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Featured Animals – American Alligator

Discover “everything American alligator” around the Zoo below; from news to adoptions, births, conservation programs, your own encounter options, animal experiences, shows, events and more.

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Everything Alligator

Snap Up the Latest on American Alligators Tommy and Sally!

July 24, 2024

Australia Walkabout is home to two American alligators, Tommy and Sally. Both regularly participate in voluntary training sessions, including target and touch training, which allow the alligators to choose to participate in their health care while keepers perform general health checks. As ambush predators, alligators have unique adaptations that help them blend into their surroundings . . .

Unforgettable Moments: Explore CMZoo’s Summer Animal Demonstrations

May 23, 2024

Adding animal demonstrations to your next Zoo day itinerary is one of the best ways to kick off the summer. Included with your regular daytime ticket, you’ll have access to multiple animal demonstrations throughout the day. From brachiating orangutans to a guinea pig parade, these demonstrations offer fun and educational experiences for our guests while . . .

Adopt Choices for Alligator

Support your favorites with digital, traditional, gift package, and group adoptions. Gifting any adopt choice is available by simply completing the gift area at checkout.

Meet & Feed An Animal

Once in a lifetime Opportunities Select your unique experience from the following options: Meet & Greets – unique animal interactions year-round, with any one of our smaller animals listed below. Animal Encounters – connect with amazing animals and their Keepers, plus options to feed many of the animals listed. V.I.P. Tours – behind-the-scenes exclusive animal . . .

V.I.P. Small Group Tours

Custom Memories for a Lifetime. Book a world-class V.I.P. Tour at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Treat yourself and your fellow animal lovers to an experience of a lifetime! Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals. Learn more...

Australia Walkabout

G’day mate! Surround yourself in the beauty of our Budgie Buddies aviary, and experience the excitement where you can hand-feed budgies while overlooking the city. On warm weather days, walk in the yard alongside free-roaming wallabies, and discover the unique and adorable Matschie’s tree kangaroo. See other animals native to that far-away region too, like an emu.

Endangered Species at the Zoo

Are They in Danger of Extinction? Animals listed here may have a threatened or endangered conservation status with the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).

Adopt an Animal

Foster any animal and you’ll help Cheyenne Mountain Zoo continue to provide outstanding care. Whether given as a gift or used to celebrate a favorite species, symbolic adoptions come with a variety of benefits only adoptive parents can enjoy. Ways to adopt your favorites: Digital Adoption – ($35) choose any Zoo animal from the full . . .

Reptile Encounter

Meet Reptiles Animal Up-close.

Are you a reptile lover? Want to meet some of our beloved, scaly family members? Enjoy experiences of a lifetime, fantastic photo-ops and feeding or enrichment opportunities with your favorite!

During this Encounter you may:

Toss some chow to our gators then head into our Scutes Family Gallery to get an up-close look at a few of our snakes and lizards.
Hear stories and learn about keeper husbandry and training of these amazing creatures.
Have the opportunity to touch a snake or lizard.
Note: type of snake and lizard will be chosen the day of the encounter by animal keeper staff for the best experience.

Meet Tommy & Tori, CMZoo’s American Alligators

October 25, 2018

Animal Encounter Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is home to two male American alligators, Tommy and Tori, who live in Australia Walkabout. Both boys came to CMZoo as hatchlings, beginning with Tori nearly a decade ago. It may come as a surprise to some who are unfamiliar with their species, but alligators are intelligent. In a new . . .

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