Keeper's Guide to the Zoo

It can be very hard to keep up to date with the latest happenings in the A to Zoo. With trillions of species, even our own keepers can't remember everything! Our newsletter and travel guide, the Keeper's Guide to the Zoo, will tell you about a bunch of exciting new arrivals, events, expansions, and so much more!

"Our aim, with this newsletter and guide, is to give our avid visitors and our fans the inside scoop on the Zoo. Educational tid-bits, exciting new endeavours for the Zoo, and new arrivals, all things that you might miss while visiting! "

- Robinn Minnow | he/him
Editor-in-Chief of Keeper's Guide to the Zoo

A Chaotic Stocktake!

This year was our 4,595th annual stocktake. At the beginning of each year, our zookeepers painstakingly make a record of every single animal in our collection. It is an incredibly busy day for us, especially since we still have to feed and clean all of these animals, too, all while visitors are about!

This year was one of our best. We got to record millions of brand new species, including our blueback boars, flowerpot jellies, and three extremely dangerous blood frogs. We are expanding our collection at an exponential rate!

Our stocktake this year was not without a hitch though! Our golden fox skulk, led by Angel, wriggled their way out once more, giggling as they sat in front of their enclosure. They are the one animal in our collection that no matter what, find a way to escape!

Blueback Boar by Mochi

Blueback Boar | Sus caerulupellis
What a ferocious looking animal! They're surprisingly cuddly.

Did You Know?

There are over five thousand sectors in the A to Zoo!

We sit in a pocket realm all to ourselves, which allows us to expand infinitely. Each sector is a million miles away from its neighbours, and we use a portal system to get to each one.

Recommended Visits

There are far too many enclosures for a single person to visit, so here are a few personal recommendations! This could be for the animals themselves, the level of interaction you can get with some enclosures, or for educational resources.

Feed Chrome Carpet Sharks

In the Coastal Waters Sector 6 are six chrome carpet sharks. They are bright and colourful, with the most adorable moustache shaped tassles on their face! Hold your hand flat with some food on your palm, and wait for these sharks to glide over and suck the food up in their tiny mouths. You may even feel their little teeth tickle you!

Weave Bird Nests

Come learn how to weave different bird nests next to our vigilant bowerbird enclosure! These delightful rainforest birds weave some of the biggest, most complex nests in the Andromeda Galaxy. Our keepers will show you how they accomplish this, and you can practice your hand at weaving a sturdy nest.

Chrome Carpet Shark | Laractis phenolphthus
These tiny sharks are extremely friendly. Only $89.99 to feed them!

Chrome Carpet Shark Feeding by Mochi

Attention!

Please follow instructions and please remain on paths at all times. Do not feed or touch animals unless it is explicitly allowed.

Surprise Hatchlings!

To anyone who has visited the walkthrough river noodle enclosure and noticed some odd behaviour with our pair of noodles, their nest of eggs have just hatched! Despite our keeper's best efforts checking the three acre-wide enclosure for potential nests, these six eggs were just too well hidden.

The babies can already be seen swimming around the river, following their parents. River noodles are very gentle creatures, so they won't hurt visitors, but please stick to the boardwalk when wandering through this enclosure. If you're lucky enough, maybe one of the hatchlings will slither up to lick you!

Our two adult river noodles, Keesi and Gala, are some of the loveliest creatures any visitor could meet. They have both been with us for twenty years now and have bonded with the same keepers all these years. We have been looking to try and partner up these two noodles, but it has been incredibly difficult. Naturally, they are quite solitary creatures, but these two have been a platonic pair their entire lives. We pretty much gave up on the idea of ever getting baby river noodles, so this surprise was extremely welcome!

River Noodle Enclosure by Mochi

Can't Miss Events!

Glow In the Dark Night

Hathen Bat House, Nocturnal Sector 14

Daily

22:00 - 23:00

Named after investor Meria Hathen, this giant bat house opens to visitors exclusively at night. Wander through glowing forests, and try to spot some of our tiny bats flying around!

Be careful where you walk though - this is a multi-species enclosure, with some speedy little feathered armadillos running around.

Trode Bear Talk

Trode Bear Enclosure, Temperil Beasts Sector 1

Daily

14:00 - 14:30

Trode bears are one of our most dangerous animals, and we love educating our visitors on these bears!

Come listen to our thirty-minute talk on our trode bears, what makes them so deadly, and our conservation efforts to protect wild bears!

Lost?

Ask one of our keepers for directions! Or, if you can't find any, follow arrows painted on the floor in every sector of the zoo - they take you to the nearest map and waypoint, which will help you find your bearings.