Vol. 41, No. 51 DECEMBER 18, 2023 Zoo Lights returns to Zoo Miami on select nights through Dec. 30 Lighted animals are featured throughout the zoo. BY CINDY CASTELBLANCO cialized saw to create small coral fragments. Z Guests will mount those fragments on...
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Vol. 41, No. 51 DECEMBER 18, 2023 Zoo Lights returns to Zoo Miami on select nights through Dec. 30 Lighted animals are featured throughout the zoo. BY CINDY CASTELBLANCO cialized saw to create small coral fragments. Z Guests will mount those fragments on ce- oo Lights, Zoo Miami’s ramic pedestals that will then grow in a Mote winter holiday celebra- land-based nursery or will be hung on in- tion, has returned this year water coral trees until they are the proper size with one million bright, to outplant in the ocean. During this experi- animal shaped lights; daz- ence, guests will learn about the stressed con- zling tree lights; a 26-foot-tall holiday LED dition of our coral reefs that are so vital to our tree, and Canine Champions for Conserva- ecology and economy and Mote’s efforts un- derway to restore Florida’s Coral Reef. Guests who participate in the experience will be able to follow the journey of their coral fragment until it is out planted as part of the coral ecosystem restor
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