San Francisco Zoo & Gardens

Your Tuesday moment of Zen. (You’re welcome.)

A cool treat for a cool orangutan.

Listen (and watch!) as Berani enjoys a fruit popsicle!

Blaze demonstrating Sunday chillin’!

Tummy full. Sun is out. Motivation out the door.

When you can practice your jazz hands anytime and anywhere!

📷: May Woon

Friday philosophy: if it takes too much effort, nevermind.

Oh, the dexterity! Carnivore specialist Jenessa caught this great view of Marie showing off her flexible fossa ankles, which allow her to climb upside down.

Finding a fancy feather is fun!

Who thinks we need more fossas in our feed?!

Marie: Me!

We are proud to help spearhead this first of its kind headstart program in tandem with our many partners.

A spectacular morning as the skies clear over the African Savanna.

Which do you think Greater one-horned rhino Gauhati prefers – sun or shade?!

📷: May Woon

Radiated tortoise Garth seemingly oblivious to sifaka Karen’s sly move to steal a piece of his lettuce.

“I spy with my little eye…” (a wolverine!)

Everyone loves coconuts! Primate staff presented Bornean orangutans Berani and Judy with coconuts, and as you can see, they had no problem tearing them open to get to the tasty coconut water and meat!

2/2 Here, you can see how emus’ eyes are placed on the sides of their heads which allow them a wide field of vision. If you think he is staring at you, he might be! The placement of their eyes enable them to look directly at something even in profile at the same time.

At age 45, our male emu, Boomer, is more of a Gen Xer than what his name implies - Baby Boomer! (And actually, he was named for the sound emus make.) He is quite an anomaly as emus in the wild live between 10 and 20 years, and can live under human care for 30 years or more. 1/2

by starting with visual and olfactory contact through a shared fence-line before allowing full access, giving both species time to build comfort and confidence. You can see them calmly exploring and grazing the larger camel yard in close proximity.

However, Przewalski’s horses are herd animals, relying on the presence of others for security and social needs, so this uncommon pairing provides her valuable companionship in a zoo setting. Our hoofstock care staff was able to successfully introduce the two 2/3

Our male Bactrian camel, Bactrius Maximus II and female Przewalski’s horse, Bajkit, are now daytime yard-mates! Though these two species come from the same Central Asian region, they wouldn’t naturally live together in the wild. 1/3

“Sorry” ☺️

Sometimes, though, a friendly nuzzle can turn into a quick squeal or snap if one animal wants more space – as seen in these photos! Because their eyesight is relatively poor, they rely heavily on smell and physical contact to stay connected with each other.

Chacoan peccaries are highly social animals that live in small groups. At the Zoo, they can often be seen nuzzling, rubbing, or resting close to one another to reinforce social bonds. 1/3

It’s a bright, sunny day (yay!) and though the Grizzly Gulch pool looks inviting, Kachina seems content practicing tune-out Tuesday.

Sunday chillin’.

Each day, our carnivore staff spreads a variety of produce around the habitat for black bears Juneau and Valdez to forage, and what they don’t find right away, you can bet they’ll find later in the day!

We finally had our August (instead of Fogust) this week, albeit brief!

Black-and-white ruffed lemur Aang using selfie mode.

📷: Aang

When the camera gets your best side!

Waldrapp ibis by Steve Franks.

Ocelot Pepita gets a “A for effort” here (and yes, she was finally able to fully enjoy her treat!). Happy Caturday!