What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

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What zoo animals eat pumpkins. Even snakes may get them. The Cincinnati Zoo has its annual HallZooween the Detroit Zoo holds a yearly Smashing Pumpkins event and the Woodland Zoo puts on a Pumpkin Bash. Animals that are lithe or small enough to go inside the pumpkins like snakes bats and birds eat the pumpkins from the inside out.

The elephants picked them up and within seconds the pumpkins were squashed. Plenty of zoo animals are also set to benefit from the bumper crop. Animals have the right idea.

Pumpkins are a safe treat for many animals - from pets to livestock. They love a good pumpkin. Forget the sugary candy and throw-away costumes.

At the Cincinnati Zoo Evans says staff members let the animals decide what to do with the gourds. Many people think butternut squash is a vegetable but It is really a fruit. In 2009 the Minnesota Zoo shared footage of their grizzly bears tearing into a 500-pound behemoth as part of their Halloween celebration.

Its good for you so you can bet all kinds of critters will enjoy it. Make sure the pumpkins arent rotting covered in candle wax or painted before feeding. When it comes to Halloween zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns.

The fall season kicks off the nation-wide frenzy for pumpkin-flavored treats. A Siberian tiger plays with a pumpkin at the DierenPark Amersfoort zoo in Amersfoort Netherlands October 30 2014. Is Pumpkin Good for Wildlife.