Xtinkshun Opening

On Tuesday, April 5, 2011, the Philadelphia Zoo, in partnership with the world-renowned Jim Henson Company, presented the opening of the first and only exhibit of its kind: X•tink•shun: A wild puppet x•perience which opened on Saturday, April 9th. The “tail” behind X•tink•shun is told by a cast of characters led by members of endangered, and in one case extinct, species including: Didi the Dodo, Leo the Golden Lion Tamarin, Alfreda Cheetah, Iggle the Eaglet, Phibi Frog, Igor the Tiger and The “Douc” Langer. Their mission is “to bring about the x• tink• shun of extinction.”