Kelly Kappen, MN Zoo Dietician
(1-19-2024)   [Bill Raker]

Ever wonder: “What do zoo animals eat?” Kelly Kappen with the Minnesota Zoo joins host Bill Raker to answer that and other intriguing questions about what some 500 species at the Zoo get in their meals.

What animal has the strangest diet? Are there seasonal variations in diets? How does the Zoo dietician use what we know about domestic animals and humans to figure out what to feed wild animals? What is the annual budget for feeding the 5000 individual animals at the Zoo? What are ruminant animals and how and what do they eat?

This lively interview takes you behind the scenes to learn fascinating details about what’s on the “menus” for the animals at the Minnesota Zoo.

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