Connect with a variety of our famous animal ambassadors
Animal Connections is the hub for up-close animal interactions and real-world conservation opportunities. Guests of all ages can make connections with our animal ambassadors by hand feeding flamingos, meet a sloth, or simply observe natural behaviors of exotic species. While visiting Animal Connections, learn how the park and the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens Conservation Fund helps to protect many of these species' counterparts in nature.
Sloths
Sloths are tree-dwelling animals known for their slow-moving lifestyle. Native to Central and South American rain forests, sloths are well adapted for living high in trees due to their uniquely large nails on their hands and feet that allow them to hang from branches. Sloths spend almost their entire life upside down in the trees. They eat, sleep, mate and give birth from this position hanging high among the branches. Sloths are herbivores, which mean they eat a plant-based diet.
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Flamingos
Our unique flock of flamingos at Animal Connections are hand-raised animal ambassadors who participate in educational programs and travel with our team of Animal Care Specialists as they help spread messages of conservation both inside and outside of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
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