What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

Gorilla Koko enjoys a pumpkin tossed into his habitat at the Detroit Zoo.

What zoo animals eat pumpkins. Plenty of the animals are enjoying the pumpkins Elephants goats capybaras and giant tortoises all love to eat pumpkins. When it comes to Halloween zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns. REMKO DE WAALAFPGetty Images That special season of autumn is with us again.

See the whole list of animals lucky enough to get pumpkins. Forget the sugary candy and throw-away costumes. What animals can eat pumpkin.

In the case of others like the lions bats geese and meerkats we use the pumpkins as feeding devices by carving holes into the pumpkins and hiding treats inside. Even snakes may get them. Animals that are lithe or small enough to go inside the pumpkins like snakes bats and birds eat the pumpkins from the inside out.

September 23 2020 A gourd time was had by all. Red Panda Cub Pabu Snacks On Grapes. Its good for you so you can bet all kinds of critters will enjoy it.

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. At the Cincinnati Zoo Evans says staff members let the animals decide what to do with the gourds. The elephants picked them up and within seconds the pumpkins were squashed.

The fall season kicks off the nation-wide frenzy for pumpkin-flavored treats. At the Prospect Park Zoo dingoes and baboons will be served at noon and 230 pm and at the Queens Zoo pumas and bears will tear into. Animals have the right idea.