Watch as Jaguar wrestles with frozen blood popsicle
Watch as Jaguar wrestles with frozen blood popsicle
Watch as this jaguar wrestles with her favorite summer treat - a popsicle made from frozen cow BLOOD. In the video, Zia the big cat can be seen pacing around her swimming pool in dismay trying to pull the 'bloodsicle' from the water.In the end, she is forced to watch as it melts away. "A blood popsicle is beef blood, which we use to feed our vampire bats," said Donna Evernham, the curator of carnivores and ungulates at the Philadelphia Zoo."Sometimes parents dilute Kool Aid and make popsicles.
Our zookeepers dilute beef blood and make bloodsicle pops."These blood popsicles are a one of many unique ways in which the Philadelphia Zoo takes care of its animals. "A blood popsicle is a great example of what we call environmental enrichment," said Donna. "We know jaguars fish in the wild, so dropping things in the water encourages our jaguars to fish.""In the wild, jaguars live in places that are warm.
This is a way to give them something new to interact with."She's pretty inquisitive.
We have some animals who don't like to interact with things like this, but Zia enjoys them. "If she wasn't interested, she wouldn't go after it." Luckily for Zia, the zookeeper gave her two treats on the day of the video, so she was able to enjoy her unmelted pop while basking in the sun.
Watch as this jaguar wrestles with her favorite summer treat - a popsicle made from frozen cow BLOOD.
In the video, Zia the big cat can be seen pacing around her swimming pool in dismay trying to pull the 'bloodsicle' from the water.In the end, she is forced to watch as it melts away.
"A blood popsicle is beef blood, which we use to feed our vampire bats," said Donna Evernham, the curator of carnivores and ungulates at the Philadelphia Zoo."Sometimes parents dilute Kool Aid and make popsicles.
Our zookeepers dilute beef blood and make bloodsicle pops."These blood popsicles are a one of many unique ways in which the Philadelphia Zoo takes care of its animals.
"A blood popsicle is a great example of what we call environmental enrichment," said Donna.
"We know jaguars fish in the wild, so dropping things in the water encourages our jaguars to fish.""In the wild, jaguars live in places that are warm.
This is a way to give them something new to interact with."She's pretty inquisitive.
We have some animals who don't like to interact with things like this, but Zia enjoys them.
"If she wasn't interested, she wouldn't go after it." Luckily for Zia, the zookeeper gave her two treats on the day of the video, so she was able to enjoy her unmelted pop while basking in the sun.
