These two lorikeets were caught flirting with each other. This male is doing his best to impress. We're not sure if it's working.
Can you come up with a name for this trendy new dance? Would you try this dance on your
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Good morning! If you love clouded leopards and you know it, clap your hands because we have two visiting the hospital today! Ariel and Wayne are getting routine quarantine exams. Come see us!👏
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Winsol the aardvark continues to heal well from his surgery. He had re-check x-rays taken today, but then had to take a quick food break after all of his hard work.
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Stanley, our Ambassador Rhino Hornbill, came up for his routine exam today. After his exam he got a treat. All of our animals have routine preventative care performed on them to keep them healthy.
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Good morning! If your at the zoo on this rainy morning, little Poblano is coming up to the hospital to get his bandage changed around 10:30🦩
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We have a guinea pig lineup this snowy morning! Included in the roundup: Priscilla, Elvira, No, and Sparkle will all be stopping by for various procedures and checkups starting around 10 AM--they also might be joined by some young ones!
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Have you heard the news? The Nashville Zoo has welcomed a healthy baby boy anteater into our Zoo family! Dr. Margarita shared some pictures with us of baby's first checkup. Mom and baby are doing well!
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Happy Presidents' Day! We have no procedures this morning but we have some festive animals celebrating the holiday! Our cotton-top tamarins are excited their hair-do is finally back in style
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Ladies and Gentlemen... we present to you the newest member of our vet staff... Dr. Bint! His prehensile tail is super helpful when picking up equipment. What else do you think makes Dr. Bint such a great vet???
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Good morning! We have two of our juvenile flamingos coming up for exams around 11:00 am! You may remember Aji and Ghost because they were raised in our nursery
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It is
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! Nashville Zoo is the only zoo in the US breeding Palawan binturongs, a smaller subspecies of binturongs. It is often asked "What is a binturong?" They belong in the Viverridae family which includes civets and genets.
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Our amazing keepers work with/train their animals daily to strengthen bonds. This allows our vet staff to complete thorough exams. Here you can see Juju, our female tapir getting an exam by Dr Margarita, while keeper Chelsea keeps her calm and happy.
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Good morning! There are no procedures scheduled this morning.
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What happens when you have 24 flamingos that need routine wellness exams? The vet staff flamin-goes to them! This is easier and more efficient than bringing all 24 flamingos to the hospital!
Good morning! There are no procedures planned for this morning. But we have a video for you—remember our baby flamingos? They’re training for our animal show! Here’s Habanero getting used to the stage in one of our bird training sessions. What a star ⭐️🦩
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Mattie, one of our ambassador Chilean Flamingo, had a limp and was examined. Her boyfriend, Marty, watched to make sure we did it right. Afterwards he checked her out to make sure she was ok.
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Day two of babies! Here is a throwback to some baby anteaters born a few years ago. Did you know that the Nashville Zoo has the largest collection of giant anteaters in North America? Also, Dr. Margarita is writing the AZA care manual for giant anteaters, which is really cool!
When you're a flamingo, you don't just wear pink on Wednesdays. Come up to the Vet Center and see our flamingo chicks as they continue to grow!
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The first day of spring is in 2 days, and you know what spring brings-babies! This week we'll post some throwbacks of babies our vet staff have seen in the past 6 years! First up is this baby lemur. Spot some of these pictures next time you're at the vet hospital!
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Today is the day! Starting around 11:30 am we will have one of our male clouded leopards Ron, who will be our donor, at the hospital to extract the sample. Then around 1:30 pm we will have the AI procedure on one of our females Lom Choy. We hope to see you there!
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This afternoon we did preventative exams on our ambassador flamingos. You can see them walking around the zoo around 930-10 am every day.
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The clouded leopard cubs are now in the nursery window! Be sure to come see these perfect babies! You can see them be bottle fed at 10am and 2pm daily.
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Good morning! We have 4 procedures today. Around 9:30 am we have Kasih the civet, around 11 am we have Ura the kangaroo, and around 1 pm we have Oliver the crow and Heidi the civet.
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Zain the caracal stopped by to check out his you get siblings at the nursery window at the veterinary center. Caracal kitten feeds are at 10 am and 2 pm this week
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Kwasi the Okapi was a perfect gentleman during his exam for Dr Margarita today. He stationed, picked up his feet, and even allowed training for future blood draws. None of this would be possible without the hard work of his amazing keepers!
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They're here! Come see our new clouded leopard cubs in the nursery window starting today! You can watch their feedings at 10am and 2pm.
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No procedures planned for this morning! Instead Luka, one of our Andean Bears, wanted to say good morning. Andean Bears are sometimes called Spectacled Bears--you can see Luka's little white glasses here!
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Poblano was a very brave little bird at the vet today, and got to have a purple bandage this time. When he needed a little extra comfort he also found a nice elbow hole to stick his head into
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Thankfully the Zoo was not affected by the storms last night. Our hearts go out to those who have been impacted. We know Nashville will recover stronger than ever! We'll have two caiman lizards for exams around 10 am.
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Today is International Pallas' Cat Day! This small cat lives in a scattered range from Iran to China. Nashville Zoo has helped support the first-ever Pallas' Cat conservation group PICA, you can learn more here
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Good Morning Zoogoers!!! Today we have a trio of procedures this morning all starting at around 10AM. We will have our red ruffed lemur, Demi, our New Guinea Singing Dog, Tootsie, and one of our skunks coming up to the hospital. See you there!!!
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Everyone say hello to Sandra Bee! She's a screaming hairy armadillo who will be joining our BHD program so she can be viewed in our aninal programs
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Don't forget, next Monday and Tuesday (13th-14th) we will have artificial insemination procedures on 4 of our clouded leopards. This process was pioneered here at the Nashville Zoo. We hope you join us for these exciting procedures! Here are some pics from the first one done here
Tuesday March 14th our new melanistic Amur leopard Roza will have her quarantine exam! Join us around 10 AM to watch at the Vet Hospital windows! As a new member of the Nashville Zoo family, quarantine exams make sure our animals are healthy
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The caracal kits are heading to their new home (San Diego Zoo and San Diego Safari Park) this week! Be sure to come see them before they go to their forever home!!!
Here is our rhinoceros iguana's eye post op. She had a small mass removed from the corner of her eyelid. She is recovering nicely!
Image credit goes to Dr. Margarita!
Happy
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everyone! Jewels here had a great time playing in the snow yesterday. Since she was born this summer, this is actually her first snow! With those big paws icey logs were no problem once she got her ‘snow legs’ ❄️❄️❄️
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Our baby binturong is growing fast! Today we are dropping a bottle feed because he's eating soaked biscuits and fruit mash on his own! His bottle feedings are now at 11 and 4.
Our Binturongs Gru and Lucy can’t wait to see you tomorrow at 10am at the HCA Veterinary Hospital! They’re coming up to get their annual exams
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Get ready for cuteness overload. Dr. Margarita and Melinda had a busy day seeing patients today! They saw Hattie the opossum, Diego the Harris Hawk, and Jalapeño the Chilean flamingo. Here are some pictures!
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Poblano is recovering well! He had a wing injury that vet staff stitched and bandaged. He got some cuddles from Stephanie, leaving him feeling much better!
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Come meet our newest addition in the nursery. Raja is a 5month old male clouded leopard that will be paired with our girl when she is big enough. Our pairs are based on recommendations by the Species Survival Plan.
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Good morning! Stephanie, one of our vet techs, shared these pictures of Congo getting his routine hoof trim from Dr. Heather! Giraffe hooves grow constantly, just like our fingernails, and need to be trimmed to keep from overgrowing!
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Pepite, our fanaloka kit will be leaving the nursery soon. Be sure to come see him while he can still be viewed at the Veterinary Hospital.
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Our 6 week old anteater baby got a check-up and a first round of vaccines. His name is Arnaud Antonio Anteater. He is named in honor of Arnaud Desbiez who leads the Giant Armadillo project which Nashville Zoo helps support. Learn more at
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Sometimes even unicorns need a check up from the vet... but they're in luck! All unicorns, dinosaurs, and other stuffie friends are welcome at our hospital for the Teddy Bear Clinic on 2/29 or 3/1
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