Meet Wilbur, the porcupine with a penchant for sweet potato! Telford's Exotic Zoo opens doors for a wild half term
A Brazilian porcupine with a penchant for sweet potato and a new fossil lab where a four-metre skeleton of an extinct marine species is being prepped are among the star attractions at a Shropshire zoo this half term.
Exotic Zoo in Telford Town park has swung open its doors for families looking for something fun and educational to do over the holidays and throughout the year.
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During the winter the zoo was only open at weekends, but now it is back open every day.
There are many different species of animals, but one new arrival is Wilbur the Brazilian porcupine.
Scott Adams, managing director of the zoo, said: “Wilbur is an amazing Brazilian porcupine which is a super unusual animal in the zoo world. You’re not going to see one of them in many places.”
