Zoo Guardians

Build your own zoo, help save animals and fight global extinction. Join today!

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Hi Zoo Guardians! Need some help? Our new support page provides answers to FAQs and allows you to submit tickets directly to our team, which is the fastest and most efficient way to get in touch with us should you have any questions!
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This #FunFactFriday’s is as different as day and night. 🐸 During the day☀️, lemur frogs have bright green skin. At night🌖 these creatures turn brown to better blend in with their surroundings. Click the link🔗 in our bio to start building your own zoo today #ZooGuardians!

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Give a smile for #InternationalSlothDay! 😁🦥 Sloths eat leaves, fruit and some select fresh green shoots. 🌿 Plant material from their diet keeps their continuously growing teeth from getting too long. 🦷 Download #ZooGuardians to sink your teeth into more fun facts today📥!

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🙅 No big bad wolf here! 🐺 Folklore📖 has long portrayed wolves as animals to be feared. This perception remains to be a serious threat to helping gray wolves in modern times. Help break the misconception and find out more about these canines when you download #ZooGuardians📥!

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Give two hoots! 🦉Flap on over to this month’s @SmithsonianZoo blog featuring a pair of barred and eastern screech owls. Whoo knows what you find out about caring for these native owl species. https://t.co/qhf9sW3h93

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There is no reason to fly away! 🥝 The brown kiwi is a flightless bird, whose appearance and behavior are so unbirdlike that it is sometimes referred to as an “honorary mammal.” Run - don't fly - to #ZooGuardians for more bird-iful fun facts!

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Waddle, leap or roll into #WorldAnimalDay! 🐾 Join us at #ZooGuardians in the global effort to raise awareness and improve the welfare standards of animals. Help make the world a fairer place for all of them. Raise your awareness and education when you download #ZooGuardians!

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These canines aren't just black and white! 🐺Seriously - grey wolves fur ranges from white to black but the majority exhibit a light brown or grey coloration. 🖤🤎🤍 Follow the pack to the October Zoo Pass and adopt your own gray wolf when you download #ZooGuardians today📥!

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Zombie hordes abound!🧟🧟‍♀️ #BooGuardians Howl-oween is back! Log into seasonal surroundings🎃 and eerie updates to your zoo.👻 Keep those eyes peeled👀 for some spooky sales and ghoulish bundles throughout the entire month too.

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Do you meet the KOALA-fications? 🐨Koalas are very fussy eaters! They only eat 50 of the over 700 species of eucalyptus available to them. Then, only consume the most tender part at the very top of each branch. Find more KOALA-ty fun facts in #ZooGuardians! #FunFactFriday

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Hip hip hoorary! We're cheering on those helping gorillas this #WorldGorillaDay! 📣🦍Get in on the action too. Learn about all four subspecies of gorilla and use your platform to raise awareness about them. Pursue more about gorillas when you download #ZooGuardians today!

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🦏 Black Rhinos have two horns and occasionally a third, small posterior horn. These horns are made from keratin, the same material that your hair and nails are made from. This #FunFactFriday is on Point ✴️ and you can be too when you play #ZooGuardians!

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Slip and slide into #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek!🦦 Dedicate this week to uncovering something new about sea otters and the importance behind protecting these creatures. Dive deeper when you download and crack open 🦪 #ZooGuardians today!

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It's time to tide-y up. 🌊Today is #InternationalCoastalCleanup Day! Help keep the oceans and coasts clean by simply picking any liter around you and depositing it into a bin. 🚮 Share a photo of your hard work to inspire others and be sure to tag us using #ZooGuardians!

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This #FunFactFriday is clambering up your feed! 🧗 Red pandas are skilled climbers. 🌳 They use trees for shelter, escaping predators and sunbathing in the winter. 🦶Their ankles are so flexible they can climb headfirst down tree trunks. Keep climbing in #ZooGuardians today!

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There's no reason to feel BLUE for this #FunFactFriday! 💙 In 2002, only 10 to 25 Grand Cayman blue iguanas were living in the wild. Thanks to breeding programs and habitat protection, there are now over 750. 🎉🦎Discover more GRAND facts in #ZooGuardians today!

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Conservationists and Animal lovers unite! 🤝🐾 Join all of us at #ZooGuardians in bringing awareness to all the species threatened by extinction this #ThreatenedSpeciesDay. 🦤 🦣 Discover how you can help by visiting @SmithsonianZoo.

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The Sky’s the limit this #FunFactFriday! ☁ Ruppell’s griffon vultures can reach heights of over 36,000 feet above sea level. They can fly this high, because of an adaptation that alters one of their proteins. ☁ Soar into more fun facts when you download #ZooGuardians today!

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Spend some koala-ty time playing #ZooGuardians🐨 this month. Koalas are often mistakenly referred to as bears🐻, although they are actually marsupials, or pouched animals! Download #ZooGuardians and snag a Zoo Pass to start raising your own koala📥!

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Lending a helping hand! 🤝 In the 1970’s there were only 200 wild golden lion tamarins. Today, there are roughly 2,500 in the wild. Around 1/3 of the current population originated from those raised in human care! Find out what it takes to care for these tamarins in #ZooGuardians!

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Quit monkeying around! Golden lion tamarins are quick learners and keep their caretakers on their toes. Get ready to fall in love with these endangered tamarins as you discover how real-life #ZooGardians @SmithsonianZoo care for them. Read the full story: https://t.co/ogtZTgHR8x