NEW FOR 2010: VULTURES, BATS AND BUGS… “NATURE’S NIGHTMARES” AT UTAH’S HOGLE ZOO
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Some people have irrational fears of the dark. Different people are terrified by clowns. Still other people are frightened by creepy creatures that seem to have no other purpose on this earth than to scare us silly. In this summer’s Nature’s Nightmares exhibit, Hogle Zoo hopes to lessen some common fears people have of eerie animals and show guests (in the immortal words of our 37th President of the United States), “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Hogle Zoo will hold an exclusive media preview Friday May 14 at 10 am for Nature’s Nightmares, which opens to the public on Saturday May 15.
Nature’s Nightmares transforms Hogle Zoo’s Tropical Gardens building into a haven for the ugly, creepy and crawly. This exhibit features brightly-colored (and definitely not pretty) King Vultures and an awesome sight of over fifty free-flying Straw-Colored Fruit Bats right overhead! Other animals included in this exhibit are red-bellied piranha, a skunk, mosquito larvae, leeches, dung beetles, bees, centipedes and even a giant Goliath Bird-eating Spider! Finally, Nature’s Nightmares features a section depicting the scariest, most harmful creatures on the planet—humans! With this, visitors will learn about how destructive humans are to the environment while explaining how to change habits to better the planet.
One thing’s for sure, even scary animals are all good, and a trip through Nature’s Nightmares this summer will show everyone not to fear those things that creep in the night. Sweet dreams!
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