Santa Barbara Zoo
@SantaBarbaraZoo
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Come see the amazing animals and learn about conservation at the Santa Barbara Zoo! Visit our website for more info.
500 Ninos Drive, Santa Barbara
Joined January 2009
Happy Labor Day, Zoo friends! 👷🛠️🙌. The Zoo is open this holiday Monday (9/1) during our regular hours from 9:30 AM – 5 PM!
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Sharing silly salamander smiles to brighten your day! 🤗
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BIG NEWS, Dragon Ball Fans!.Pre-register now and join Goku on day one!.Get exclusive launch rewards and rare items.Will you be the first to experience it?.
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When temperatures are warm, these blood vessels expand to release body heat. When it gets chilly, the blood vessels contract to hold onto warmth.
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Their spots help them thermoregulate too. Giraffe don’t sweat – instead, they have concentrated arrangements of blood vessels underneath their spots to stay cool.
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Giraffe or tree trunk? 🌴🦒🤔. Giraffe are covered in dark, multipurpose spots. These spots act as a form of camouflage, obscuring the giraffe’s outline and helping to conceal the gentle giants from savannah predators.
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A new proposal from @CMSgov under @DrOz wants to add catheters, ostomy & trach supplies to Medicare’s competitive bidding program. This is a bad idea and will worsen outcomes for seniors & Medicare recipients. My latest in @MedPageToday explains why ⬇️
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Limiting urological, tracheostomy, and ostomy supply options will do more harm than good
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Alt-text: A teaser reel for our latest YouTube video. We see interview footage of Keeper Joe and red pandas Raj and Rub exploring their habitat at the Zoo.
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We’re seeing red… Red pandas that is! 😍🐾🌿. Check out our new video featuring Raj and Ruby, the red pandas of Santa Barbara, and learn all about these unique arboreal mammals from Keeper Joe. Watch the latest YouTube video here:
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To help them stick to smooth branches and vertical surfaces, they have specialized toe pads. Taking a closer look, their toe pads have folds with millions of microscopic “hairs” called setae to create a sticking effect.
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The Henkel’s leaf-tailed gecko has mastered the art of hangin’ out! 🤙🦎😎. These Madagascan lizards live their lives in the trees, using their namesake camouflage to avoid predation and pounce on the insects and invertebrates that make up their diet.
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Join Hillsdale College President Larry Arnn, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and other leaders to remember and honor the stories of great Americans in our new video series:
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From providing enriched experiences for a wide array of wildlife to diligently observing subtle changes in animal behavior, your daily duties ensure the Zoo’s natural treasures remain happy, healthy, and safe. Truly, there is no Zoo without you! THANK YOU, ZOOKEEPERS!.
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Thank you, keepers, for your hard work and dedication to providing world-class care to the animals that call our Zoo home. Your early mornings and long days don’t go unnoticed.
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It’s the last day of National Zookeeper Week, and we’d like to invite you to join us in expressing our sincerest gratitude to our keepers!. 📸: Director of Animal Care Kristen Wieners
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Aspiring zookeepers! This one’s for you! 🧒🤝🤠. Keepers Ellie, Ryan, and Addy are back with some veteran advice for anyone thinking about jumping into the zookeeping game!. #NationalZookeeperWeek
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Did you know GSPs are natural swimmers? They’re born to dive into life’s adventures 🌊🐾.
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Listen to Keepers Ellie, Ryan, and Addy share their background and experiences on becoming zookeepers in this video!.
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Happy National Zookeeper Week! 🤠🎉🦚. Zookeeping is a competitive field to break into. A fun, challenging, and rewarding career awaits the passionate folks who choose to pursue the profession.
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Tropical Wonders celebrates the variety and interconnectedness of all living organisms on our planet. The health of people, animals, and the environment is intertwined, and optimizing the health of one does 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 for the health of all!.
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In the Thomas & Nancy Crawford Tropical Aviary, the entry space is opened up, seating was added, and the habitats got an overall refresh.
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Need some ice for your lemonade?! .Iykyk💎. Check out our page for more!.
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The reimagined indoor space features a brighter and more open guest experience with nine individual animal habitats and interactive areas, including a sensory wall, crawl-through tunnel, and basking rock.
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Tropical Wonders is officially OPEN! 🦎🌺🗺️. We anticipate a day full of oohs and aahs as you explore the Zoo’s newest space featuring tropical animals from around the world!
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🐒 Keeper Cassie’s memorial tattoo of Jasmine the white-handed gibbon brachiating along bottlebrush flowers (found on Gibbon Island at the Zoo), and Jari the white-handed gibbon’s handprint in blue.
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