BRIDGEPORT — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo wants to help kids go bananas for books.
To celebrate the arrival of a pair of new residents — some black-handed spider monkeys — the zoo, 1875 Noble Ave., in Bridgeport, is hiding 500 hundred Golden Ticket bananas in books at libraries in towns throughout the region.
Snagging a ticket could net children such “a-peeling” prizes as a free child’s birthday party at the zoo, a family members, free passes, free carousel rides and lots of other goodies. There is one Grand Prize of a behind the scenes tour of the zoo.
On Saturday, June 22, children and their families are invited to the libraries to search through books on monkeys, both fiction and non-fiction, in the children’s book departments.
Libraries participating in the Golden Ticket promotion (which the zoo has dubbed the “Bananza”) are in the following towns: Trumbull, Wilton, Milford, Weston, New Canaan, Monroe, Stratford, Easton, Newtown, three branches in Fairfield, Danbury, Cheshire, Derby, Beacon Falls, Seymour, both branches in Shelton, Hamden, and all branches in Bridgeport.
The official grand opening of the spider monkey habitat, is scheduled for this summer.
The habitat features a landscaped outdoor yard with multiple opportunities for climbing and engaging in social behaviors. The monkeys will have free choice whether to be inside or outside, and large guest viewing windows will be offered in both indoor and outdoor locations.
The new habitat was once home to elephants, which were removed from the zoo in 1985. The habitat also once housed capybara, Chacoan peccaries, and a visiting pair of warthogs.
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