Zoo Tours: The Wild & Weird Tembo Trail at the Toledo Zoo

[@ZooTours]

*Question of the Episode:* What is your most zoo related brag worthy moment or experience? Out of all of them, I will forever brag and boast how I used to live 15 minutes from Sumatran rhinos, and got to watch three calves grow up. *Toledo Zoo Episodes... so far:* The Beginner's Guide to the Zoo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2O2iWV9eNV3r7c Arctic Encounter: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4fUlmqahLN1qrc Museum of Science: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKvHmHZnlLx8nc0 The Historic Aviary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH6an5iiett4pqc Link to the original Tembo Trail Episode (also still worth a watch): kzbin.info/www/bejne/eWLOl3aBl7GNacU More info on Tasmanian Devil Biofluorescence: www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-07/us-zoo-researchers-discover-tasmanian-devils-glow-under-uv-light/12957148 Info on the Hippoquarium: jdporterbooks.com/2020/01/16/a-home-for-hippos/ Map that shows the original African Savanna: facebook.com/TheToledoZoo/posts/misformarch-mapthe-zoo-provides-guide-maps-for-visitors-upon-entrance-to-the-gro/10155431944696647/ *Website:* www.toledozoo.org/tickets *Zoo Map:* www.toledozoo.org/map

[@Xander1000.]

I will forever brag of me swimming in the Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager tank with the largest fish and the largest ray

[@rad_my_g]

One thing I always brag about whenever I’m at the zoo is my knowledge of all the animals😂

[@Dylan-Hooton]

Can you do Sacramento zoo please? Sure, it's a small zoo, but it is great. ;)

[@wildandmagicalworldofflori8032]

I think my brag worthy moment is that I got to feed one of our two white tigers on my birthday when I was working at my hometown zoo.

[@Mr.hyraxathome]

I got to see the keepers train their black bear at the Birmingham Zoo

[@MirkwoodStudios-l3m]

Great job Zach. I always love when you go to Toledo. Thank you for all the great videos over the years.

[@TheRoadrunnerFromHell]

Now that I think about it, I think with a few modidications you could make the lineup make sense by making it Ice Age themed, a bit like Elephant Odyssey. You can add signage about how hippos used to range into Eurasia, can put whatever northern hoofstock into the enclosure and still make sense, and replace the meerkats with an aviary for birds. Not sure how the tazzies would fit in or what to replace them with.

[@zoolover4669]

My brag worthy zoo experience was getting to meet peaches the warthog at the Bronx zoo. It was so amazing to meet peaches

[@shaununiverse]

My favorite part of the Toledo Zoo. I really like the mix of animals, it's random but I think it still works. It's refreshing to me. I haven't been to the zoo since February so I still need to come back to meet Kirkja and the takins! The hippos are so friendly and curious, I have so many great pictures and videos of them saying hi right up by the glass. My most brag-worthy zoo moment was at Toledo. Their young orangutan, Fajar, is very interactive and seemed to remember me when I'd visit him after my shifts as a caricature artist. One day close to closing, we were hanging out. He reached through the netting, found a tiny gap between some wood panels, and gave me a twig as a present. He tried to give me one of his toys too, but that wouldn't fit through the netting 😂 I of course still have that twig, it's very special to me.

[@alextepe4309]

Can’t wait for your Cincinnati zoo elephant trek review Zach.

[@Not_appletree]

I was not expecting this today and when I went to Australia zoo I saw the whole Irwin family (RIP Steve ❤) hand feed a baby cheetah right in front of me

[@austinhughes1924]

I went there with my parents in July this year.And the Tasmanian Devils were my favorite.Since I had never seen them in a zoo before.

[@PrinceTrisden777]

Wake up Zoo Tours has posted!!!🤎

[@bobklaeren2079]

That Anzdarchid sculpture has me excited for the next episode...

[@wildandmagicalworldofflori8032]

It's amazing how a zoo can change in five years, and it's exciting to hear that Toledo is going to be the T-Devil capital of the country. Hopefully, some potential joeys will one day make their way down to one of Florida's zoos, preferably Tampa or Miami, in my opinion. This was a great tour to follow along, and seeing the unique collection of animals are found. Speaking of which, nicely done educating about the takins, you did me proud. Can't wait to see the next one, especially given what I saw being teased! See ya then.

[@KrzysztofSadowy-f8l]

Fun fact, we used to have a brother duo of lions a while back. They came from a circus that was going out of business. The only reason why we could keep them in such a small place, the newer Kodiak bear habitat, was because they were so old they didn’t want to move or fight about space and they were also brothers. That’s why we don’t keep them anymore!

[@kylgrv]

My most zoo related brag worthy experience? Well, in 2020, while I was in Colorado during COVID, I visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo a few times, and each time I got to feed the elephants during their daily snack feeding. Eventually, the keepers recognized me each time I came, and during one trip in October, one keeper invited me to a training session with one of their elephants, Kimba. It was so incredible, and I think I formed a connection with Kimba, which was so awesome. That became my favorite part of what was otherwise a terrible year for me.

[@nathenwilliams6241]

Those are some big hippos

[@natesvideos7339]

I once had a behind the scenes tour at the Toronto Zoo and was able to feed and pet the hippos

[@stefansalvatierra4913]

Brag worthy moment at the zoo? Hmm. There were plenty growing up (feeding giraffes, playing with a genet through glass, sitting inches away from a sleeping black bear, and sketching a Nile crocodile from inches away) one of my favorites has to be the time I got the Kookaburras to sing by playing Kookaburra calls on my phone. Needless to say, I scared a couple of kids doing it, but it was worth it!

[@briandrzewiecki5861]

Best brag-worthy moment: feeding and touching an okapi at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

[@Critter97]

My proudest zoo memory is when I brought my Thoughtful Gecko to the Denver aquarium where I rub him against the glass of the otter exhibit and the otters started swimming around and following his movements and it was the cutest and funniest thing ever!…Of all time

[@alexanderjrider1626]

I knew the bull elephant, Ajani, pretty well before he went to that zoo. I saw him often at the Sedgwick County zoo in Wichita, Kansas, before he moved.

[@mixelmusprime5275]

The zoo moment that I would probably talk about multiple times is the fact that I saw the only black lion tamarins outside of South America.

[@Bentleygoodatbaseball]

Might have to check that out

[@paolavicuna5163]

You guys haven’t made a video about the Fresno Chaffee zoo, I would love to see you guys make a video about it

[@wolf_pd]

Not sure it is bragworthy, but it was special. I was allowed to pet an okapi this summer. Their fur is silky soft.

[@mariannecurtis9300]

It’s dig time for the mole rat pop tart

[@kerokerokeroppi6399]

I got to see the uakari, Peruvian fox and giant otter!

[@gevgnek]

I'll always brag about this one time I was taking a picture through the secondary viewing window to a leopard exhibit and it pounced towards me.

[@TheRoadrunnerFromHell]

My Bragworthy experience I can remember was seeing the Chamois at the Toronto Zoo before it died.

[@amybraun7286]

Getting to see gorillas up close.

[@zacharywilliams7639]

I agree about the elephant smell, but they're my favorite animal, so I might be biased...

[@The-Eternal-Zoo]

The dip in the zoo population was due to a massive release in the wild iirc! The reason they’re being brought back is that the tumor virus got a new strain, TFTV-2 that’s hitting even harder. This redoubled the efforts of conservation because of concerns of a wild population collapse or bottleneck. I’d have to say that my favorite local zoo callout (straining the definiton a little) is one of the coolest South American rainforest walkthrough habitats I’ve seen. Very few buildings simulate the treetop-river bottom as well as Amazonia, Forest of Riches

[@Mr_capybara017]

Pop tarts: holy moley-rat

[@sparrow838_]

Unexpected Harry Potter reference, but it totally made sense! 😂

[@Squiddy25]

My brag moment is when I was at Colchester zoo in England and the elephants were standing on two feet and more for an elderly lady

[@stuffyclub4002]

Are you going to do a tour of Toledo zoo’s aquarium after reptile house or before you move on to the next zoo? Also will you ever tour the tiger Terrace or is it not worthy of a feature?

[@Holybaz00kas]

I once. As a kid. almost got my plush stolen by an ostrich.

[@kerchuansoong]

pop-tarts: mystery blind box

[@KamikazeCarbine]

I got to go into the Aardvark enclosure at my local zoo when I was 3 after I perfectly recited how they escape from predators to a member of staff. I believe the minimum age to do something like that was/is 8 years old.

[@dinomation]

The only place in the world where a Takin, Indian rhino, African elephant, and Tasmanian devil are neighbors!

[@mariedufore8795]

My brag worthy moment was seeing a black Amur Leopard with a bobtail at the Beardsley Zoo

[@srimrbtraderskarur7325]

when I was at Singapore zoo for the zebra feeding it was mating season and they started to mate but they were really loud

[@lesliechu8879]

Hevi Kabisa!!🦍 Visit the Phoenix Zoo next, Zak! And here are 12 zoo trivia questions for you & your girlfriend... 1) Which zoos in the USA are known to house black-footed cats? 2) What year did the San Francisco Zoo welcomed a golden-orb weaver spider to the Insect Zoo? 3) How many years has the California Academy Of Sciences' Steinhart Aquarium exhibited a Pacific Octopus? 4) Do you wish for the Disney's Animal Kingdom to exhibit draco lizards in the future? 5) Which zoo in the US is famous for housing a rare Sumatran Rhinoceros? 6) How many US zoos are popular of housing emperor scorpions in their Insect Zoo attractions? 7) What year did the Oakland Zoo welcomed some griffon vultures in their new home at the former Hamadryas Baboon cage exhibit? 8) How many red kangaroos has the San Diego Zoo housed do far? 9) How many zoos around the world are known to house black-backed jackals to be precise? 10) How many years ago did the San Francisco Zoo originally house a keel-billed toucan in the Amazon Rainforest House? 11) Which Asian Elephant at the Smithsonian Zoo passed away from old age this year? 12) Which female orangutan at the Woodland Park Zoo had an euthanized newborn after a failure of some reason?

[@stuffyclub4002]

Kind of suprised this did not make it on to best exhibit playlist

[@ZooTours]

Though unique and does not call for concern regarding animal space (yet), its quality is average and, at times, quite ugly.

[@stuffyclub4002]

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[@Xavvy_BS]

I live in Singapore and our bird paradise boast the largest collection of hornbills and we also have the only Philippines eagle in captivity

[@srimrbtraderskarur7325]

I just moved to the uk I lived in singapore for 10 years I was very sad when one died

[@TheGamingTigerKing]

POP TARTS: NAKED MOLE RATSP BERRY 😂

[@raymiemiller1455]

You didn't mentioned how Toledo is one of only two US holders of Kodiak Bear.

[@shadowfreddy6694]

My dad petted a clouded leopard btw it was full grown and wasn’t trained to be near humans

[@kerokerokeroppi6399]

raw chicken poptarts!

[@DreamyWondersYT]

Visit Gembira Loka Zoo in Jogja Indonesia

[@MichaelRyanMoss]

I wish we could see African lions in Toledo Zoo again after the white ones died.

[@Xavvy_BS]

Pls pin me