He’s eying that cool looking pinata egg with sweet Easter treats inside it!

Another one of the neat events at the Atlanta Zoo was the Easter treats for the animals.  We were able to get front row viewing at the Orangutan Easter egg hunt.  It was super cute.  There was a Mommy with a little one which the girls thought was adorable.

The Easter Eggs were made of jello and placed throughout the pen, pinata eggs full of special treats, leaf baskets with goodies, and cardboard cutouts with peanut like substance on the back for the orangutans to enjoy.  They had a lot of fun finding and snacking on their treats.  Even the baby found some.  They had paper garland hanging up which the orangutans enjoyed moving and playing with as well.

You can read more about our adventure at the Atlanta Zoo on my Travel & Vacation: Visiting the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA) and Travel & Vacation: Lions, Tigers, Seals, Reptiles, Bears, and more at the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA) blog posts.

 

An edible Easter egg in the tree and one on the rock in the background….waiting to be found!

Swinging out to get the Easter garland

Oh yeah, this eggs mine!

Climbed up on top of the platform for this pinata treat

Enjoying the goodies inside the pinata Easter egg

Holding the cardboard cutout of the bunny rabbit and licking the treat off the back of it

Hanging out near the hammock picking up and eating eggs, delicious!

Look closely, he’s got a green jello egg in his mouth

Momma and baby

Sitting in the shade – Mom and Baby (the baby is not really little, but obviously still under its Mother’s care)

Mom and baby kisses

Licking the goodness off the back of the cardboard Easter egg decoration

Mom and baby looking for some more treats

The baby wasn’t too sure about everything at first so it stuck near its Mom at the beginning of the Easter Egg Hunt

The baby is getting brave.  He is climbing the pole to get the Easter basket, with a little Chick, and goodies.

Made it, now to grab it and head back down.

The Mom watched the baby climb, get the treats, and bring them back down.  Then she took the items from the baby and ate them herself, ha!   The baby did get some treats, but Momma Orangutan got the first dibs!

Rearranging the Easter Garland in their pen.