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Animals Love Presents, Too

Animals Love Presents, Too


Julie Larsen Maher, WCS

Everyone loves presents, even animals. And the gift you get from the Prospect Park Zoo this year is the chance to see animals ripping open nicely wrapped packages.

The fun continues this weekend and next, as bags and boxes are filled with some of the things animals love most (food), and the animals open them in adorable ways. Don't believe me? Check out this video from last year of otters with boxes on their heads.

Here's the schedule:

December 17/18: golden lion tamarins and dwarf mongoose
December 24/25: meerkats and North American river otters


And if you're still looking for a gift for an animal lover in your life, the zoo offers gift memberships, which are a great value, and cover all the zoos, and the aquarium, in the city.

Presents for the Animals
Saturdays and Sundays, 11am and 3:30pm
Prospect Park Zoo
450 Flatbush Avenue


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