#zoo enrichment

Someincredible Komodo dragon enrichment at Rander’s Tropical Zoo in Denmark. This video, specifically the leaping part at the beginning, really hit home for me just how athletic Komodo dragons can be. 

I love how this enrichment requires the dragon to utilize several natural behaviors, such as climbing, jumping, balancing on its hind legs, and ripping chunks of meat off from its prey. This dragon also looks to be in great physical shape, probably because of what seems to be an excellent enrichment program.

Here are some videos of additional Komodo dragon enrichment from this facility; you can see they started experimenting with more naturalistic-looking enrichment items: (1) (2)