sam chalmersFrozen treats keep zoo animals cool
February 1st 2011 02:07
ANIMALS are cooling down with iced treats and fresh showers at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
To help beat the summer heat, keepers are using cold baths and ice blocks made of frozen food to keep the animals cool and hydrated as the mercury soars into the high 30s and 40s this week.
The African lion family - which has adapted to Sydney's climate since moving down under - were given ice blocks of a milk substitute for breakfast.
The small-clawed otter group were given "fish-icles", made up up frozen fish inside ice blocks that were placed in the river of their Asian themed home.
"Curiosity is important for any creature and we continually present different things to our animals like new food items, or puzzles from which they have to retrieve their food," said Taronga Zoo's Life Science manager Simon Duffy.
To help beat the summer heat, keepers are using cold baths and ice blocks made of frozen food to keep the animals cool and hydrated as the mercury soars into the high 30s and 40s this week.
The African lion family - which has adapted to Sydney's climate since moving down under - were given ice blocks of a milk substitute for breakfast.
The small-clawed otter group were given "fish-icles", made up up frozen fish inside ice blocks that were placed in the river of their Asian themed home.
"Curiosity is important for any creature and we continually present different things to our animals like new food items, or puzzles from which they have to retrieve their food," said Taronga Zoo's Life Science manager Simon Duffy.
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