In Pictures: London Zoo animals celebrate Halloween with pumpkin treats

By PA News

Published: 18:02, 23 October 2023

| Updated: 19:11, 23 October 2023

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Keepers at London Zoo carved Halloween pumpkins for some of the 14,000 animals and stuffed them with special treats.

London Zoo’s zoological operations manager Dan Simmonds said: “With pumpkins in season, they are a sustainable snack for some of the animals, while others just love tearing them apart.”

An okapi looks for treats hidden inside a pumpkin (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Okapis, Oni and Ede, wrapped their bewitching black tongues around the pumpkins (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Playful tiger teens, Zac and Crispin, followed a cinnamon and nutmeg scent trail through leading them to a pile of giant gourds.

A Sumatran tiger enjoys its Halloween pumpkin (Jonathan Brady/PA)

The tigers enjoyed playing with their food before devouring it (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Komodo dragon Kahleesi clamped her 60 serrated, shark-like teeth around a meat-filled pumpkin.

A Komodo dragon investigates its pumpkin treat (Jonathan Brady/PA)

A Galapagos tortoise demolishes one of the pumpkins (Jonathan Brady/PA)

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