What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

From the smallest of fish to the largest rhino animals at Chester Zoo were given pumpkins filled with treats to eat and play with and in some cases explore.

What zoo animals eat pumpkins. Guinea pigs have very sensitive stomachs and cannot digest cooked food properly. Animals Eat Smash And Play With Pumpkins. A wolverine eats a Halloween pumpkin in Zoo Budapest and Botanical Garden in Budapest Hungary on Oct.

Yes both the pumpkin flesh and seeds are enjoyed by a number of animals. The zoos inhabitants were given pumpkins and other seasonal munchies to. In 2009 the Minnesota Zoo shared footage of their grizzly bears tearing into a 500-pound behemoth as part of their Halloween celebration.

Gorillas and elephants just love the simple taste of pumpkins the spokesperson of the zoo told us. This is when the animals devour treat-stuffed pumpkins. But it wasnt until about 25 years ago that the Cincinnati Zoo started involving the public.

Gorilla Koko enjoys a pumpkin tossed into his habitat at the Detroit Zoo. Animals such as elephants chimpanzees baboons goats and camels enjoy eating and playing with the pumpkins. The snow leopards sloth bears meerkats orangutans Rodrigues fruit bats.

You cavy can eat butternut pumpkin when it is ripe. Plenty of the animals are enjoying the pumpkins Elephants goats capybaras and giant tortoises all love to eat pumpkins. Butternut squash or butternut pumpkin is safe for guinea pigs.

10292010 0851am EDT Updated May 25 2011. 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. Check out these pictures of all different species of animals from all over the world with one thing in common.