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30 flamingos sheltered from Hurricane Isaias in a Florida zoo bathroom
ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Florida, moved 30 flamingos into a bathroom to shelter them from Hurricane Isaias.
The storm hit the Gulf Coast on Oct.
9.
Strong winds threatened the birds’ usual enclosure, so zookeepers brought them into the bathroom, whose block walls offered protection.
The flock stayed in the cramped space overnight as the storm passed.
A zookeeper filmed the birds there, and the video spread widely on social media.
The zoo’s chief operating officer said the tight quarters helped calm them.
The sources do not say what happened to the birds after the storm.
ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Florida, sheltered 30 flamingos in a bathroom during Hurricane Isaias.
The birds were moved there to protect them from winds threatening their usual enclosure.
The bathroom’s block walls offered protection, and the cramped space helped calm the flock, the zoo’s chief operating officer said.
Senior zookeeper Kylie Appleton filmed the flamingos before the storm made landfall on Oct. 9.
A video of the birds sheltering in the bathroom was viewed nearly 2 million times, according to The Straits Times.
- Who
- ZooWorld’s 30 flamingos, with zoo staff caring for them.
- What
- The flamingos were sheltered in a bathroom during Hurricane Isaias.
- When
- Before and during the storm, which made landfall on Oct. 9.
- Where
- ZooWorld in Panama City Beach, Florida.
- Why
- Winds threatened the flamingos’ usual enclosure, so the zoo moved them to a more protected space.
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Senior zookeeper Kylie Appleton filmed the flamingos sheltering in the bathroom, and the team boarded up the door.
Hurricane Isaias made landfall, and the zoo’s chief operating officer stayed overnight on the grounds and checked on the animals.
- Flamingos sheltered
- 30
- Zoo
- ZooWorld
- Location
- Panama City Beach, Florida
- Storm
- Hurricane Isaias
- Video views
- Nearly 2 million
- Filming date
- Before Oct. 9
Sources
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