Zoo animals enjoy Halloween treats
Zoo animals around the world get a taste of Halloween with special jack-o-lantern pumpkin treats.
Orangutan clan chief "Tuan" eats pumpkin during a "Halloween-breakfast" in his enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in the northern German city of Hamburg.
Orangutan clan chief "Tuan" eats pumpkin during a "Halloween-breakfast" in his enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in the northern German city of Hamburg.
Orangutan "Harapan" plays with a pumpkin during a "Halloween-breakfast" in its enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany.
Orangutans eat pumpkin during a "Halloween-breakfast" at Germany's Hagenbeck Zoo.
Orangutan clan chief "Tuan" (right) gets some pumpkin from 4-year-old "Kejutan" during a "Halloween-breakfast" in their enclosure at the Hagenbeck Zoo.
A Humboldt penguin grabs at an apple as it bobs in its enclosure at Chester Zoo, northern England.
A Humboldt penguin grabs at an apple as it bobs in its enclosure at Chester Zoo, northern England.
Nadaya, a male western lowland gorilla, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois.
Kandula, a four-year-old Sri Lankan elephant, sends pumpkins flying as he participates in the annual post-Halloween "Pumpkin Stomp" for the elephants at the National Zoo in Washington. The annual event makes use of surplus pumpkins used as Halloween decorations, giving the elephants something new and fun to both play with and eat as well as drawing large crowds of visitors to the zoo.
A Western Rueppell's vulture looks for the goodies inside a Halloween pumpkin at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park.
A pair of African lionesses play with the remains of a pumpkin at the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. The pumpkins were filled with minced meat and were given to the three-member lion pride as an enrichment item that helped set the Halloween mood.
Tony, a 10-year-old Siberian tiger, plays with his pumpkin as his sister Emily looks on in his pool at the San Francisco Zoo on Halloween. All the animals were given pumpkins to play with for the holiday.
Sam the Sea Lion and his trainer Jan Collins engage in a pre-Halloween pumpkin balancing act for Denver Zoo watchers. The Denver Botanical Gardens provided pumpkins for the Zoo to use as Halloween treats for the animals. The sea lions used the pumpkins as toys retrieving them from their pool and then balancing them on their noses.
Hudson a two-year-old polar bear, eats a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. Zookeepers fed pumpkins to the zoo's lions, tigers, bears and gorillas, in honor of the Halloween holiday.
Whirl, a 2-year-old-Amur tiger, plays with a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. Zookeepers fed pumpkins to the zoo's lions, tigers, bears and gorillas, in honor of the Halloween holiday.
