TAMPA, FL — Whether or not it is to bake a pie or create a jack o’ lantern, people know simply what to do once they obtain a pumpkin. But it surely’s a wholly completely different matter for the animals at Busch Gardens, a lot of which have by no means seen a pumpkin earlier than.
In honor of Nationwide Pumpkin Day, the theme park offered the animals with their very own pumpkins, and the reactions to those unusual spherical, orange items different.
The leopards handled them like a ball, sending them rolling after which chasing them.
The rhinos at Busch Gardens immediately acknowledged them as one thing to eat. They promptly eliminated the stems and dug into the meaty pulp inside.
The gorillas have been a bit extra methodical. After deliberating the most effective technique of opening the massive gourd, one gorilla rolled a pumpkin off a boulder onto the bottom to separate it open and get to the deal with inside.
And the lemurs? Effectively, they did not fairly know what to make of their reward. They studied the Halloween choices for a second after which promptly ran off to play.
