Critters going wild for pumpkins

Critters going wild for pumpkins

Oct 29, 2014

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Pic shows: Hippos are love for pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on their Halloween

The zoo at Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria, celebrates Halloween and gets the animals in on the fun. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Hippos are love for pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on their Halloween

This hippo looks almost as happy as his jack-o’-lantern does. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Hippos are love for pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on their Halloween

Schonbrunn Zoo director Dagmar Schratter says hippos can often eat an entire pumpkin in one quick sitting. This guy looks like he can do it in one bite! EuroPics

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Pic shows: Sch¾nbrunn zoo in Viena celebrates Halloween with pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a sp

Hippos aren’t the only critters who love pumpkins. A Colorado toad finds a new place to rest at the Schonbrunn Zoo. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Sch¾nbrunn zoo in Viena celebrates Halloween with pumpkins.

Snakes get treats in Schonbrunn, too. EuroPics

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Pic shows: White bear eats a special Halloween pumpkin. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on t

A polar bear’s pumpkin is filled with cat food to scoop out at the Schonbrunn Zoo. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Sch¾nbrunn zoo in Viena celebrates Halloween with pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a sp

Red pandas have pumpkins full of apples. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Sch¾nbrunn zoo in Viena celebrates Halloween. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on

Even fish at the Schonbrunn Zoo get a treat. EuroPics

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Pic shows: Elephants are lov for pumpkins. Pumpkin pie might be the order of the day for people this Halloween but now zoo animals are also getting in on the act. Not only is pumpkin served raw or packed with various streets a welcome change in the diet for most zoo animals, but it's also a great way to interest visitors. Pumpkins for example at the world's oldest zoo in the grounds of the Imperial Sch¾nbrunn Palace in the Austrian capital Vienna, artistically carved pumpkins are being snapped up by the zoo animals who clearly seem to welcome the variety and are put off by the scary faces. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: "It is all treat, and no trick for our animals." She said that some of the animals like the elephants and hippos are particular love for pumpkins and can often eat the whole thing in one go. She added: "Others are not so keen but are not left out as their pumpkins are filled with their favourite foods as well such as apples for red pandas and fish for the otters. "Some of the smaller creatures like the Colorado toad can climb inside the pumpkin through the mouth and go in search of its favourite treat inside Äì the black beetle larvae. "The big meat eaters of the zoo, Lynn and Ranzo the polar bears, have a diet consisting of meat and fish so their pumpkins are filled with cat food which they can scoop out. The pumpkin is just a little bit of seasoning." And she added the big advantage was that no matter which animal was receiving the pumpkin "it will definitely be good fun for those watching". Down the road from the zoo a massive aquarium built inside a huge concrete flak tower during World War II by the Nazis to defend them against allied attacks is also celebrating Halloween. Because it doesn't have as much space as the zoo it concentrates on the smaller animals including insects and fish and reptiles, and as a result because most of these are scary enough for Halloween themselves, they are having a special focus on their Hallowee

Elephants get a trunk full of fall fun. EuroPics

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Oct. 24, 2011 - London, Great Britain - National News and Pictures. 24/10/11.Lions get their teeth into some tasty treats this halloween with a breakfast of pumpkins at ZSL London Zoo. London Zoo is celebrating 'Boo at the Zoo' during the October half-term. Camden, London..PH: Johnathan Adam Davies (Credit Image: © National News/ZUMAPRESS.com)

Lions enjoy pumpkins for breakfast at the London Zoo. Zuma Press

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Oct. 24, 2011 - London, Great Britain - National News and Pictures. 24/10/11.Giraffes get their teeth into some tasty treats this halloween with a breakfast of pumpkins at ZSL London Zoo. London Zoo is celebrating 'Boo at the Zoo' during the October half-term. Camden, London..PH: Johnathan Adam Davies (Credit Image: © National News/ZUMAPRESS.com)

A giraffe gets a treat at the London Zoo. Zuma Press

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Oct. 27, 2011 - Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany - Barbary lion mother Binta sniffs a carved pumpkin with pieces of meat hidden in it with her cubs Zari and Joco (R) at the zoo in Hanover,Â Germany 27 October 2011. The animals at the zoo are being fed with unusual food to the visitors delight at Halloween time. Photo: JOCHENÂ LUEBKE (Credit Image: © Jochen LÃ¼Bke/DPA/ZUMAPRESS.com)

A lion cub plays with a pumpkin in a Hanover, Germany, zoo. Zuma Press

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Bear "Mascha" (C) and her babies Misho (R) and Wanja (L) inspect pumpkins on October 28, 2011 at the Hagenbecks Tierpark zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany. Suited to the upcoming Halloween holiday, the animals' enclosure is decorated with pumpkins and delights bears and visitors. AFP PHOTO DANIEL BOCKWOLDT GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read DANIEL BOCKWOLDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Bears check out their treats in a Hamburg, Germany, zoo. Getty

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A baboon with a baby tastes a pumpkin in Halloween design on October 29, 2013 at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, northern Germany. AFP PHOTO / DPA / CHRISTIAN CHARISIUS / GERMANY OUTCHRISTIAN CHARISIUS/AFP/Getty Images

A baboon and her baby taste a pumpkin in a Hamburg, Germany, zoo. Getty

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A raccoon inspects a carved pumpkin filled with food in its enclosure at the zoo in Hanover, central Germany, on October 23, 2014, some days before Halloween. AFP PHOTO / DPA / OLE SPATA / GERMANY OUTOle Spata/AFP/Getty Images

A curious raccoon checks out a pumpkin in a Hanover, Germany, zoo. Getty

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epa02982067 Alfred the frog looks almost as scary as the pumpkin he is perched on at London Zoo 26 October 2011. Keepers at the zoo have joined in the Halloween tradition by supplying pumpkin lunches to some of their animals, including the giant waxy monkey frog. However Alfred is not quite the giant figure his species name suggests - he actually measures up at around 4 inches (10 centimeters). (photo released 27 October) EPA/HO EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Alfred, a monkey frog, looks scared of his treat. EPA

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A lemur plays with pumpkin at the zoo, in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, 146 kilometers east of Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. The zoo is decorated with the many pumpkin lanterns and other decorations in preparation for Halloween. (AP Photo/CTK, David Tanecek) SLOVAKIA OUT

A lemur plays with a pumpkin at a Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, zoo. AP

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epa04468424 Tiger Lailek sniffs a meat-filled Jack-o'-lantern at Hagenbeck Zoo in Hamburg, Germany, 29 October 2014. Both tigers of the zoo received treats for Halloween. EPA/DANIEL BOCKWOLDT

Lailek the tiger’s jack-o’-lantern is filled with meat at a Hamburg, Germany, zoo. EPA

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This photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 and provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, shows Kamba, a 7-year-old western lowland gorilla, enjoying a Halloween treat at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)

Kamba, a seven-year-old gorilla, has a snack at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. AP

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This photo taken Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 and provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, shows an African wild dog checking out a Halloween treat at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Chicago Zoological Society, Jim Schulz)

African wild dogs inspect a pumpkin at the Brookfield Zoo. AP

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Moluccan cockatoo Zeppy looks for treats inside a pumpkin at the Oklahoma City Zoo in Oklahoma City, Friday, Oct. 17, 2014. The Zoo was established in 1904 as a small menagerie at Wheeler Park. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Moluccan cockatoo Zeppy hunts for treats in a pumpkin at the Oklahoma City Zoo. AP

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Aurora, a two-year-old female polar bear, plays with a pumpkin inside her open air cage during the Zoo Halloween Weekend event at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 26, 2012. Zoo employees held a competition for the best Halloween pumpkin, which were afterwards presented to the animals. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY ANIMALS)

Aurora, a two-year-old female polar bear, plays with a pumpkin in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Reuters

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