MEET THE ANIMAL STARS ON - The Little Zoo That Could

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MEET THE ANIMAL STARS OF
THE LITTLE ZOO THAT COULD TV SERIES
THE ZOO BABIES
They come in all shapes and sizes, and on some occasions, are
complete surprises. Baby animals are a big part of the
Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo’s culture. They can arrive as
offspring from Chi Chi and Al, two of the zoo’s adult Capuchin
monkeys; or they can be given to the zoo as a charitable gift,
as was Katrina, the black leopard who arrived with Jack
Hanna as a surprise companion for baby Chaka; or they can be
orphans needing a loving home. Whatever the circumstance,
they are all adored and adorable on THE LITTLE ZOO THAT
COULD.
The babies are some of the zoo’s best ambassadors and
teaching tools to educate the public about the protection and
preservation of all animal species and their habitats. While
the zoo does not have a formal breeding program, some of
the animals that are paired companions do sometimes mate,
as nature dictates. The zoo staff always makes sure these
pairs are healthy and in a safe, protected environment. Should
there be a pregnancy, extra care and monitoring is provided,
and once a baby has made its appearance into the world, it is
given a unique name by its zookeeper.
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BIG & LITTLE CATS
African lion Lady, affectionately called
“Bug” by her keepers, came to the zoo as
a rescue animal. Suffering severe abuse
and neglect by a private owner, she was
not expected to live, but through the zoo
staff’s extraordinary efforts, she was
brought back to full health and vitality. In
E p i s o d e 1 1 , h e r 10 t h b i r t h d ay i s
celebrated with a cake for 200 kids and a
boiled ham for Bug.
Rambunctious Barbary lions Simba and
CC are very playful mates who look for
mischief at every opportunity.
At 21 years old, Spotted leopard
Fontayne and Black leopard Blazer are
the zoo’s oldest cats and best pals.
White Bengal Tiger Rajah and his sister
Rani grow from little bitty cats to big
cats, but 350 lb. Rajah still thinks he's a
baby.
Cougars Kenya and his daughter Mikasa
were hand-raised by the zookeepers, but
their version of basketball is a little too
rough for humans.
Bickering Siberian tiger sisters Salt and
Pepper love entertaining zoo visitors…
and the little cats, African servals NikNik, Cira and Dave, and American
bobcats Abigail and Rufus like to eat,
play and just chill.
BEARS & WOLVES
American Black bear Boodah was the size
of a football when Facilities Manager
Rusty began hand-raising him, and theirs
has become one of the most charming
and humorous relationships in THE
LITTLE ZOO THAT COULD. Whether it’s
taking Boodah for a swim in Patti’s pool in
the scorching heat after a hurricane, or
hand-wrestling over a donut, Boodah and
Rusty are beyond best buddies. Rusty
considers Boodah to be like a son and
spoils him to no end. But once Boodah
starts growin' up, he is introduced to the
zoo’s female American Black bear Millie,
who is to become Boodah’s mate. She
tolerates his bratty behavior most of the
time and is happy having this goofball as a
companion.
The zoo’s four Gray and Timber wolves
Sinbad, Saba, Mojo and Runt are about
as lovable and sweet as any four-legged
animals can be, that is until Runt loses a
leg to cancer, and the pack must make all
sorts of adjustments. But they still get
over-the-top excited when their keepers
visit, and they can’t stop “marking” their
humans with kisses, especially Zoo
Director Patti.
LEMURS & MONKEYS
They both have a prehensile tail, are very social beings, and
devoted parents, but lemurs and monkeys are not meant to
share the same living quarters. The lemurs, who outnumber
the monkeys, live on two islands at the zoo, and the
monkeys live in caged habitats.
On Front Lemur Island lives a tribe of Madagascar Ring-Tail
lemurs named Cooper, Zorro, Sammy, Jack & Jill, Yazi &
Moses. Langa, Tanner, Onit and Stumpy live on Back Lemur
Island.. The zoo later added a small tribe of hilarious Whiteruff and Red-ruff lemurs.
Two of the series most popular primate stars are young
Capuchin monkeys Crunch and Trey. Crunch is a wild
goofball and Trey is thoughtful and sensitive, but they love
hanging out together. For the offspring of Chi Chi and Al,
the zoo’s longtime pair, fate had different plans for these
little brothers. Soon after Trey’s birth, he accidentally fell off
Chi Chi’s back and suffered a severe head trauma causing
seizures. Doctors felt he wouldn't survive long. But Head
Zookeeper Cyndi was determined to save this adorable little
monkey and took him home to provide round-the-clock care.
With medication, supervision and lots of love, Trey has
thrived, and continues to live with Cyndi and her family.
After Crunch was born, he became too much of a handful
for Chi Chi. So Zoo Director Patti and her husband took this
rambunctious monkey into their home until he was old
enough to live with the other zoo monkeys.
Also featured in the series is the zoo’s oldest monkey, 40year-old Red Capuchin Michael, who was donated to the
zoo after his elderly owner could no longer care for him
properly; Red Capuchin Kunda, who was rescued from a
boat raided during a drug bust and only likes being
comforted by another red-head, Patti; and Mandrill baboon
Umba, who’s quite the gentleman when he gets his daily
strawberry ice cream bar.
THE BIRDS
What do you do with over 130 exotic birds
when a hurricane is coming? Zoo Director Patti
Hall packs them into a moving van and hauls
them to her backyard. After the storm, the zoo
aviary is wiped out. So for months, most of the
birds live in the barn, and the daily chatter and
bird song is hilariously non-stop. For the caged
birds, daily interaction with the zookeepers are
vital to their well-being, but for the birds
allowed to roam zoo grounds, abundant food
and freedom keep them happy. Some of the
bird stars of THE LITTLE ZOO THAT COULD
include:
-Jo, the Yellow Nape Amazon parrot is a local
radio personality. She and Patti make regular
appearances on the morning AM station, and
Jo is one chatty mic hog.
-Aggie & Frasier Crane, the African Crown
cranes are on the daily clean-up crew, strolling
through the park looking for popcorn.
-Clue, the Indian peacock can’t be caught
during the Hurricane evacuation and goes
missing for days. The zookeepers are worried,
until, out-of-the-blue, Clue turns up in a tree,
not a feather out of place. Clue is one of the
zoo’s best guest greeters.
-Romeo, the Trumpeter swan is fiercely
protective of mate Juliet, and the keepers have
to find ways to get past him on their daily
rounds or face a leg injury.
Some of the other delightful feathery friends
are Terry, the Kookaburra, Marmalade, the
Citron Cockatoo, Sparky & Cleo, the
Umbrella Cockatoos, Duke the Chinese
Golden Pheasant, many more.
GATORS & REPTILES
Meet the zoo’s mascot and most famous resident,
American alligator Chuckie, weighing in at 1,000
lbs. and 11 ft. long. When Chuckie can't be evacuated
during Hurricane Ivan, he goes missing in the
aftermath. Zoo Director Patti turns to the local
press to help find Chuckie, and his plight becomes
an international news sensation. Alligator experts
from Florida come to the rescue. They find Chuckie
three days later not far from his destroyed zoo
exhibit, scared but a-ok. Now he’s living the life of
Riley, basking in his new-found fame. Along with
Chuckie, there’s a family of smaller American
alligators referred to as “The Thugs” who live in a
pond at the front of the zoo.
The zoo’s other reptile stars are Albino Burmese
pythons Cruella and Robbie, who clearly enjoy
interacting with kids; and Bearded Dragon Suki,
who’s a charmer at school outings. Inside the
Reptile House, there are many scary, fascinating
snakes, skinks, tegus, monitors, and iguanas,
some of them rescues from private owners, who
got in over their heads when their cute baby reptile
grew into a more difficult to manage adult.
TORTOISES & TURTLES
African Spurred Thigh tortoises Mr. Big, Mr.
Bigger & Mr. Biggest are not as shy as their other
habitat mates, Yellow-footed tortoises George
and Martha. When their daily salad buffet is
served, they’re pretty fast movers and shakers for
tortoises. And for the zoo’s Red & Yellow Slider
turtles, their new water pond is like living at an allinclusive resorts, bug meals included.
WALLABYS, COATIMUNDIS,
CAPYBARAS & A CAVY
Not wanting Sidney, the Bennett’s wallaby, to be lonely in
his big habitat, Patti goes on a search to find him a female
companion. When Katie Roo arrives, she and Sid get
comfortable with each other pretty quickly. Then keepers
discover she’s pregnant, but she arrived that way; and in
short time, SuSu is born. When this adorable joey makes
her pouch appearance, a new little zoo family is celebrated,
and Sid is a-ok being a step-dad.
Similar to raccoons, South American Coatimundis
Roscoe, Rizzo, Trixi and Roxie are the zoo’s rambunctious
class-clowns who look for trouble and can easily find it.
Capy and Priscilla, the South American Capybaras,
sometimes called water hogs, are the world’s largest
rodents, and they're as cute and as funny as they come. So
is their new pal, a Patagonian Cavy.
THE FUZZIES & THE NOCTURNALS
They call them “The Fuzzies”…guinea pigs, ferrets, degus,
dwarf hamsters, chinchillas, marmosets and bunnies, lots of
bunnies. In fact, many of the bunnies are free-rangers. They
hop around the zoo eating out of anybody’s dinner bowl
who’ll let them, usually Sid the wallaby’s or the tortoises’.
The Fuzzies are soft, cute and funny, and great teaching
tools for first-time animal encounters. For a ferret, Latte is
pretty calm with toddlers, and Chili the chinchilla is a cool
little dude around everybody.
Then there are the nocturnal animals: Sugar Gliders
Winkie and Buddha, kinkajous Jasmine, Tabitha and
Noah, and The Bush Babies. By nature, the nocturnals
sleep all day and are up all night. Having their own separate
exhibit would be difficult for the keepers to maintain, so
they hang out with The Fuzzies.
THE HOOFSTOCK
They are some of the most eccentric
characters at the zoo. To entice half-ton
Tibetan yak Harry, to get into the cattle
truck during the hurricane evacuation, he has
to be bribed with his favorite food, Blue
Bunny white sandwich bread. Bread does not
work on his stubborn mate Etta.
Also stubborn but ultimately very humorous
are Guanacos Carmelita and her son Pepe,
who likes to spit food at people just for fun.
Sicilian Mini-Donkeys Amos & Buckeye are
surprised one day with a female companion
named Angie, and later, Mother Nature takes
her course with adorable results.
Barbary Sheep or Aoudads Felice, Auri &
Rhamses can be dangerous animals because
of their enormously powerful horns. But
when not scared or threatened, they are
curious, very likable, and enjoy rolling on the
grass in their yard.
When young Dromedary camels Mack &
Maggie are gifted to the zoo by a local
patron, the welcome party of school children
can’t wait to meet them.
Muntjac deer are the oldest of all deer
species dating back to prehistoric times and
are one of the smallest in size. Known for
their unusual barking sound when looking for
a mate, the zoo's very own Muntjacs Jimmy
Jack and Hanna Jack have no need to bark,
but do stir things up for their keepers.
THE PETTING ZOO
Billie the Billy goat will eat just about
anything handed to him, but the zoo
serves up healthy pellet food that can be
fed by petting zoo visitors all day long.
This is the ideal place for children to get
their first hands-on experience with
animals that won’t bite, but have lots of
personality.
The Petting Zoo is home to over 50
Nigerian Dwarf goats, Nubian goats,
Pygmy goats, Hair sheep, White-tailed
deer and Fallow deer. Esme, the Nubian
goat, and Brownie, the white-tailed deer
are two of the more popular residents,
along with always-hungry Billie.
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Hilarious American Black Bears Millie & Boodah
Bickering Siberian Tiger sisters Salt & Pepper
The Queen Bee, Lady the African Lion
Two islands filled with madcap Ring-Tailed Lemurs
Trey, the special-needs Capuchin Monkey
Best buddy Crunch the Capuchin cyclone
Chatterbox Jo the Parrot & 130 other exotic birds
Baby White Bengal Tiger Rajah & his bossy sister Rani
Clowns Rosco, Rizzo, Trixie & Bosco the Coatimundis
Leopard best friends Fontayne & Blazer, the oldest cats
Rambunctious Barbary Lion cubs Simba & CC
Lonely bachelor Sydney the Bennett’s Wallaby
Mama Guanaco Carmelita & her son Pepe the spitter
Capuchin Monkey parents Chi Chi & Al plus kids
Feisty Cougar daddy Kenya & his daughter Mikasa
Utterly lovable Timber Wolves Sinbad, Saba, Mojo & Runt
Adorable baby Black Leopards Chaka & Katrina
Capuchin Monkey Michael, the zoo’s oldest resident
Next door neighbor Kunda, the crazy Capuchin redhead
Yardmates Amos & Buckeye, the Sicilian Mini-Donkeys
Ice cream-eating champ Umba the Mandrill Baboon
One happy Little Petting Zoo of Goats, Sheep & Deer
Suki the Bearded Dragon & a house of cool reptiles
Spur-Thigh Tortoises Mr. Big, Mr. Bigger & Mr. Biggest
Barbary Sheep Felice, Auri & Rhamses aka The Aoudads
Albino Pythons Robbie & Cruella, the zoo’s ambassadors
Lots of cute “Fuzzies” plus the world’s largest rodents
And last, but not least, the zoo’s world-famous mascot…
Chuckie, the massive 11-foot American Alligator
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