Greeneville Zoo
@greenevillezoo.bsky.social
Not affiliated with the Greeneville Pet Cemetery
Meet our 3 turkeys, Butterball, Yum Yum, and Drumstick. Just Kidding. All turkeys are named Sir Peckworth Of Gobble Town.
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Meet our 3 turkeys, Butterball, Yum Yum, and Drumstick. Just Kidding. All turkeys are named Sir Peckworth Of Gobble Town.
Premium zoo members get access to our 24/7 "Custodian Cam" where you'll get to experience real life zoo custodians sleeping on the job.
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Premium zoo members get access to our 24/7 "Custodian Cam" where you'll get to experience real life zoo custodians sleeping on the job.
We're not paying up.
November 23, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We're not paying up.
Our potoo wants you to know that just because she’s in a zoo doesn’t mean it’s okay to stare.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our potoo wants you to know that just because she’s in a zoo doesn’t mean it’s okay to stare.
Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Raccoons are showing early signs of domestication.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
Urban raccoons are evolving a short snout, a telltale feature of pets & other domesticated animals, but scientists believe this is just a ploy to get closer to our trash.
This is Roy. We feed him but aren't falling for his bullshit act.
"The next enclosure features the Western Lowlife Gorilla."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The next enclosure features the Western Lowlife Gorilla."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
He'll come back when he's hungry.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
He'll come back when he's hungry.
Beware the dark lords
October 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Beware the dark lords
The rats don't make the logo. Talk to Hildette about the rats.
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The rats don't make the logo. Talk to Hildette about the rats.
Yes. Koalas have pouches, but those pouches can't compete with the sex appeal of a Greeneville Zoo fanny pack.
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yes. Koalas have pouches, but those pouches can't compete with the sex appeal of a Greeneville Zoo fanny pack.
FYI, The Sea Cucumber breathes through its anus and deals with a lot of stress considering it pretty much just lies on the sea floor and eats sediment. Stress responses include vomiting through its butt (pictured) and spewing and then regenerating internal organs.
October 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
FYI, The Sea Cucumber breathes through its anus and deals with a lot of stress considering it pretty much just lies on the sea floor and eats sediment. Stress responses include vomiting through its butt (pictured) and spewing and then regenerating internal organs.
In the Australian desert, kangaroos lick their arms to stay cool. But when they lick someone else's arms, it's not so cool.
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
In the Australian desert, kangaroos lick their arms to stay cool. But when they lick someone else's arms, it's not so cool.
We'd like to wish all our animals a happy Labor Day, except Gerald, our Giant Panda. He hasn't done a damn thing since he got here.
August 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
We'd like to wish all our animals a happy Labor Day, except Gerald, our Giant Panda. He hasn't done a damn thing since he got here.
Our Emperor Tamarin "Elliot" is aware he looks like Wilford Brimley and is so sick of hearing about it.
August 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Our Emperor Tamarin "Elliot" is aware he looks like Wilford Brimley and is so sick of hearing about it.
Sea lions can tap their flippers in rhythm.They're the only mammals beside humans that can keep a beat, but they struggle with Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" and Pink Floyd's "Money"
August 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Sea lions can tap their flippers in rhythm.They're the only mammals beside humans that can keep a beat, but they struggle with Dave Brubeck's "Take Five" and Pink Floyd's "Money"
Come see our reimagining of the famous Dogs Playing Poker painting, performed live by Greeneville chuckwallas.
August 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Come see our reimagining of the famous Dogs Playing Poker painting, performed live by Greeneville chuckwallas.
We apologize for the scene at the petting zoo. One of our herd dogs got a wild hare up its ass.
July 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
We apologize for the scene at the petting zoo. One of our herd dogs got a wild hare up its ass.
Visitors, please note:
June 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Visitors, please note:
When you search for your value and purpose in the world but you're hangry and all you care about is bamboo.
June 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When you search for your value and purpose in the world but you're hangry and all you care about is bamboo.
Our latest addition is a little camera shy.
May 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Our latest addition is a little camera shy.
ZOO FACT: Most zoogoers know the Giant Panda is extremely difficult to breed in captivity, but so is the Whooping Crane. Their cycles are predictable, but the whooping is such a mood killer.
May 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
ZOO FACT: Most zoogoers know the Giant Panda is extremely difficult to breed in captivity, but so is the Whooping Crane. Their cycles are predictable, but the whooping is such a mood killer.
Important safety tips:
May 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Important safety tips:
You walk up to the petting zoo and see this, wyd?
🔲 Act cool
🔲 Freak out
🔲 Shove one of our interns at it
🔲 Act cool
🔲 Freak out
🔲 Shove one of our interns at it
May 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
You walk up to the petting zoo and see this, wyd?
🔲 Act cool
🔲 Freak out
🔲 Shove one of our interns at it
🔲 Act cool
🔲 Freak out
🔲 Shove one of our interns at it
We apologize to all the children who were frightened by our cougar exhibit
May 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We apologize to all the children who were frightened by our cougar exhibit