AND
AND GEODUCK FOR THE LONG-TERM. DREW MIKKELSEN.
DREW MIKKELSEN. TIN05 NEWS.
TIN05 NEWS. >> THANK YOU, DREW.
>>> MORE THAN 8000 LIGHTS HAVE
TRANSFORMED THE ZOO LIKE THEY
DO EVERY WINTER.
>> YOU GET TO SEE THE LIGHTS
AND THE ANIMALS AND JOINING US
ARE THE ANIMAL KEEPERS SUSIE
SEMLER AND AMARILLO THE
ARMADILLO. HE'S BEEN TRIED
COMING OUT OF HIS CAGE.
RACHEL HEAR FROM US AS WELL BUT
LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LIGHTS AND
THE ARMADILLO.
THE ARMADILLO. >> YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE EXPECTED
TO SEE AN ARMADILLO HERE TODAY
BUT THIS IS AMARILLO NAMED
AFTER A CITY IN TEXAS AND AN
INVESTOR ANIMAL AT THE ZOO AND
HE'S GOT A LOT OF PERSONALITY
AND YOU CAN SEE HE IS EATING
HIS FAVORITE SNACKS.
YUMMY.
YUMMY.
YUMMY. IF
YUMMY. IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS SOME
SNACKS I HAVE SOME EXTRA IN MY
PROJECT POCKET.
PROJECT POCKET. >> I'M ALL RIGHT.
>> ARMADILLO IS ARE INTERESTING
AND UNIQUE ANIMALS.
I ASKED IF I COULD TOUCH THEM.
>> HE CAN TELL YOU. HE CAN FEEL
IT.
IT.
IT. HIS
IT. HIS SHELL IS MADE OUT OF PURITAN
JUST LIKE WE CAN FEEL IT.
>> IT'S REALLY HARD THOUGH.
>> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU
DIDN'T KNOW.
DIDN'T KNOW. >> HE MIGHT JUMP A LITTLE BIT
AND THAT IS NORMAL.
THEY CAN JUMP IN THE AIR LIKE A
TRAMPLING AND A THEY FEEL
NERVOUS IT'S STRAIGHT IN THE AIR
. I DON'T WANT HIM TO BE HURT
OR ANYTHING.
OR ANYTHING. HE FEELS COMFORTABLE AND
SITTING CALMLY. NOT BEING A
TRAMPLING TODAY.
TRAMPLING TODAY. >> AND NEVER REALIZED HOW
QUICKLY THEY COULD EAT.
>> HE IS PART OF THE WINTERLAND
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL.
SPECIAL. >> YOU CAN SEE ANIMALS JUST
LIKE AMARILLO AT WILD LIGHTS.
EXHIBITS OPEN AT THE ZOO SO YOU
CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT A SLOT AND
THE FRUIT BACK TO THE NIGHTS
AND SEE THOSE INDOOR AREAS.
THE ZOO WILL HAVE OVER 800,000
SUPER EFFICIENT LED LIGHTS OUT
TO MAKE THAT WINTER WONDERLAND
AND YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY
BUYING TICKETS NOW AND THEY ARE
ON SALE NOW.
AND IT'S FREE THIS YEAR.
>> AND PARKING IS FREE?
>> YOU GOT IT.
$3.99.
$3.99.
$3.99. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS.
EVERY TIME I GO TO THE ZOO
WHICH I DO FREQUENT WITH MY
KIDS THERE IS SOMETHING NEW TO
EXPLORE AND AT NIGHT IT'S EVEN
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF AMBASSADOR
ANIMALS OUT AND A LOT OF THEM
ARE TRAINED LIKE THE AMARILLO
IS HERE.
IS HERE.
IS HERE. YOU CAN GET UP CLOSE AND LOOK
AT ANIMALS YOU MAY NOT HAVE
KNOWN ABOUT BEFORE.
>> IS ALSO ABOUT SOFT SKIN
UNDERNEATH THOSE BANDS AND YOU
CAN SEE WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.
>> GO AHEAD.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO STICK MY
FINGER UNDER MY SHOW.
>> HE DOES LIKE THE SCRATCHES.
I'M CURIOUS.
I'M CURIOUS. WHEN HE GETS STARTLED HE JUMPS
RIGHT UP AND WHAT DOES THAT DO.
IT WOULD BE A WAY TO RUN AWAY
FROM PREDATORS.
FROM PREDATORS. SOME ANIMALS MIGHT ROLL INTO A
BALL.
BALL.
BALL. SOME ARE FAST AND ZIG ZAG IN
OTHER DIRECTIONS AND HE RELIES
ON THE SUBPLOT SURPRISE
ELEMENT.
ELEMENT.
ELEMENT. IF A PREDATOR CAME BY HE WOULD
JUMP STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR.
>> 'S OF THE PREDATOR DOESN'T
KNOW HE'S COMING BACK DOWN?
>> HE CAN ZIG ZAG ALL AROUND.
HE STARTLES THE PREDATOR.
>> AND HE RUNS THROUGH THE
FOREST.
FOREST.
FOREST. >> A LOT OF SUITS HAVE WINTER
LIGHT SHOWS.
LIGHT SHOWS. WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL?
>> ONE THING THAT IS GREAT
ABOUT THE ZOO'S EVERY TICKET
SOLD HELPS ANIMAL CONSERVATION
AND YOU HELP ANIMALS LIKE
AMARILLO HERE AND ALL THE
PROJECTS WE SUPPORT THROUGHOUT
THE NORTHWEST AND THE REST OF
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. WE HAVE INSTAGRAM MOBILE
MOMENTS AND ALL SORTS OF SETUPS
READY TO GO WITH HOT COCOA,
S'MORES, FIRE PITS AND A LOT OF
THINGS TO DO.
>> PEOPLE SHOW UP.
>> THE PARKING IS FREE AND
TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.
WHERE DO WE GO FOR TICKETS?
>> GO TO THE WEBSITE.