have grown since we last posted about them as fuzzy chicks. 🐥 It takes this species less than a month to grow into chicks this big! 🦉

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Daily until July 19th, you can save 20% on daily admission tickets when you visit the zoo after 3 p.m. That’s not all – stop by Kitamba Java for our Happy Hour drink feature and Kitamba Cafe for our handheld menu item offer! 👏

Get tickets: https://t.co/N7zpL8ZV40

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Today’s #MuseumWeek theme coincides with #WorldEnvironmentDay as we think about “museums for the planet”. 🌎

Visiting the zoo lets you travel the world, and like the best trips, visiting the zoo inspires appreciation for our natural world and action to protect it.

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