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Open April 9 (Easter)

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Happy National Ferret Day. Here’s a cute video of Richard the 3-year-old #ferret booping the camera to celebrate! 

📹: Keeper Emma
Baby Bean the anoa celebrated her 21st birthday with a beach vacation-themed party, including palm trees, sand and toys, beach balls, a shark pinata, and birthday cake made with specially formulated hoofstock grain and bananas. Anoas use their horns to defend their territories and protect themselves in the wild. Happy birthday, Baby Bean! 🌴🎉❤️

📹: Assistant curator Erin & keeper Katie
Snack break with the beaver family! 🦫
Marine biologist Kristyn checks out walrus Balzak’s mouth. The caps help protect his growing tusks from cracking or breaking. 

📹: @kp.assionate
Trunks up for elephant gentle yoga! At 58, Suki is the Zoo’s oldest resident. Daily exercise, fresh fruit and veggies, plenty of mental stimulation and TLC keep the senior Asian elephant active and fit for her age. Suki has already lived beyond the median life expectancy of 47 for female Asian elephants in human care. A former circus elephant, Suki came to Point Defiance Zoo in 1996 and has thrived under the attentiveness of her experienced elephant care team, who tend to her daily needs. ❤️🐘