US EditionRio de Janeiro zoo animals are treated to popsicles as the city faces scorching summer weather
Zoo staff provided species-specific frozen treats to aid hydration and comfort during a Level 3 heat alert as temperatures exceeded 40°C, officials said.
- On Tuesday, animals at Rio de Janeiro's BioParque zoo received popsicles and iced diets tailored to species, including jaguars and monkeys, zoo officials said.
- With temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius on Sunday and Monday, city authorities in Rio de Janeiro issued a Level 3 heat alert, repeating last summer's frozen-treat initiatives in Brazil's southeast.
- Zoo keepers prepared species-specific iced diets using frozen fruit and frozen blood mixes; monkeys received watermelon popsicles while a jaguar fished out ground-chicken popsicles, aiding hydration, biologist Letizia Feitoza said.
- Despite the heat alert, residents visited the Bioparque Zoo and observed animals licking red popsicles, with Lorena Carvalho saying `I thought it was really cool` and others noting the treats bring comfort.
- As a practical welfare step, keepers use frozen treats to help animals cool down, with zoo officials saying routine animal care practices provide thermal comfort measures during extreme heat.
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Rio de Janeiro zoo animals are treated to popsicles as the city faces scorching summer weather
Animals at Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque zoo received popsicles and frozen treats Tuesday as the city faced another day of extreme heat during Brazil’s summer.
Jaguars, spectacle bears, otters, wolves and monkeys are among the animals who enjoyed an activity organized annually during the summer by the zoo on Tuesday.The entrance Animals of the Biopark of Rio de Janeiro enjoy ice pallets to fight the heat was first published in La Voz de Michoacán.
The BioParque do Rio distributed on this Wednesday food frozen to different animals to help alleviate the effects of the heat wave that reaches the city of Rio de Janeiro on the third consecutive day. The action is part of an annual activity carried out during summer and was accompanied by visitors and the press. Unregular ‘Puxadinhos’ in the Beach of the Tijuca Bar started to be demounted Among the benefited animals were pineapples, roots-of-pe…
Rio de Janeiro, 13 Jan (EFE).- The zoo of Rio de Janeiro distributed this Tuesday ice creams of ground meat, blood and fruits to several of the animals of the BioParque to help them ameliorate the record heat that this Brazilian city lives for the third consecutive day. Jaguars, bears of glasses, otters, wolves and monkeys are among the animals that enjoyed this Tuesday an activity organized annually during the summer by the zoo of this Brazilia…
Ice cream and popsicles are cooling off animals at Rio de Janeiro's BioParque as the city endures another day of extreme temperatures during the Brazilian summer. On Tuesday, jaguars, monkeys and other animals at the zoo were fed a specially formulated "frozen diet" tailored to the needs of each species, BioParque officials said. Some animals were offered frozen fruit, while others were given frozen blood mixtures, according to their nutritional…
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