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  • Meet the Keeper Talks include the Elephant Bath, Sea Lion Show, Bat Feeding and many others; check the schedule to see today's events.
  • Our Giraffe Feeding Platform opens at 11AM and 2PM (weather depending). You'll be eye level with these gentle giants as you feed them leaves of lettuce.
  • "Peach" and "Andy," our new Goeldi's monkeys, have arrived for the First Ever Crowd-Curated Exhibit.
  • Our Story Safari from May 6 - 19 is The Boy on the Bus by Penny Dale. Join us at the Butterfly Stage at 10:30 or 11:00am.
  • Two exhibits will close early on 5/17 for private events: Cheetahs closes at 4:30 and Aquarium closes at 5:30.

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