17 Days of Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Olympics!

We're celebrating the 2012 Summer Olympics Cleveland Metroparks Zoo style. Each day we'll post a photo of one of our animals that coincides with an Olympic sport. Get ready to compete!

We're celebrating the 2012 Summer Olympics Cleveland Metroparks Zoo style. Each day we'll post a photo of one of our animals that coincides with an Olympic sport. Get ready to compete!

Thursday, July 26: The Olympic warm-up! Kallie stretching in the Savanna Range in African Elephant Crossing.

Friday, July 27 - ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 1: Our meerkats are ready for tonight's opening ceremony!

Saturday, July 28 - ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 2: Swimming! Here's Kallie loving the water! We think she's doing the freestyle stroke; what do you think?

Sunday, July 29 - ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 3: More swimming! Our polar bear has perfected the backstroke technique. Going for the gold!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 4: Gymnastics! Check out our orangutan on the uneven bars!


ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 5: More gymnastics! Our Lorikeet and Red Eyed Tree Frog are practicing on the balance beam!


ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 6: Diving! Have you ever seen Aurora, our Polar Bear, dive? We'd give her the gold!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 7: Weightlifting! Our animals are testing their strength!

 

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 8: Synchronized Diving! We LOVE this picture of our otters getting ready for their dive!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 9: Track and Field! Looks like the relay races are in full effect!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 10: Wrestling! More like playing, but we'll call it practicing!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 11: More wrestling!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 12: Synchronized swimming! Our capybaras are in perfect unison!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 13: Track and Field! Which Persian Onager is going to win? Ready...Set....Go!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 14: Boxing! Our kangaroos are practicing their moves! It's a unanimous decision that they're both winners!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 15: Anyone up for a game of handball?

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 16: Our giraffe has been practicing hard for the floor exercise!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 17: Water polo! Our polar bear, Aurora, looks like she's going to shoot a goal!

ClemetZoo Olympics - We finished! We hope you all enjoyed our Summer Olympics as much as the we did!

ClemetZoo Olympics - Day 18: Resting up for the next Olympics!

 



Comments

 
By: Carolyn Galizio
On: 07/27/2012 06:58:46
I am so excited to read this blog in correspondence to the Olympics! Kallie looks like she feels like I do when she stretches!

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