I’m sick laying around yesterday and get a FaceTime from @discountmenace saying to go look outside. on my porch sits the finest piece of art to be brought into existence 😭 my sweet bean
I’m sick laying around yesterday and get a FaceTime from @discountmenace saying to go look outside. on my porch sits the finest piece of art to be brought into existence 😭 my sweet bean
A new Giraffe calf has joined our tower! 🦒💙🎉
The 165-pound male, Franklin, was born on Sat, Sept. 9, to mom, Tuli, and dad, Rocket.
A neonatal exam found that both Franklin & Tuli are doing well off-exhibit.
Meet him in the Africa! exhibit later this month!
#ToledoZoo
In 1731 King Frederick I of Sweden was gifted a lion, one of the first lions in Scandinavia. When the lion died shortly after, it was given to a taxidermist and this was the end product. The taxidermist and the museum keepers had never actually seen a lion before, and did not know how they were supposed to look. As a result, the resulting mount was especially anatomically inaccurate, most apparent in its face.