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A couple of bonobos hang out on an upper level inside their exhibit at the Memphis Zoo on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 at the Memphis Zoo in Memphis, Tenn.
TOM (Tigers Of Memphis) is the name of three Bengal tigers which have served as the mascot of the Memphis Tigers since 1972. The most recent, TOM III, was a beloved Bengal tiger mascot for the University of Memphis during one of the most glorious periods in University and athletics history.
The land currently designated to the Memphis Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1888, it is owned by the City of Memphis. The zoo is set on 76 acres (31 ha), of which approximately 55 acres (22 ha) are developed. In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked "#1 Zoo in the U.S." by TripAdvisor. The ranking was based on visitor opinions. [4]
Two of the female tiger cubs sit together while zoo keepers try to maintain a calm environment as the cubs receive their vaccines at the Nashville Zoo, in Nashville Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.
Nova Kennedy, 2, and her grandfather Terry Anderson look in at a prairie rattlesnake in an exhibit within the herpetarium at Memphis Zoo in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, June 6, 2024.
In 1987, the Tennessee Department of Transportation deeded the 26-acre corridor back to the City of Memphis. In 2008, the Memphis Zoo clear-cut 4 acres (16,000 m 2) to make way for a new exhibit, Teton Trek. The destruction sparked the revival of CPOP to prevent further expansion of the zoo into the Old Forest.
This is not the first dinosaur exhibit to grace the Memphis Zoo grounds. Its first exhibit in 1992 saw almost 250,000 visitors, and it was brought back twice more — once in 2012 and most ...
Apparently tiger cubs enjoy watching TV too, as this video that ABC News posted on Monday, March 18th proves. The video shows Oakland Zoo's newest resident, a rescued tiger cub named Lily, as she ...