Cold climate zoos?

Question

I saw a show about a zoo im maine, and that got me thinking, "how can a kangaroo, and other warm climate animals live there?"

Answer 1

Zoos have indoor housing for animals that are unable to survive colder weather. Even cold weather animals have some type of shelter.

Belive it or not many animals do great in the winter time. As long as it is not too cold our asian elephants love to play in the snow.

Answer 2

I read the Zoo website too, and it doesn't say the armadillo "spendds his days walking about the zoo" - it says "we use him out in the Zoo for animal encounters" & "If you are lucky, you may see him up close, out and about in the Zoo accompanied by one of our (Animal Antics) presenters" ...it says the armadillo is NOT an exhibit at the zoo, which suggests the armadillo is kept somewhere warm away from public view / anyway from the cold most of the time - perhaps in a warm box...

Answer 3

Austrila has winter too, except our winter is their summer. It's the African exhibits that have to be kept warm in winter.