2.4K views · 54 reactions | In honor of National Zoo Keeper Week, Zoo Staff were invited to participate in the annual "Zoo Olympics"! Thank you to our Facilities Manager Jakob and maintenance crew for orchestrating the event! The relay style event had staff competing on several different rounds and skills, everything from finishing a donut to balancing eggs! Congratulations to the winning team and thank you so much to our staff for all they do! | Lee Richardson Zoo | Facebook

Dear Fiona, What’s shakin’? Have you been watching the Olympics? I haven’t, because there are NO HIPPO COMPETITORS, which I think is an outrage! I think we should make our own Hippo-lympics, because that would be WAY more fun. Here’s what I’m thinking for events: - Diving - Marathon napping - Longest snooze bubbles - Ear wiggles - Splash contest - Endurance Zoomies - Watermelon smashing - Flippopotamus routines I would add a cuteness competition, but it would be unfair, since you’d take the gold

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An assortment of animals demonstrated their Olympic-inspired moves at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. | CBS Sunday Morning

Our tortoises were inspired by Team USA and decided to host their own Olympic race! Congrats to Zannzibar for the gold, Darwin for the silver, and Koraline for the bronze—proving that slow and steady wins the race... eventually! 🐢🥇🥈🥉 | Nashville Zoo