Christmas in the zoo: Festive surprises for the animals!

Christmas in the zoo: Festive surprises for the animals!

In the Hellabrunn zoo in Munich, a very special program is offered on Christmas Eve and the Christmas holidays: Visitors can experience the animals until 4 p.m. on December 24th and on the first two holidays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. In order to increase the Christmas mood, the zookeepers give selected animals with festively decorated Christmas trees. This innovative method not only ensures a festive ambience, but also offers the animals valuable employment that challenges their natural behaviors, as the operators explain in a message. The decoration consists of trees that are adorned with fruit and peppers, which encourages the animals to create food in a creative way, such as sueddeutsche.de reported.

The animals react differently to the Christmas surprises. While escape animals such as zebras and Nilgauantilopen remain careful, curious creatures such as raccoons and polar trees impress with the festively decorated trees. Even the penguins show interest, but cannot resist the temptation to snap the fishing hidden underneath. Another highlight of the contemplative time is the use of unsalable Christmas trees to feed the animals after the holidays. This measure is environmentally friendly, since either unsuccessful tree goods are used by dealers, but private donations are not accepted to rule out contamination, such as

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