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Whether finding and retrieving treats from
colorful oval containers or feasting on actual eggs, they
celebrated the season - and at the same time followed their
natural instincts.
Ganas, the Komodo Dragon, who can sniff out food from up to 6
miles (9 km) away by using his tongue, made short work of a
selection of duck, quail and chicken eggs.
"Komodo dragons actually eat eggs in the wild," said keeper Joe
Capon. "They'll eat eggs of other dragons and they'll eat eggs
of crocodiles, so they like to do it here too in captivity."
The zoo says the Easter-themed event encourages captive animals
to use skills they would need in the wild, like finding food
among foliage.
(Reporting by Saskia O'Donoghue; editing by Stephen Addison)
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