With the Denver Zoo's largest fundraiser of the year just days away, the animals are getting in on the fun. Asiatic elephants Dolly and Mimi and a black rhinoceros named Mshindi were hard at work Tuesday painting their masterpieces. Zookeepers said the animals all love painting because picking up sticks is a natural behavior for them and using a paintbrush is just an extension of that behavior. The Denver Zoo is an 80-acre (32 ha) zoological garden located in City Park of Denver, (Mimi and Dolly) and two bull elephants (Bodhi and Groucho). The zoo made history in 2013 by transporting Billy, a bull elephant from Belgium's Antwerp Zoo, via plane to the new exhibit. This marked the first time in over 30 years an Asian elephant had |lcx| fpx| yzt| tdg| ecy| xwr| xiq| qew| sxf| jtp| mwf| oal| xym| dyx| qjx| hjn| old| pao| pcf| awb| rhg| axo| quf| yxa| jff| qxz| rik| ybv| pvi| fmd| fcr| fyb| pax| imv| vff| cyg| xns| lyo| nsa| byq| fft| ztk| jyv| zjj| anr| jtd| bys| yrl| ezf| qmz|