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11 months

At 3 weeks old, Willow the muskox calf knows that life is brimming with possibilities and that puddles are meant for splashing! ☔ 📹: Assistant Curator Shannon

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1 year

Throwback to baby Butternut the #beaver for #InternationalBeaverDay ! 🦫 Butternut turns 4 this April 29! 🥰

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3 years

Tilli the aardvark has her amazing sniffer going while she inspects keeper Brynn’s homegrown, 53-pound Cinderella pumpkin! 🎃 Tilli’s care team punctured holes in the giant pumpkin and filled with yogurt for a special Zoo Boo treat: 📷: Keeper Alex

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11 months

We’re gonna need a bigger ball! 💗 Willow, the growing muskox calf, received a new buoy for enrichment and went full turbo! 💨 Willow will soon move into the larger muskoxen habitat with her mom, Charlotte. We'll continue to provide widdle Willow updates. 💖 📹: Keeper Russell

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4 years

At 25-years-old, polar bear Blizzard is having the best snow day ever! 🐻‍❄️ #SnowDay ❄️

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2 months

How do you get a beaver to take his medication? With a peanut butter sandwich, of course! Meet Walnut, our clever beaver who recently had two teeth pulled and needs antibiotics. He’s so smart he can usually pick out the meds from his food, so our keepers had to get creative. 🦫

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5 years

The first-ever endangered tapir calf born at the Zoo is now three-weeks-old and adorably bonding with mom Yuna behind-the-scenes. 💗

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11 months

Lil punkin Willow gets her first pumpkin! 🎃

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10 months

Leaf it to Willow to redefine fall fun! 🍂 Watch as our adorable and spunky muskox calf joyfully dives headfirst into her very first pile of maple leaves and turns her leafy playground into a zoomie extravaganza. 🍁😍 📹: Keepers Piper & Russell

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4 months

Butternut the beaver turns 5 today! 🎉 Butternut was our first healthy beaver kit born at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. 🦫 Happy 5th birthday, Butternut! 💗

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11 months

Muskox calf Willow’s first experience with a jolly ball was a hit! 📹: Keeper Piper

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1 year

Some “happy tappies” and snacks with Clara the 14-year-old sea otter! 🦦 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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10 months

The cutest snoot boop! 🦦 Moea came to the Zoo after being rescued from an oil spill and rehabilitated. The 14-year-old otter is calm and confident and loves her food. Even her name is food-related – a contraction of the scientific name for “sweet potato.” 🍠 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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2 months

Meet our newest prickly resident, Quillow! Quillow is a female prehensile-tailed porcupine, also known as a coendou. The adorable 10-month-old porcupine is enjoying a special treat for #WorldPorcupineDay behind the scenes at Wild Wonders. 📹: Assistant curator Maureen

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9 months

A Tilli is gonna Tilli! 🥰 Tilli, the adorable aardvark, enjoys her walks and adventures around zoo grounds. Today, the 18-year-old aardvark checked out one of Zoolights’ tunnel of lights. ✨ 📹: Keeper Alex

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10 months

The other, calmer side of Willow, the two-month-old muskox calf. 😆🍁 📹: Keeper Piper

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1 year

Watch the ultimate polar bear plunge from Astra! 🌊This was the first time she courageously dove off the island into her saltwater pool - making a beary big SPLASH! Astra and twin sister Laerke have been toying with the idea of leaping from the platform since arriving in June. 🐻‍❄️

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1 year

Happy #InternationalBeaverDay ! The #beaver family that grooms together, stays together. 🦫 A behind-the-scenes throwback to Nutmeg, Walnut, and baby Butternut, four years ago. 🥰

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10 months

The beaver family, Nutmeg, Walnut, and Butternut, enjoyed bobbing for baby pumpkins today for enrichment! 🦫🍁🎃 📹: Assistant curator Maureen

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11 months

The beaver family goes bobbing for baby pumpkins! 🎃 Watch Butternut, Walnut, Nutmeg and other Zoo animals enjoy pumpkin enrichments all weekend long during Zoo Boo, Oct. 14 & 15. 👻 Get tickets at 📹: Keeper Alex

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10 months

Muskox calf Willow continues to do well in the large muskoxen habitat with her mom, Charlotte. Today, keepers weighed the growing 8-week-old calf, and she's now 89 pounds! 💗 📹: Assistant curator Shannon

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1 year

CUTE!😍 The adorable 5-day-old muskox calf is already imitating mom Charlotte and mouthing fresh browse, including Charlotte’s favorite, willow. 🌿 Muskoxen are grazing animals, and calves are born able to walk and keep up with their mom almost immediately.💗 📹: Keeper Margaret

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10 months

Happy #NationalCatDay to Rakhan the two-year-old clouded leopard. 🐾 Clouded leopards are a special part of our Zoo. We’re part of the Species Survival Plan that keeps zoo populations healthy to support animals in the wild. 📸: Keeper Russell

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9 months

Adorable boops from Willow! 💗 📸: Keeper Russell

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2 months

Big dill! 🥒 Three-year-old polar bear Astra loves splashing around with her giant pickles for enrichment. 🐻‍❄️

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6 years

After extensive research, we present the proper anatomy of a Malayan tapir. #UnscienceAnAnimal

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8 months

Sea otter Clara is getting even better at her “happy tappies”! 🦦 Clara's incredible behaviors highlight the innate skills of sea otters, like being able to crack a clam against rocks swiftly, and her lightning-fast taps exemplify this. ⚡️ 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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2 years

Rakhan the clouded leopard is having so much fun playing with an extra Christmas tree for enrichment! 🌲 🎥: Keeper Russell

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2 months

First day of summer calls for a tapir pool party!

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10 months

Lettuce prepare you for the cuteness! 🥬 Willow, the adorable muskox calf, tried lettuce for the first time today, and she loved it! 🥰 📹: Keeper Russell

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10 months

Willow was introduced to dandelion greens, and she's a fan! 💛 📹: Keeper Russell

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8 months

Meet Sven, a rescued Arctic fox that arrived at the Zoo in 2021. Wildlife officials seized Sven in OK, where owning an Arctic fox is illegal. His care team describes the fluffy fox as curious and playful. Watch Sven happily greet keeper Kristyn and practice his target training.

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8 months

Tapirs Baku and Yuna staying warm and snuggly indoors with sweet boops and kisses from Baku. 🥰 📹: Keeper Katie

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11 months

Muskox calf Willow has already more than doubled her weight! She now weighs 48lbs at 24 days old. Dad Hudson was weighed next and weighs 737lbs. Mom Charlotte weighs 620lbs. All Muskoxen continue to do well! Charlotte and Willow can be seen together in the baby-proof muskox yard.

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10 months

Baby Willow has moved to the large muskoxen habitat! 💗 Watch as the six-week-old, spunky muskox calf explores the big yard for the first time with mom Charlotte. The fuzzy calf now weighs 76 pounds and is becoming more confident every day! Learn more at

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1 year

Muskox Hudson having a ball… well kind of. 😂 Keepers gave Hudson a giant inflatable ball for enrichment. The 6-year-old muskox ended up popping it within a few minutes.

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5 months

Happy #InternationalBeaverDay ! 🦫 A look back to the adorable beaver family with baby Butternut and her parents Nutmeg and Walnut. 💗

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3 months

Birthday blep from endangered clouded leopard Jao Ying. Our beloved clouded leopard turns 17 today! Despite having her left eye removed due to a tumor, she has adapted wonderfully and continues to move around, climb, and explore her habitats. Happy birthday, Jao Ying! 🐾

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11 months

Now one month old, Willow the muskox calf already weighs 60 pounds - from 20 pounds at birth. 💗

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7 months

Fun with Willow! 🥰 Today, the five-month-old, spunky muskox calf went full turbo after warming up to her giant jolly ball for enrichment. The playful calf now weighs 170 pounds and is growing fast! 💗

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1 year

Round 2 for Hudson! This giant Jolly ball lasted .5 seconds longer, but Hudson’s joy is forever. Hudson & muskox buddy Charlotte receive plenty of "muskox-sturdy" enrichment items like barrels, balls, and buoys. However, six-year-old Hudson also enjoys popping some inflatables!

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7 months

The ultimate sploot! 10/10🎉 This behavior is not only adorable but having the massive walruses learn to lay down is an excellent way for their care teams to evaluate body condition and overall health. The caps on their tusks are to help protect them as they grow.💗 📹: Kristyn

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1 year

Snack break with the beaver family! 🦫

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11 months

Baby muskox Willow also likes the maple leaves! 🍁 📹: Keeper Russell

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2 years

Breakfast with the beaver family, Walnut, Nutmeg, and Butternut. 🦫

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1 year

Wonderful walrus sounds! Walruses are social animals and are known for their unique and loud vocalizations. They produce growls, roars, whistles, grunts, barks, and more for communication. A walrus roar is one of the loudest sounds produced by marine mammals. 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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9 months

Growing Willow loves her snacks! The 12-week-old muskox calf now weighs 124 pounds. 💗 📹: Keeper Russell

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10 months

Willow browse snacks for growing muskox calf Willow! 💕 The feisty and adorable calf’s weight last week was 76 pounds. 📹: Keeper Russell

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11 months

Cuteness overload!❣️ Willow the baby muskox is back at it, practicing her zoomies in full-turbo mode! 💨 📹: Keeper Piper

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11 months

Happy #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek ! 🦦 Part of what makes a sea otter’s paw such an effective tool is their semi-retractable claws. You can see them as Libby sticks her adorable paw through the opening. Libby has a lot of energy and seems to really enjoy her training sessions. (1/2)

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11 months

Have you ever swam in a pool in a pool? 🌊 Polar bears Astra and Laerke dragged their plastic pool into their regular pool for some extra entertainment. 🐻‍❄️🐻‍❄️

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8 months

Willow will be four months old this Sunday! 🎉 As the growing muskox calf gets bigger (now weighing 142 lbs), she has recently developed a liking for her larger jolly ball for enrichment – just like her pro-headbutting dad Hudson (who weighs 741 lbs). 💗

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8 years

#CuteAnimalTweetOff throwback to the cutest cloudy bellies! #cloudedleopards #savingspecies #endangered

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8 months

Muskox calf Willow snacking! 🥹 Still working on those table manners. 📸: Keeper Russell

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2 months

Our two growing penguin chicks at healthcare continue to do well! Two of our penguin chicks are receiving special attention and around-the-clock care from veterinarians and keepers at our animal hospital. The chicks are sharing a warm incubator together and are doing much better.

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11 months

Sea otter Clara grooming, rolling around and snacking on ice! 🧊 Sea otters spend much of their day grooming their fur to keep it waterproof, as it's the densest fur of any mammal, with up to 1 million hairs per square inch! 🦦 #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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8 months

Willow the muskox calf is 155 pounds this week! Here is a cute clip of her enjoying tasty watermelon. 🍉 📹: Assistant curator Shannon

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1 month

Our prickly pal, Nigel, loves scratches from his keepers.💕 Today, the adorable prehensile-tailed porcupine turns 12. The average lifespan of prehensile-tailed porcupines in human care is 10.9 years. Happy birthday, Nigel! 🎉

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11 months

Suki stomps and chomps her pumpkin! 🎃 At 59, Suki is our oldest resident and has already lived beyond the median life expectancy of 47 for female Asian elephants in human care. 📹: Keeper Francis

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9 months

Gonzo goes on an adventure searching for ants!🐜 Gonzo, the 8-year-old tamandua, loves his walks around the Zoo (and snarfing up tasty insects). Tamanduas, also known as lesser anteaters, have 16" long, sticky tongues they use to slurp up insects. Happy World Tamandua Day, Gonzo!

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5 years

When you’re happy about daily weigh-ins. 😂 The fluffy beaver kit gets weighed by keepers every morning - almost two pounds now! ❤️

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11 months

Tiny muskox creates big splash! 💦 Muskox calf Willow showing off her puddle-jumping skills! ☔ 📹: Keeper Margaret

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11 months

She’s fuzzy, cute, and smart. She’s a HeroRAT! African giant pouched rat Celine stuffed her adorable cheeks with tiny pumpkin treats. We are the first zoo in North America to have pouched rats trained by APOPO's HeroRATs. 🎃🐀 📹: Keeper Brynn

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8 months

Jao Ying the clouded leopard having some fun with her recycled Christmas tree for enrichment! 🎄 The 16-year-old clouded leopard had her left eye removed after a tumor was discovered. She has adjusted beautifully and continues to move around, climb and explore her habitats. 🐾

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6 months

Happy #NationalNappingDay from a few napping experts! 💤

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8 months

Willow the 3-month-old muskox calf now weighs 142 pounds! 💗 📹: Keeper Russell

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3 years

The beaver family is at it again! Time for another round of Bobbing for Baby Pumpkins with Butternut, Walnut and Nutmeg. 🎃 #SundayFunday #weekendvibes VIDEO: Keeper Alex

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2 months

Exciting news! 💗 Our first-ever sea lion pup was born on June 6. Mom, Eloise, and the young pup are doing well. She has been nursing, growing, moving, vocalizing, and getting accustomed to her care team behind the scenes. Sound on for adorable pup sounds!

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1 year

Check out those chompers! 🦷 Our keepers work closely with all of our animals, actively participating in their healthcare. This trained behavior allows keepers to check Clara’s mouth and teeth. Sea otters are designed to crunch through hard shells. 🦦🦀🦪 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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3 years

At 1 year and 9 months, Kazu the Malayan tapir is still working on getting his adult teeth in. Keeper staff have set up teething toys behind-the-scenes for Kazu to chew on. The teething tapir now weighs 680 pounds - almost as much as his 700 pound dad Baku! Happy #WorldTapirDay !

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2 years

When she’s not on the pitch, @OLReign goalkeeper @phallon91 is a volunteer diver in the Pacific Seas Aquarium. Her teammates recently visited & watched her lead a dive presentation, learning about the marine life in the waters of Puget Sound. Go Reign!

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11 months

The best sniffer is out for another Zoo Boo! 👻 Tilli the 18 year old aardvark enjoys a pumpkin filled with whipped cream and tasty mealworms for enrichment. 🎃 📹: Keeper Alex

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9 months

Willow is now 108 pounds! Still a long way from Hudson’s 787 pounds and Charlotte’s 602 pounds. Here she is enjoying treats from assistant curator Shannon. 🥰

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2 months

The American Red Wolf pups at our offsite facility have found their voices! We're thrilled that the five critically endangered Red Wolf pups, now two months old, continue to thrive. With just 20-22 Red Wolves left in the wild, our commitment to their recovery is unwavering.

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10 months

Cronch time with the adorable sea otters snacking on ice! 🦦🧊 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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9 months

Watermelon snacks with two-month-old Willow! 🍉🥰 📹: Keepers Shannon & Piper

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3 years

The adorable beaver family, Walnut, Nutmeg and Butternut, enjoying tasty Thanksgiving leftovers. 🦫 📷: Keeper Alex

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10 months

Keepers also like dressing up as their favorite superheroes!🦸‍♀️Balzak has the power to withstand freezing temperatures as low as -95 degrees and can hold up to 13 gallons of air to inflate like a pillow - allowing the massive walrus to act as his own floatation device. 📹 Kristyn

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1 year

Gibbon brothers Aries & Orion playing one of their favorite games behind the scenes. We would explain it, but we don’t understand the rules. 😂 📹: Keeper Katie

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5 months

Nutmeg, the 17-year-old beaver, is enjoying a camellia flower during today’s sunny Zoo adventure with beaver family, Walnut and Butternut! 🦫 🌺 📹: Keeper Alex

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3 years

Snowy adventures with the beaver family, Nutmeg, Walnut and Butternut! ❄️🦫 #Snowfall 📷: Keepers Alex & Suzanne

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1 year

Big handsome boy practices his whistles & sputters! 🤎 Walruses are social animals and are known for their unique and loud vocalizations. A male walrus roar can reach levels of up to 120 decibels, making them one of the loudest sounds produced by marine mammals. 📹 Keeper Kristyn

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Throwback to clouded leopard Rakhan as a playful cub. Today, he turns three years old! Clouded leopards are known for their incredible climbing abilities and are one of the few cat species that can climb down trees head first. Happy birthday, Rakhan!

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2 years

Happy #NationalPumpkinDay ! Tilli the aardvark uses her amazing sniffer while she inspects zookeeper Brynn’s homegrown, 53-pound Cinderella pumpkin! 🎃 Tilli’s care team punctured holes in the giant pumpkin and filled it with yogurt for a special treat. 📷: Keeper Alex

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9 months

Willow enjoying her watermelon treat! 🍉 The adorable muskox calf now weighs 129 pounds. 💗 📹: Assistant curator Shannon

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9 months

Hayyy, Willow! 👋 The adorably fuzzy, growing muskox calf now weighs 115 pounds. 📹: Keeper Russell

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24 days

The critically endangered American Red Wolf pups have found their voices! The night camera caught the three-month-old pups howling as a pack with their mom at our offsite Red Wolf facility.

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10 months

Up close with Kali the Sumatran tiger! 🐅 Kali was born on April 17, 2013. Because she was hand-raised, she’s very interactive with her keepers. Kali loves attention and will sometimes whine when she thinks she’s not getting enough of it, her care team says! 📹: Keeper Katie

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1 year

Sea otter snuggles and snoozes in the sunshine! ☀️🦦🥰 📹: Keeper Kristyn

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6 months

🍪 Biscuit break with Nigel! 🐽

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5 months

Say hi to Willow, our hydration cutie! 👋 Today, the 6-month-old muskox calf quenched her thirst by sipping water straight from the hose! 💧 📹: Keeper Russell

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4 months

Happy #WorldTapirDay ! A tapir calf is born with extra rows of white dots (like a watermelon) to help it blend with its surroundings in the wild. 🍉 Here is a throwback to baby Kazu, who was born at Point Defiance Zoo and now lives at Zoo Miami.

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1 year

Adorable! Here is video of critically endangered American Red Wolf pups, born at our offsite facility in April, meeting their dad Marshall for the first time! 💗

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10 months

We've always had a red scoop to offer snacks for our muskoxen. It's the perfect shape for their muzzle! Watch Willow's first introduction to the red scoop. 🥰 📹: Assistant curator Shannon

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11 months

Polar bear twins Astra and Laerke are having beary gourd times! 🎃 See them enjoy more pumpkin treats this weekend during Zoo Boo! 👻 🎟️:

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3 months

Pupdate! 🐺 The five critically endangered American Red Wolf pups born at our off-site facility continue to thrive. The litter, consisting of three males and two females, marks another milestone in our efforts to revive the only wolf species native to the United States.

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2 months

Tilli doing what Tilli loves best… digging! Aardvarks have a great sense of smell, large claws, and powerful nails that they can use to track down tasty insects. They also use their long, sticky tongue to slurp up bugs. 📹: Assistant curator Maureen (1/2)

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7 months

Cute Yuna the tapir exploring one of her outdoor habitats. 🥰 Although Malayan tapirs look like giant anteaters or mini elephants, they are most closely related to horses and rhinos. They have a great sense of smell and use their flexible trunk to pull vegetation to their mouth.

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9 months

Willow, the muskox calf, is ready for tonight's #Sounders Western Conference Semifinal match! Let's go, @SoundersFC ! 💚 Willow's secret soccer move while showing off her fancy footwork: the fluffy ball roll. ⚽ 📹: Keepers Piper and Russell

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