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Have you herd? Seven adorable baby goat kids are now here at the Zoo! 🐐 Come by Kids’ Zone and meet the playful new kids. The 7-week-old Nigerian dwarf goat kids are viewable to guests but not for touching or feeding yet. We are giving these cuties plenty of time to get settled in and acquainted with their new home and keepers. The growing kids are being bottle-fed twice a day and closely monitored until they grow a little bigger to mingle with our current goat herd. Don’t miss a bleat; more adorable photos and videos are coming soon!
🎵 Sittin’ in the sunshine, sing a little walrus song 🎵
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Butternut the beaver turns 5 today! 🎉 Butternut was our first healthy beaver kit born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. 🦫 Happy 5th birthday, Butternut! 💗
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Today is the last day to report your nature findings for the worldwide City Nature Challenge event! 🐛 Get out into nature and document your findings using the FREE iNaturalist app through April 29. 📱 Will you document the most unusual species? 🦭
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🦦 Sea otter party! 🎉 Our three rescued sea otters celebrated Libby’s 13th birthday with a seafood paste cake topped with capelin candles, icy fish treats, and an ice-filled piñata! 🐟🪅🎂
📹: Keeper Kristyn
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Kali was born at the Zoo on April 17, 2013. Because she was hand-raised, she’s very interactive with her keepers. Kali loves attention and will sometimes whine when she thinks she’s not getting enough of it, keepers say! She’s pretty laid back most of the time but will protect what’s important to her – like her dinner.
📸: Keeper Katie
Today is Libby’s 13th birthday! 🥳 Libby is a Southern sea otter who was found abandoned in the wild at just 24 hours old. The rescued otter arrived at her ‘fur’ever home, Point Defiance Zoo, as a fluffy six-month-old pup. 🦦 Libby is the smallest of our three rescued Southern sea otters, but that has never stopped her from toting along her otter pals, Clara and Moea, for a swim or a snuggle. 💕 Happy birthday, Libby! 🎉
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🐸 The five-month-old tiny Solomon Island leaf froglets hatched at the Zoo are doing well and are now hunting crickets. These frogs are one of the few frogs with no tadpole stage. The froglet’s current size is now larger than a skittle! 💚
📹: Keeper Lisa
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