Always free of charge, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is one of Washington D.C.’s, and the Smithsonian’s, most popular tourist destinations, with more than 2 million visitors from all over the world each year. The Zoo instills a lifelong commitment to conservation through engaging experiences with animals and the people working to save them.
A danger inherent to the use of synthetic poisons is
Red-fronted lemurs are tree-dwelling animals about the size of a house cat. They live in Madagascar’s deciduous forests and primarily eat fruit and leaves.
The „crou“ sound is an alarm call that signals danger
The alpaca is a small relative of the camel domesticated by Andean people for its wool. They are slender-bodied animals with long legs and necks, small heads and large, pointed ears. Alpacas are covered in a soft fleece and have soft, padded feet.
alert the herd and their human keepers of perceived danger
The red-crowned crane is one of the world’s largest cranes. It is a highly aquatic species that feeds in deeper water than other cranes.
primary role in defending the nest against possible danger
The world’s tallest and heaviest bird, the common ostrich is native to the grasslands and savannas of Africa. These birds are completely flightless but are incredibly swift runners due to their long, strong legs—in fact, they are the fastest two-legged animals on Earth.
ostriches bury their heads in the sand when they sense danger
Whooping cranes, named for their impressively loud call, are native to North America. Once faced with extinction, they are now recovering with the help of conservation science efforts.
for whooping cranes, and can be used to indicate danger
Northern snakehead fish are native to China, Southern Siberia and North Korea and are an invasive species in North America.
Once the danger has passed, the young snakeheads rejoin
The eastern box turtle, a subspecies of the common box turtle, has a dark brown, hinged shell with yellow-orange markings. When threatened, it can pull its head, tail and limbs inside and shut its shell for protection.
turtle pulls its body into its shell and waits for the danger
Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths, also called Linné’s two-toed sloths, have coarse fur, long limbs and big, curved claws. They live in the tropical rainforests of Central America and northern South America, and spend most of their time in the tree canopy.
Two-toed sloths are in serious danger of losing their
National Bison Day is the first Saturday in November and the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute has a big reason to celebrate these iconic animals! Wallow in the autumn leaves with the Zoo’s bison, Lucy and Gally, and animal keeper Regina Bakely, as she shares her stories and the institution’s history of caring for American bison.
miles an hour, and when they want to charge, escape danger
