What Zoo Animals Eat Pumpkins

The zoos inhabitants were given pumpkins and other seasonal munchies to.

What zoo animals eat pumpkins. At different times animals ranging from hippos to penguins will get pumpkin treats to play with. Sometimes the animals eat the pumpkins and sometimes they smash them stomp them scratch them up and roll them around. These are some of the animals that you can feed your leftover pumpkins.

From the smallest of fish to the largest rhino animals at Chester Zoo were given pumpkins filled with treats to eat and play with and in some cases explore. A wolverine eats a Halloween pumpkin in Zoo Budapest and Botanical Garden in Budapest Hungary on Oct. Its good for you so you can bet all kinds of critters will enjoy it.

Gorillas and elephants just love the simple taste of pumpkins the spokesperson of the zoo told us. The wolves and bears made it a contest to collect and eat as much pumpkins as possible. Animals have the right idea.

Yes both the pumpkin flesh and seeds are enjoyed by a number of animals. According to Evans zoos have been giving animals pumpkins since the existence of zoos. At the Cincinnati Zoo Evans says staff members let the animals decide what to do with the gourds.

When it comes to Halloween zoo animals just want the jack-o-lanterns. Just be sure not to feed animals old pumpkins that have been painted as the paint might be toxic. Gorilla Koko enjoys a pumpkin tossed into his habitat at the Detroit Zoo.

You cavy can eat butternut pumpkin when it is ripe. Even snakes may get them. 10292010 0851am EDT Updated May 25 2011.