Zoo animals celebrate Halloween

At least once in every kid’s (or adult’s) life, he or she dresses like an animal for Halloween. But what do the animals dress as? While we know zoo animals don’t put on costumes for Halloween, we do know they also celebrate the holiday with fun and food. Here are some scenes of zoo animals from around the world enjoying some end-of -October festivities.

Tatqiq, an 11-year-old female polar bear at the San Diego Zoo, played with a Halloween lawn ornament in the shape of a Frankenstein monster on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

The San Diego Zoo’s 6-month-old jaguar, Tikal, enjoyed rolling a jack-olantern around his exhibit. The 50-pound male cub, his sister and their mother spent the morning enjoying the treats inside them and playing tug-of-war with the orange squash. The only scary part was when Tikal nearly lost his pumpkin in the pool, but his big paws were quick and caught the jack-o-lantern for continued playtime.

Ducks walked amongst pumpkins on sale for Halloween, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

A diver dressed in a skeleton costume fed fish in the shark tank ahead of Halloween at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin on Oct. 30.

Meerkats ate a pumpkin decorated for Halloween at London Zoo in central London on Oct. 30.

Jae Jae the tiger enjoyed a Halloween pumpkin at the London Zoo on Tuesday, Oct. 30. London Zoo handed out Halloween treats to some of its occupants to celebrate the Halloween festivities.

Raja, a Komodo Dragon, attempted to eat a pumpkin decorated to mark Halloween at London Zoo on Oct. 30.

Colin the Red Ruffed Lemur expressed his excitement for Halloween while playing with a carved pumpkin at Bristol Zoo in Bristol, England on Thursday, Oct. 25.

Maggie the giraffe played with a carved pumpkin during a Halloween-themed event at the London Zoo on Oct. 30.

Polar bear Nanuq enjoyed his food draped around a carved pumpkin on Oct. 25 at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. A few days before the Halloween festival, keepers offered pumpkins filled with fish and other treats to the animals.

A diver in a skeleton costume fed sting rays during a Halloween celebration at the Sea Life aquarium in Berlin on Tuesday, Oct. 30.

A ring-tailed lemur got a treat of hay out of a pumpkin trick-or-treat bucket hanging in its display at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston.

Glenda, a 7-year-old western lowland gorilla, examined a carved pumpkin at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens Friday, Oct. 26.

Almaz, a 3-year-old male white African lion, played with the pumpkins inside his enclosure during the Zoo Halloween Weekend event at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Oct. 26.

Aurora, a 2-year-old female polar bear, played with a pumpkin inside her open air cage during the Zoo Halloween Weekend event at the Royev Ruchey Zoo in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Oct. 26. Zoo employees held a competition for the best Halloween pumpkin, which were afterwards presented to the animals.

Rocky the Raccoon prepared for Halloween with snacks from a carved pumpkin at Bristol Zoo in Bristol, England on Thursday, Oct. 25.

Isis, a 7-year-old female African lion, got ready to pounce on one of the pumpkins she and her partner, Zenda, 6, received at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill, on Oct. 24. During the fall season, the zoo gives all its residents the traditional fall squash.

Jimma, a 27-year-old male rhino, curiously investigated a Halloween pumpkin treat at the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Ill.

Meerkats at the zoo in Leipzig, eastern Germany, inspected a carved pumpkin filled with flour worms and straw on Oct. 18. Suited to the upcoming Halloween holiday, the animals’ enclosure is decorated with pumpkins to delight the meerkats and their visitors.