- Zookeeping through ingenuity.

In the wild, animals only have two external choices to regulate temperature: shade and water. Animals in human care have everything their keeper team can come up with! Have you ever had a blood popsicle? Lions love them. What about frozen grapes for Saki Monkeys? It doesn't stop at food. Keepers set up mister systems as well which can lower an exhibit's temperature up to 20 degrees.

If you find yourself at the zoo and you don't see an animal on display, oftentimes they are given access to their indoor enclosure to move in and out of the air conditioning. Believe it or not, good old fashioned fans go a long way for animals like giraffes, who have to keep their chest cool for their heart to pump the cooled off blood throughout their long legs and neck. Hair cuts are a must for llamas and sheep. Even kangaroos and emus like to take a dip in plastic kiddie pools. Some zoos even have water cannons the public can shoot at the elephants to cool them off!