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Open 9am - 3:30pm Thur-Mon
Closed Tue-Wed
Open Feb 19 (Presidents’ Day)

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Cute Yuna the tapir exploring one of her outdoor habitats. 🥰 Although Malayan tapirs look like giant anteaters or mini elephants, they are most closely related to horses and rhinos. They have a great sense of smell and use their flexible trunk to pull vegetation to their mouth. 

📹: Keeper Katie

#tapir #cuteanimals #pointdefiancezoo
Step right up to witness the cuteness overload at Nigel's Kissing Booth! 💋 Watch animals enjoy special valentines all weekend long during Love at the Zoo, Feb. 10 & 11. 💗

💘 www.pdza.org/love-at-the-zoo
Weee will walrus love yooou! 💕 Our Love at the Zoo event is happening this weekend, Feb. 10 & 11. Watch animals, big and small, enjoy special valentines and heart-shaped treats for enrichment.

Here is 7-year-old Balzak the walrus (pronounced bell’-zik) enjoying restaurant-quality, sustainable seafood and water toys topped with blended surf clam and krill cubes. 🐟 

🎟️: www.pdza.org/love-at-the-zoo
Laerke the playful polar bear enjoying her bone while splashing around in the pool! 🐻‍❄️💦

📹: Keeper Noelle

#polarbear #bearycute #pointdefiancezoo #zoo #aquarium
Do you feel the love in the air? Our animals sure do! On Feb. 10-11, come watch as animals receive heart-shaped enrichments during Love at the Zoo! 💞
A scooter's gonna scoot! The 21-year-old Southern three-banded armadillo loves his exercise wheel. Look at him go! 🛵💨