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PHOTOS: Brookfield Zoo animals enjoy Halloween treats

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Friday, October 20, 2017
Hani, a 14-year-old sloth bear reaping the benefits of her successfully breaking open a Halloween treat at Brookfield Zoo.
Adelle, a 41-year-old pygmy hippo at Brookfield Zoo, gets ready to dig into a Halloween treat.
Kamba, a female western lowland gorilla at Brookfield Zoo, investigates a Halloween treat while her son Zachary looks on.
Hani, a 14-year-old sloth bear at Brookfield Zoo, gets ready to dig into a pumpkin that animal care staff gave her as part of the zoo’s enrichment program.
The Rodrigues fruit bats at Brookfield Zoo’s Australia House received carved pumpkins filled with a variety of chopped fruit.
Zachary, a western lowland gorilla at Brookfield Zoo, seems to be enjoying an early Halloween treat.
Several animals at Brookfield Zoo, including Obesa, a 29-year-old pygmy hippo, received pumpkins. She appears to be enjoying the Halloween treat.
Kamba, a western lowland gorilla at Brookfield Zoo, seems to be thoroughly enjoying the pumpkin that she and the other members of the gorilla family received as part of the zoo’s
The Rodrigues fruit bats at Brookfield Zoo’s Australia House received carved pumpkins filled with a variety of chopped fruit.
A carpet python slithers his way through a carved pumpkin at Brookfield Zoo.
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Hani, a 14-year-old sloth bear reaping the benefits of her successfully breaking open a Halloween treat at Brookfield Zoo.
Kelly Tone/Chicago Zoological Society

Some animals at the Brookfield Zoo got some special Halloween treats to enjoy Friday.

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