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Happy New Year, Houston! Kick off 2024 with a Zoo visit! We’re open regular hours for both daytime admission and TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights Plan your visit at houstonzoo.org!

Happy New Year, Houston! Kick off 2024 with a Zoo visit! We’re open regular hours for both daytime admission and @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights Plan your visit at houstonzoo.org!
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🎊 It's New Year’s Eve and we’re open tonight for TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights! See the dazzling light displays with your loved ones as we close out 2023. Get tickets online: bit.ly/46NZDyp

📸: Chandler D.

🎊 It's New Year’s Eve and we’re open tonight for @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights! See the dazzling light displays with your loved ones as we close out 2023. Get tickets online: bit.ly/46NZDyp 📸: Chandler D.
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#10: Every time you visit the Zoo, you’re helping us save native Texas wildlife, including sea turtles, Attwater's prairie chickens, and Houston toads. Read more about our top 10 successes of 2023: bit.ly/3TEbOKZ

#10: Every time you visit the Zoo, you’re helping us save native Texas wildlife, including sea turtles, Attwater's prairie chickens, and Houston toads. Read more about our top 10 successes of 2023: bit.ly/3TEbOKZ
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#9: We’re thrilled to share that we exceeded our “Keeping Our World Wild” centennial fundraising campaign goal in January. The campaign has contributed to the opening of many exhibits, including the award-winning South America’s Pantanal and Galápagos Islands.

#9: We’re thrilled to share that we exceeded our “Keeping Our World Wild” centennial fundraising campaign goal in January. The campaign has contributed to the opening of many exhibits, including the award-winning South America’s Pantanal and Galápagos Islands.
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Cozy up at Snowy Slopes sponsored by PNC Bank during TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights! ❄️ Celebrate New Year's weekend with a trip to Houston's favorite holiday lights. But hurry, Zoo Lights ends on Jan. 7. Get your tickets: bit.ly/46NZDyp

📸: Genesis F.

Cozy up at Snowy Slopes sponsored by @PNCBank during @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights! ❄️ Celebrate New Year's weekend with a trip to Houston's favorite holiday lights. But hurry, Zoo Lights ends on Jan. 7. Get your tickets: bit.ly/46NZDyp 📸: Genesis F.
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#8: Tally’s tale! A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle returned home to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico after her years long journey when she washed up on the shores in Wales, U.K. in 2021. She received a clean bill of health from our vets before being released back into the wild.

#8: Tally’s tale! A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle returned home to the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico after her years long journey when she washed up on the shores in Wales, U.K. in 2021. She received a clean bill of health from our vets before being released back into the wild.
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There’s ONLY two weekends left to enjoy @txunergy presents Zoo Lights! Extend your holiday break and take in the festive light displays across Zoo grounds now until Jan. 7: bit.ly/46NZDyp

There’s ONLY two weekends left to enjoy @txunergy presents Zoo Lights! Extend your holiday break and take in the festive light displays across Zoo grounds now until Jan. 7: bit.ly/46NZDyp
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🦦 You otter come visit us! Soak up your winter break with a Zoo visit to see our giant river otters and other animal favorites before the end of the year. Plan your daytime visit: bit.ly/2ZD61t2

🦦 You otter come visit us! Soak up your winter break with a Zoo visit to see our giant river otters and other animal favorites before the end of the year. Plan your daytime visit: bit.ly/2ZD61t2
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#7: We had egg-citing news earlier this year when we had a rare, wattled curassow chick hatch. It is the first time in almost 30 years that a wattled curassow hatchling is being raised by its parents.

#7: We had egg-citing news earlier this year when we had a rare, wattled curassow chick hatch. It is the first time in almost 30 years that a wattled curassow hatchling is being raised by its parents.
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#6: It was a starry night, indeed! Our Zoo Ball 2023 – A Starry Night in the Galápagos presented by Phillips 66 raised more than $2 million to support the Houston Zoo at this sold-out event.

#6: It was a starry night, indeed! Our Zoo Ball 2023 – A Starry Night in the Galápagos presented by @Phillips66Co raised more than $2 million to support the Houston Zoo at this sold-out event.
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That post-Christmas Day feeling! Extend the holiday magic with a visit to TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights now until Jan. 7. See why we’re one of Houston’s favorite holiday light experiences: bit.ly/46NZDyp

That post-Christmas Day feeling! Extend the holiday magic with a visit to @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights now until Jan. 7. See why we’re one of Houston’s favorite holiday light experiences: bit.ly/46NZDyp
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Sneak in a daytime visit with your kiddos before the holidays! See our California sea lions and other animal favorites in Galápagos Islands. Buy tickets online: bit.ly/2ZD61t2

📸: Megan K.

Sneak in a daytime visit with your kiddos before the holidays! See our California sea lions and other animal favorites in Galápagos Islands. Buy tickets online: bit.ly/2ZD61t2 📸: Megan K.
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#5: In October, Houston Zoo traveled to Taipei, Taiwan to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Taipei Zoo. While Houston and Taipei have been sister cities for more than 60 years, this is the first time two organizations have formalized a friendship.

#5: In October, Houston Zoo traveled to Taipei, Taiwan to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Taipei Zoo. While Houston and Taipei have been sister cities for more than 60 years, this is the first time two organizations have formalized a friendship.
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☃️ It wouldn’t be Christmas without an adorable photo shoot with our California sea lions. Happy Holidays from Jonah and Kamia, along with the rest of our sea lion colony!

📸: Sea Lion Keeper Maggie

☃️ It wouldn’t be Christmas without an adorable photo shoot with our California sea lions. Happy Holidays from Jonah and Kamia, along with the rest of our sea lion colony! 📸: Sea Lion Keeper Maggie
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#4: On May 30, a male northern white-cheeked gibbon named Marv was born to first-time parents, Max and Ting. Native to southeast Asia, Vietnam and southern China, this species of gibbon is critically endangered in the wild. See them in Wortham World of Primates.

#4: On May 30, a male northern white-cheeked gibbon named Marv was born to first-time parents, Max and Ting. Native to southeast Asia, Vietnam and southern China, this species of gibbon is critically endangered in the wild. See them in Wortham World of Primates.
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Merry Christmas from our Zoo family to yours! We’re closed today for daytime admission and TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights, but we’ll resume regular hours tomorrow for you to extend the holidays with your crew.

Merry Christmas from our Zoo family to yours! We’re closed today for daytime admission and @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights, but we’ll resume regular hours tomorrow for you to extend the holidays with your crew.
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#3: We’re still relishing when Mr. Pickles became a first-time father at 90 years young to Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño. They are a big dill for radiated tortoise genetics as their father is the most genetically valuable radiated tortoise in the AZA Species Survival Plan® (SSP).

#3: We’re still relishing when Mr. Pickles became a first-time father at 90 years young to Dill, Gherkin, and Jalapeño. They are a big dill for radiated tortoise genetics as their father is the most genetically valuable radiated tortoise in the AZA Species Survival Plan® (SSP).
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Happy Christmas Eve! We’ll be open today from 9am to 2pm, with last entry at 1pm, and closed for TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights tonight. We will reopen on Dec. 26 for you to see our animals and visit Zoo Lights.

📸: Zoo Volunteer Matthew G.

Happy Christmas Eve! We’ll be open today from 9am to 2pm, with last entry at 1pm, and closed for @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights tonight. We will reopen on Dec. 26 for you to see our animals and visit Zoo Lights. 📸: Zoo Volunteer Matthew G.
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The forecast may be cloudy, but there's a 100% chance of fun at TXU Energy presents Zoo Lights! Don’t miss out on one of Houston’s favorite holiday traditions: bit.ly/46NZDyp

📸: Chuck M.

The forecast may be cloudy, but there's a 100% chance of fun at @txuenergy presents Zoo Lights! Don’t miss out on one of Houston’s favorite holiday traditions: bit.ly/46NZDyp 📸: Chuck M.
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#2: Peep! Peep! The Houston Zoo welcomed its first ever Malagasy sacred ibis chick on September 3. This marks the first time the endangered species has successfully hatched in a North American zoo.

#2: Peep! Peep! The Houston Zoo welcomed its first ever Malagasy sacred ibis chick on September 3. This marks the first time the endangered species has successfully hatched in a North American zoo.
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