Honey Bunch, the wallaby who went lacking on the Memphis Zoo after storms handed by way of Tennessee this week, has been discovered hiding — almost in plain sight.“It was an space proper behind the exhibit ... that had been searched a number of occasions prior to now 36 hours, however he was camouflaged very …
Honey Bunch, the wallaby who went lacking on the Memphis Zoo after storms handed by way of Tennessee this week, has been discovered hiding — almost in plain sight.
“It was an space proper behind the exhibit … that had been searched a number of occasions prior to now 36 hours, however he was camouflaged very well and hidden very nicely beneath a bush,” stated Jessica Faulk, the zoo’s spokesperson.
A curator occurred to see some tracks Friday morning and adopted them to Honey Bunch, Faulk stated.
“We suspect he was there the entire time,” she stated.
Honey Bunch was taken to the zoo’s hospital and was being evaluated by a veterinarian, who gave him a clear invoice of well being, Faulk stated.
A creek within the KangaZoo exhibit overflowed throughout storms Wednesday evening, and the exhibit was evacuated, with the animals moved to the hospital. Honey Bunch and three different wallabies will transfer again to the exhibit collectively in a day or so most likely, Faulk stated.
Honey Bunch is 21 months outdated and one of many largest of the 4, she stated.
Faulk stated nobody is aware of how he was in a position to get out of the exhibit’s fencing however that zoo officers are trying into it to allow them to forestall it from occurring once more.
Memphis police had assisted within the seek for the lacking animal, a smaller relative of the kangaroo.
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