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Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Polar bears put Olympic swimmers to shame. They cut through the ocean at 6 mph. Compare that to Olympic swimmers who clock in at 4.

2 Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Polar bears put Olympic swimmers to shame. They cut through the ocean at 6 mph. Compare that to Olympic swimmers who clock in at 4.5 mph. Not only fast, polar bears, on average, can swim nonstop for 62 miles - that s like swimming from SLC to Park City and back! Photo Credit: Maggie McGrath

2013 December (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change.

4 Book Club ($) 5 6 Preschool Class (P)($) Member Night ($) Member Night ($) 7 9 p.m. 9:30 a.m. noon 7 Keeper Camp (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:30 9 p.m. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5:30 9 p.m. 15 16 17 18 19 20 Breakfast With 21 Santa (P)($) 9 a.

3 2013 December (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 ZooLights! 3 ZooLights! 4 Book Club ($) 5 6 Preschool Class (P)($) Member Night ($) Member Night ($) 7 9 p.m. 9:30 a.m. noon 7 Keeper Camp (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 5:30 9 p.m :30 9 p.m Breakfast With 21 Santa (P)($) 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. 5:30 9 p.m. First Day of Winter Roar Before Keeper Camp (P)($) 28 Christmas (F) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Noon 3 p.m. Zoo Closed Christmas Eve Early New Year s Eve Countdown ($) 31 9 p.m. ZooLights! Closes New Year s Eve Christmas Day 5:30 9 p.m. This Safari Calendar includes photos submitted by Zoo employees and volunteers. Historical Fact Ten years ago, in November, Salt Lake City voters passed Proposition #1, Redo the Zoo, giving the Zoo $10.2 million to improve the elephant and feline habitats. Photo Credit: James Weinpress

4 Photo Credit: Erica Hansen Peafowl Pavo cristatus A peacock s tail feathers may grow to 6 feet in length and contain more than 200 feathers. When extended, the train makes the peacock one of the largest flying birds that exists today.

5 2014 January (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Zoo Closed 1 Book Club ($) p.m. New Year s Day Preschool Class (P)($) 18 9:30 a.m. noon Cats and Cocoa (F) 10 a.m. noon Martin Luther King Jr. Day Historical Fact In 1962, a storybook castle featuring a children s petting zoo was built.

6 Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata You can tell a male spotted turtle from a female by the color of the turtle s eyes. Males have brown eyes and females have red ones. Photo Credit: Jill Cox

7 2014 February (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday World of the Wild Art Show Opens Project WILD (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m Book Club ($) 6 7 Mating Dances and 7 9 p.m. Wild Romances (P)($) p.m. 1 Groundhog Day Valentines with the 14 Preschool Class (P)($) Animals (F) 9:30 a.m. noon a.m. 1 p.m. Valentine s Day Polar Bear Whiteout 22 (F) 10 a.m. 1 p.m. Presidents Day International Polar Bear Day Historical Fact In 1934, the water supply at the Zoo was cut off for failure to pay a $195 bill. The Zoo s flamboyant superintendent threatened to turn all the animals loose if the water was not turned back on. The water was restored and the animals remained in their exhibits.

8 Black and White Ruffed Lemur Varecia variegata veriegata Lemurs get their name from the Ancient Roman belief that they were ghosts or spirits. They were mistaken for ghosts because of their nocturnal, stealth habits. Photo Credit: Rachel Huntsman

2014 March (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change.

9 2014 March (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Volunteer & Summer Intern Applications Due Book Club ($) p.m St. Patty Fun (F) 15 Preschool Class (P)($) 9:30 a.m. noon Daylight Savings Starts World of the Wild Art Show Closes St. Patrick s Day Frog Watch Training (P)(F) p.m First Day of Spring Historical Fact Acara, our baby orangutan, was born at Hogle Zoo on Mother s Day in She continues to live with her mom and dad in the Great Ape Building.

10 Photo Credit: Matt Radcliffe Green-Cheeked Amazon Parrot Amazona viridigenalis A group of parrots is called many things, including a company, pandemonium, and a prattle of parrots.

2014 April (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change.

11 2014 April (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Book Club ($) 3 4 Members-only Tea 7 9 p.m. Party (P)($) 5 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m Fish & Wildlife Members-only Tea 12 Merit Badge (P)($) Party (P)($) 6 9 p.m. 9:30 a.m. & 11:30 a.m Environmental Preschool Class (P)($) 19 Science Merit 9:30 a.m. noon Badge (P)($) 6 9 p.m. Hippity Hoppity Egg Hunt (F) Party for the Planet (F) 26 Good Friday Easter Earth Day Arbor Day Historical Fact The Zoo opens the Happy Family Building in 1915, which housed mostly birds. Including quail, peacocks, pigeons, parakeets, ostriches, ducks, and a single turkey. The Happy Family Building was also home to more than 100 rabbits and many guinea fowl. Photo Credit: Ellen Vossekuil

12 Photo Credit: Heather Herde Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis A giraffe s feet are the size of a dinner plate 12 inches across.

13 2014 May (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Book Club ($) 7 9 p.m World of Flight Bird Show Opens Sunset Safari (F) Preschool Class (P)($) 17 Gates close at 8 p.m. 9:30 a.m. noon Endangered Species Day (F) Mother s Day Armed Forces Day Insect Study Merit 22 Don t Fry Day (F) 23 Sunrise Safari (F) Badge (P)($) 7:30 a.m p.m Reptile & Amphibian Merit Badge (P)($) 6 9 p.m. Memorial Day Sunset Safari (F) Gates close at 8 p.m. Historical Fact In 1965, the Lion Drinking Fountain debuted at the Zoo and was an immediate crowd favorite! Watch for its triumphant return with the opening of African Savanna in 2014!

They can drag a kill up to three times their own weight up a tree to

14 Photo Credit: Dawn Neptune Amur Leopard Panthera pardus orientalis Leopards are excellent climbers. They can drag a kill up to three times their own weight up a tree to avoid competition from other predators. They sometimes leave leftovers in the trees and return to feed later.

15 2014 June (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Book Club ($) p.m. Sunset Safari (F) Gates close at 8 p.m. Father s Day 8 9 Nature Merit Environmental Science Sunrise Safari (F) 14 Badge (P)($) Merit Badge (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 8 a.m. noon 9 a.m. noon Sunset Safari (F) Bowling for Rhinos 20 Preschool Class (P)($) 21 Master Naturalist Wetlands (P)($) 9 a.m. 5 p.m. Gates close at 8 p.m. 9:30 a.m. noon World Giraffe Day (F) Booster Night (F) Living with Wildlife (F) p.m. Booster level and above World Ocean Day (F) (O)($) 5 9 p.m. Keeper Camp (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Zoo Unbirthday (F) Flag Day First Day of Summer Zoo Camp, Kindergarten (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 29 Project WILD (P)($) 30 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Historical Fact Shasta, the first documented liger in the U.S., was born on May 14, 1948, to a male lion and a female tiger at Utah s Hogle Zoo to great fanfare, including an article in LIFE Magazine. Shasta is now on display at the Monte L. Bean Museum on the BYU campus.

They have been known to sprint 180 feet in just 3 seconds.

16 Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis Grizzlies usually take their time, but they can run as fast as a horse, about 30 miles per hour! They have been known to sprint 180 feet in just 3 seconds. That s like running more than half a football field in 3 seconds! Photo Credit: Rachel Huntsman

17 2014 July (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Nature Merit Badge (P)($) 1 2 Book Club ($) p.m. 8 a.m. noon Environmental Science Merit Badge (P)($) 9 a.m. noon Military Appreciation Discount Sunset Safari (F) Keeper Camp (P)($) 12 Zoo Camp, Grades 1-2 (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Gates close at 8 p.m. Independence Day 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m Sunrise Safari (F) 19 Zoo Camp, Grades 3-4 (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9:30 a.m. noon Ice Block Day (F) 20 Project WILD (P)($) 21 Soil & Water 22 Bird Study Merit Lunch with a 25 Enrichment Day (F) 26 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Conservation Merit Badge (P)($) 9 a.m. noon Sunset Safari (F) Gates close at 8 p.m. Badge (P)($) 9 a.m. noon Pioneer Day Keeper (P)($) 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m. 7:30 a.m. Keeper Camp (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Preschool Class (P)($) Zoo Camp, Grades 5-7 (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Historical Fact In 2003 and 2004, Bullamakanka, an Australian children s interpretive site, opened for the summer in the location of the old duck pond.

18 Photo Credit: Becka Frustaci African Elephant Loxodonta africana An elephant s trunk has approximately 60,000 muscles! It is strong enough to rip a tree out of the ground but dexterous enough to pluck a single blade of grass.

19 2014 August (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Zoo Camp, Grades 5-7 (P)($) 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Continued 1 Teddy Bear Picnic (F) Keeper Camp (P)($) 5 Wild Libations (P)($) 6 Book Club ($) Master Naturalist Mountains (P)($) 9 a.m. 5 p.m. 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Booster Night (F) 6 8 p.m. Booster level and above 7 9 p.m. Wild Libations (P)($) 7 9 p.m. 7 9 p.m. 10 Fish & Wildlife Mammal Study 13 Sunset Safari (F) 14 Environmental Science Merit Badge (F) Merit Badge (P)($) Gates close at 8 p.m. Merit Badge (P)($) 9 a.m noon 9 a.m. noon 9 a.m. noon ZooSnooz (P)($) 7 p.m. 9 a.m Soil & Water Sunrise Safari (F) Conservation Merit 7:30 a.m. 23 Badge (P)($) 9 a.m. noon Sunset Safari (F) Gates close at 8 p.m. Historical Fact On April 29, 1918, Princess Alice gave birth to Prince Utah, her fourth offspring. It was the first documented elephant birth in the Western United States.

20 Photo Credit: Gina Phillips Snow Leopard Uncia uncia The fur on the belly of a snow leopard is about 5 inches thick!

2014 September (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change.

21 2014 September (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Volunteer Applications Due Labor Day Zoo Rendezvous (P)($) p.m. Zoo Closed Environmental Science Merit Badge (P)($) 6 9 p.m Keeper Camp (P)($) 20 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Preschool Class (P)($) 9:30 a.m. noon Safety Safari (F) Reptile & Amphibian Meet-Your-Best-Friend 27 Merit Badge (P)($) Pet Adoption (F) 6 9 p.m. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. Patriots Day World Rhino Day First Day of Fall Historical Fact In 1985, Hogle Zoo was renamed Utah s Hogle Zoo. Photo Credit: Dawn Neptune

22 Green Tree Monitor Varanus prasinus This species uses its long agile tail as a fifth limb, wrapping its prehensile tail around tree branches to hold on. Photo Credit: Jill Cox

23 2014 October (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Book Club ($) 2 3 Zooper Hero Day (F) p.m Wolf Awareness 11 Day (F) Spooktacular 17 Preschool Class (P)($) 18 Safari (P)($) 9:30 a.m. noon 6:30 9 p.m. Spooktacular Safari (P)($) 6:30 9 p.m. Colombus Day Spooktacular 23 Spooktacular 24 Booster Early 25 Safari (P)($) Safari (P)($) Admission, Boo at 6:30 9 p.m. 6:30 9 p.m. the Zoo (F) 8 9 a.m. Boo at the Zoo (F) 9 a.m. 3 p.m Halloween Historical Fact On Saturday, October 25, 2008, Boo at the Zoo set an all-time one-day attendance record: 23,479.

24 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallipavo A turkey s gender can be determined from its droppings males produce spiralshaped poop and females poop is shaped like the letter J. Photo Credit: Matt Radcliffe

25 2014 November (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Book Club ($) p.m. Daylight Savings Ends Election Day Preschool Class (P)($) 15 9:30 a.m. noon Military Appreciation Discount Veterans Day Feast with the 27 ZooLights! Booster 28 Keeper Camp (P)($) 29 Beast (F) Preview (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 9 a.m. noon 5:30 9 p.m. ZooLights! Opening (P)($) 30 5:30 9 p.m. Thanksgiving Day Historical Fact In November of 1946, Blizzard, the Zoo s eight-year-old polar bear, was shot. The culprit was never caught.

26 Amur Tiger Panthera tigris altaica A tiger retracts its claws as it walks, leaving no claw marks in its tracks. Photo Credit: Jameson Weston

27 2014 December (F) - Free ($) - Fee (P) - Pre-registerd (O) - Off-site Education Class Member-only Event Event AAZK Event Booster Member-only Event All event days and times are subject to change. Please check for updated information. Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 ZooLights! 2 ZooLights! 3 Book Club ($) Member Night ($) Member Night ($) 7 9 p.m. 5:30 9 p.m :30 9 p.m Preschool Class (P)($) 20 9:30 a.m. noon 5:30 9 p.m Roar Before Keeper Camp (P)($) 27 Christmas (F) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. Noon 3 p.m. Zoo Closed First Day of Winter Christmas Eve Keeper Camp (P)($) 7:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 30 Early New Year s Eve Countdown ($) 31 9 p.m. Christmas Day 5:30 9 p.m. ZooLights! Closes New Year s Eve Historical Fact Gorgeous, the world s oldest Western Lowland gorilla at any zoo, died of old age in She was 50 years old. Soon after, a statue was dedicated in her honor near the outside yards of the Great Ape Building.

Postage PAID Salt Lake City, UT Permit Number 2421 ZOO SPONSORS Corporate Partners Photo Credit: Patrick

28 Utah Zoological Society 2600 East Sunnyside Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah Nonprofit Organization U.S. Postage PAID Salt Lake City, UT Permit Number 2421 ZOO SPONSORS Corporate Partners Photo Credit: Patrick Theobald Connect with us at facebook.com/cachevalleydairy Hogle Zoo wishes to sincerely thank the 2012 corporate sponsors for their ongoing support of Zoo events, exhibits and programs. We encourage all our members to show your support by frequenting these establishments or purchasing their products. Community Partners 2013 Zoo Rendezvous Partners Linen & Uniform Rental Services Robert D Kent Jr Charitable Trust

Amur Tiger Panthera tigris altaica Tigers have white spots on the backs of their ears. This is a visual cue for tigers looking for other tigers and

Amur Tiger Panthera tigris altaica Tigers have white spots on the backs of their ears. This is a visual cue for tigers looking for other tigers and also a way for mothers to keep their cubs in sight in