Animals get stuck into some seasonal spooky treats!

Animals of all shapes and sizes have been getting into the spooky spirit at the Park this week.

Their dedicated teams of keepers have been carefully carving out a huge number of pumpkins for the animals.

The pumpkins were left in the enclosures ready for the animals to discover, encouraging them to forage, scent out the food, and in some cases problem-solve to find the tasty treats hidden inside the pumpkins.

Unlike other feline species, tigers actually like water and are extremely strong swimmers, which Elton demonstrated when he discovered a pumpkin hidden in his enclosure.

Elton wasted no time at all in taking the pumpkin for a dunk in his pool, before enjoying himself as he splashed about with the seasonal treat.

Meanwhile, over in the lion enclosure, the pride were discovering some pumpkin treats of their own.

Brothers Kahari and Kojo were first to investigate, but juvenile brothers Hasani, Iniko and Zulu weren't far behind them.

The youngsters enjoyed running and playfully tackling one another, as they each tried to claim a pumpkin as their own and engaged their natural hunting behaviour.

In the African Forest, the Barbary macaque troop wasted no time at all before they came to investigate the large tower of pumpkins that their keepers had carved for them. 

Some of the monkeys even decided they were too good to share with the rest of the troop...

Don't fear, the animals in the Foot Safari have been joining in the fun too!

Keepers there provided the animals with a whole array of Halloween-themed enrichment activities - check out the video below to see meerkats, parrots, and lemurs having some spooktacular fun:

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