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Spring/ Sum mer 2017

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ALL NEW! May 6 to September 17 have roared back to life and they’ve brought some of their mythical friends. The summerlong Dinos & features 17 amazing lifelike animatronic creatures, including the Stage-O-Saurus Theatre , the rex, and a Chinese West of Tropic World dragon. Test your and dragon knowledge 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. with fun games. Get up-close views of live reptiles, Get your imagination and cameras ready! Join us including a 6-foot-long Komodo dragon, seen here for for a FREE 15-minute interactive dinosaur show. It’s the first time. Try interactive activities such as a mini- sure to be a roaring good time for the whole family. catapult, puppet shows, a dinosaur dissection lab, Check West Mall signs for added shows. dino dig boxes, and fun photo opportunities.

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Take a Peek! At Brookfield Zoo, veterinary staff want to be the most effective at treating the animals in their care, so they rely on the latest technology to essentially peek inside an animal patient. Combining this specialized viewpoint with careful analysis of the external symptoms of a patient, they can make a thorough diagnosis.

This visual capability is so important to animal care efforts here that the decision was made to invest in the most advanced radiological suite in the world. (A simple definition of the word “radiology” is the ability to obtain images for medical purposes.) the time our animal patients need to be under Brookfield Zoo is currently one of only anesthesia. It also produces higher-resolution scans two in North America with an on-site that allow fantastic 3D image reconstruction. computerized tomography (CT) scanner, It is the biggest veterinary model on the market, too, recently donated by AMITAHealth La Grange. with a 660-pound table limit, so veterinary staff can The CT scanner is much faster than our now scan larger patients with greater ease. We have previous machine, significantly shortening already performed scans on a , a gorilla, an , and a pygmy hippo—just to name a few!

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