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frogmarch

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6. My granddaughter works at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 09:16 PM
Apr 2019

with the animals, including the penguins when it's her turn. I asked her if the Doorly Zoo penguins stink.

She replied:

No, they don't. Henry Doorly has an exceptionally clean penguin exhibit. Every day the keepers melt the snow and scrub the entire exhibit for 2 hours. Then after cleaning and rinsing, they turn on the snow, so the penguins have fresh snow every day. It's actually ice flakes, so they shovel twice a day to spread the snow. They also each dive twice a week to scrub the algae and make it look extra clean as well as doing back washing once a week, water Chems weekly, and stabilizing water pH weekly.

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