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Prospect Park Zoo News
Rain Forest Romeos and Paired-up Pandas
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©WCS/J.Maher
| Love is always in the air—and the trees and the fields—at the Prospect Park Zoo, where our animals don’t save the romance just for holidays! Many share their lives with a special someone. Arrange a zoo date with your own sweetheart to meet our mates.
Starry-eyed zoo-goers looking to learn some tips from animal couples should start their course on the Discovery Trail, where red panda pair Lum and Mei Lin have been sharing the same tree since 2003. Afterward, warm up in the Animals in Our Lives building, where two beautiful emerald tree boas can often be found intertwined and lounging together on a vine—so much so that they look like one big snake!
In the Animal Lifestyles building, you’ll find the zoo’s black lion tamarin duo, Sharon and Ozzie. When the mood is right, these playful monkeys can be seen grooming, hugging, and snuggling up against each other. While you’re here, stop by the Bali mynah exhibit. This Indonesian bird might be at the top of the list if zookeepers could vote for the most impressive animal Romeo. Our male mynah performs a one-bird show, complete with singing and dancing to wow his female counterpart. Not one to play hard-to-get, the female mynah is quick to respond to his calls with her own.
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©WCS/J.Maher
| Of course, not all relationships come in pairs. Hamadryas baboon Bole lives with a harem of three adult females in his troop. There’s no shortage of affection in this family, but they aren't without the occasional tiff. Visit the baboons in the Animal Lifestyles Building.
Other animals living in pairs at the Prospect Park Zoo include American kestrels Arthur and Guinevere, eastern wild turkeys Patience and Franklin, plus great horned owls and Chinese crocodile lizards. If the Prospect Park Zoo can inspire so many complementary matches for its residents, who knows what might happen for its visitors!
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