Greeneville Zoo
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It’s not true that our wild bear habitat only contains a Billy Bob robot from an abandoned Showbiz Pizza Place. We also put a jukebox in there.
November 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It’s not true that our wild bear habitat only contains a Billy Bob robot from an abandoned Showbiz Pizza Place. We also put a jukebox in there.
Please stop hurling insults at our crocodiles. Sometimes their tears are real.
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Please stop hurling insults at our crocodiles. Sometimes their tears are real.
Meet our 3 turkeys, Butterball, Yum Yum, and Drumstick. Just Kidding. All turkeys are named Sir Peckworth Of Gobble Town.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Meet our 3 turkeys, Butterball, Yum Yum, and Drumstick. Just Kidding. All turkeys are named Sir Peckworth Of Gobble Town.
Premium zoo members get access to our 24/7 "Custodian Cam" where you'll get to experience real life zoo custodians sleeping on the job.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Premium zoo members get access to our 24/7 "Custodian Cam" where you'll get to experience real life zoo custodians sleeping on the job.
All right, which one of you clowns keeps encouraging the animals to form a union?
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
All right, which one of you clowns keeps encouraging the animals to form a union?
We knew it wasn't you when we saw 'turkeys' spelled correctly.
It wasn't us.
We can't even keep our own turkies safe.
We can't even keep our own turkies safe.
We're not paying up.
November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
We knew it wasn't you when we saw 'turkeys' spelled correctly.
We're not paying up.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We're not paying up.
Our potoo wants you to know that just because she’s in a zoo doesn’t mean it’s okay to stare.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our potoo wants you to know that just because she’s in a zoo doesn’t mean it’s okay to stare.
Did you know? Four of our elephants are rescues from the game Jumanji.
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Did you know? Four of our elephants are rescues from the game Jumanji.
In a space-saving measure, we have traded our hippo, Lana, to the Toledo zoo for two aardvarks and a reptile to be named later.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
In a space-saving measure, we have traded our hippo, Lana, to the Toledo zoo for two aardvarks and a reptile to be named later.
Sorry we tried to make a crocodile mate with an alligator. It was dark out.
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Sorry we tried to make a crocodile mate with an alligator. It was dark out.
Back to the drawing board on the "live animal merry-go-round."
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Back to the drawing board on the "live animal merry-go-round."
What our small-town zoo lacks compared to big city zoos, we more than make up for with the mecha-chickens and Wall of Fur.
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What our small-town zoo lacks compared to big city zoos, we more than make up for with the mecha-chickens and Wall of Fur.
Come see the new Ibex or Oryx or whatever, it's one of those two.
November 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Come see the new Ibex or Oryx or whatever, it's one of those two.
Today's book signing for To Serve Man in the polar bear enclosure is NOT an official zoo event, and not covered by your regular admission.
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today's book signing for To Serve Man in the polar bear enclosure is NOT an official zoo event, and not covered by your regular admission.
Good news. The bat is in rehab.
Bad news, it's in Redville.
Bad news, it's in Redville.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the GoFundMe to raise money for Groundskeeper Carl's rabies shots. Good news, the bat tested negative. Bad news, Carl had a blood alcohol level of 2.8 which is a parole violation and we used the money to get him a lawyer.
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Good news. The bat is in rehab.
Bad news, it's in Redville.
Bad news, it's in Redville.
Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We are phasing out the terms “extant” and “extinct” from our exhibits and will now refer to species as either “Darwinners" or “Darlosers.”
Did you know that having jungle cats lick pedestrian walkways clean is not nearly as sanitary as hosing them down? Anyway, we’ve changed our policy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Did you know that having jungle cats lick pedestrian walkways clean is not nearly as sanitary as hosing them down? Anyway, we’ve changed our policy.
When visiting our wolf, coyote, or jackal enclosures, keep in mind that the Greeneville Rule Book actually does say a dog can’t play basketball.
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When visiting our wolf, coyote, or jackal enclosures, keep in mind that the Greeneville Rule Book actually does say a dog can’t play basketball.
We’re launching an investigation into how our chimps were able to host an illegal poker game, who tipped off the FBI and where the money is buried.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We’re launching an investigation into how our chimps were able to host an illegal poker game, who tipped off the FBI and where the money is buried.
Our breeding-program research reports that the animals’ reluctance to mate is often linked to people like you standing around watching.
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our breeding-program research reports that the animals’ reluctance to mate is often linked to people like you standing around watching.
During our last bird show a goose snatched a hairpiece. If you're missing a hairpiece, stop at Guest Services. If you can describe this hairpiece, you may reclaim your hairpiece.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
During our last bird show a goose snatched a hairpiece. If you're missing a hairpiece, stop at Guest Services. If you can describe this hairpiece, you may reclaim your hairpiece.
People say wolves are intelligent, but a third of our staff was able to beat them in head-to-head Chutes and Ladders.
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
People say wolves are intelligent, but a third of our staff was able to beat them in head-to-head Chutes and Ladders.
Our wolves don't have rabies. That's beard conditioner.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Our wolves don't have rabies. That's beard conditioner.