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21 hours ago

🎼 Have you heard Max and Hitam's calls?

Siamangs are famous for their LOUD duet songs that help to mark their territory with sound. It consists of loud booms and barks, amplified by resonating sounds across their inflated throat sacs. This iconic vocalization can be heard over two miles away!

📸: Larry Cameron🎼 Have you heard Max and Hitam's calls?

Siamangs are famous for their LOUD duet songs that help to mark their territory with sound. It consists of loud booms and barks, amplified by resonating sounds across their inflated throat sacs. This iconic vocalization can be heard over two miles away!

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

2 days ago

This morning's Keeper 👀 View is brought to you by breakfast with Riverbanks' tallest resident - BRUCE!

📸: India, Mammal KeeperThis morning's Keeper 👀 View is brought to you by breakfast with Riverbanks' tallest resident - BRUCE!

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

5 days ago

Due to the threat of inclement weather, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will be closed on Sunday, January 16. Please visit www.riverbanks.org for additional updates. ... See moreSee less

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

7 days ago

Did you know a giraffe's favorite snack is acacia leaves? Acacia trees are famous for their long sharp thorns but thankfully, a giraffe’s sticky saliva will coat the thorns they might swallow to protect their esophagus.

With the help of their prehensile tongue, that measures 18-22 inches long, they can wrap around and strip branches and leaves helping to avoid the thorns!Did you know a giraffe's favorite snack is acacia leaves? Acacia trees are famous for their long sharp thorns but thankfully, a giraffe’s sticky saliva will coat the thorns they might swallow to protect their esophagus.

With the help of their prehensile tongue, that measures 18-22 inches long, they can wrap around and strip branches and leaves helping to avoid the thorns! ... See moreSee less

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

1 week ago

Just like chipmunks, baboons can store food in their cheek pouches to eat later. They can cram food in their cheek pouches too. Handy for eating on the go! In the wild, baboons feed on grasses, roots, tubers, fruits, nuts and vegetables, as well as eggs and sometimes small animals. ... See moreSee less

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

1 week ago

Winnie's horns aren't just for good looks! They are made of keratin like other horns, horse hooves, and our hair. The two horns white rhinos sport come in handy with predators like lions or hyenas. Rhino horns also always act as shovels to create the perfect mud wallow!

📸: Larry CameronWinnie's horns aren't just for good looks! They are made of keratin like other horns, horse hooves, and our hair. The two horns white rhinos sport come in handy with predators like lions or hyenas. Rhino horns also always act as shovels to create the perfect mud wallow!

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

1 week ago

🎼 Have you heard Max and Hitam's calls?

Siamangs are famous for their LOUD duet songs that help to mark their territory with sound. It consists of loud booms and barks, amplified by resonating sounds across their inflated throat sacs. This iconic vocalization can be heard over two miles away!

📸: Larry Cameron🎼 Have you heard Max and Hitam's calls?

Siamangs are famous for their LOUD duet songs that help to mark their territory with sound. It consists of loud booms and barks, amplified by resonating sounds across their inflated throat sacs. This iconic vocalization can be heard over two miles away!

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

1 week ago

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

2 weeks ago

It seems we are always looking up to giraffes but the tall and short of our infatuation with giraffes goes beyond their charismatic patterns and long eyelashes. Riverbanks’ love for giraffes continues to drive us towards helping protect them in the wild!

In 2018, Dominion Energy graciously agreed to a 3-year sponsorship of Riverbanks Zoo and Garden’s Giraffe Overlook and Feeding Deck. And, as a direct result of this powerful partnership, we have contributed $15,000 to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the only nongovernmental organization in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffes in the wild. Their work has impacted over 100 million acres of giraffe habitat helping to protect these incredible animals in the wild.

On your next visit to Riverbanks remember
the impact the Giraffe Overlook has made
to the sustainability of wild giraffe populations.
With lettuce in hand, be sure to reach out and connect with this vulnerable species in an unforgettable way!It seems we are always looking up to giraffes but the tall and short of our infatuation with giraffes goes beyond their charismatic patterns and long eyelashes. Riverbanks’ love for giraffes continues to drive us towards helping protect them in the wild!

In 2018, Dominion Energy graciously agreed to a 3-year sponsorship of Riverbanks Zoo and Garden’s Giraffe Overlook and Feeding Deck. And, as a direct result of this powerful partnership, we have contributed $15,000 to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the only nongovernmental organization in the world that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffes in the wild. Their work has impacted over 100 million acres of giraffe habitat helping to protect these incredible animals in the wild.

On your next visit to Riverbanks remember
the impact the Giraffe Overlook has made
to the sustainability of wild giraffe populations.
With lettuce in hand, be sure to reach out and connect with this vulnerable species in an unforgettable way! ... See moreSee less

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

2 weeks ago

Redecorating after the holidays? Don't throw out those broken light strands - RECYCLE them HERE

♻️ GO GREEN and recycle your holiday lights here at Riverbanks! 🌟 Instead of trashing your broken or unused light strands bring them to Guest Relations at the Zoo entrance to be recycled, now through January 31.Redecorating after the holidays? Don't throw out those broken light strands - RECYCLE them HERE

♻️ GO GREEN and recycle your holiday lights here at Riverbanks! 🌟 Instead of trashing your broken or unused light strands bring them to Guest Relations at the Zoo entrance to be recycled, now through January 31. ... See moreSee less

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

2 weeks ago

Did you know?
Koalas keep their coat clean by using a grooming claw rather than licking the coat. Their hands and feet are highly adapted for curling around and hanging onto tree branches.

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Riverbanks Zoo and Garden

2 weeks ago

🦏 Did you know?

White rhino got their name in an apparent mix-up when speakers of the Dutch-based Afrikaans language in South Africa used the word wyd, meaning wide, to describe the rhino's broad, square upper lip, and English speaking settlers misinterpreted the word as white!

📸: Larry Cameron🦏 Did you know?

White rhino got their name in an apparent mix-up when speakers of the Dutch-based Afrikaans language in South Africa used the word wyd, meaning wide, to describe the rhino's broad, square upper lip, and English speaking settlers misinterpreted the word as white!

📸: Larry Cameron ... See moreSee less