The Oakland Zoo has partnered with some local small businesses to recycle trees into compost with a little help from the animals.
PLEASANTON -- The Oakland Zoo has partnered with some local small businesses to recycle trees into compost with a little help from the animals.
Crews are producing hundreds of pounds of downed branches and leaves that have to go somewhere. For some companies, that means the landfill. That's not the case at Buena Vista. There's also a second pile of branches that are set aside and loaded into the back of Trex's truck. The material will also be recycled and repurposed -- in this case by five giraffes at the Oakland Zoo.
The first giraffe to come over was Mabusu. He's a 15-year-old male, the oldest, darkest and largest of the giraffes whose name means"kisses" in Swahili. He wrapped his tongue around a branch and stripped the entire branch of the leaves with one quick motion, pulling them into his mouth with a satisfying crunch.
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