Malayan tigers and Aldabra tortoises are native to hot and humid regions, but that does n’t stop them from enjoying a frozen treat on a hot day in Florida.
Temperatures in South Florida this month have reached the upper 90s Fahrenheit ( mid-30s Celsius ) with humidity reaching 70 %, combining for “feels like” temperatures regularly exceeding 100 F ( 38 C ).
The Palm Beach Zoo & Conservation Society employs a variety of methods to keep their pets great. The black bears are forced to wallow in large piles of ice in the enclosure, chilling their pool to 74 F ( 23 C ) while watching Zookeepers pour them. For play and having, the otters are thrown ice blocks and frozen bass into their waters.
Tigers gorge on more creative treats: They get frozen cattle legs crammed into slabs of ice, along with a part of freezing goat cheese. The big cat even enjoy swimming.
Giant turtles, indigenous to the territories of the Indian Ocean, like great rains from a line, which they can think through their shells.
” Even though all of our pets are acclimatized to the South Florida conditions, they look for ways to cool off during the warm nights, simply like we do”, said Mike Terrell, the park’s director of animal experience. ” All of the species we have here at the park were chosen in particular because they’ve been in warm environments.” And so they’re completely happy in a large, high temperature, high humidity atmosphere”.
According to Terrell, the park’s customers enjoy letting the animals cool down and having their faces press against the glass to get a better view.
” We totally love is nose designs”, Terrell said.
He claimed that it takes some trial and error to determine what cooling actions the pets enjoy.
” They actually tell us what they like”, Terrell said. ” We can take our best guess, but if we’re giving them something that they do n’t like or they’re not interacting with, we’re not going to continue to give it to them”.
