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A Monkey Kingdom Inspired Tour of the LA Zoo

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I received the following information as a blogger via Walt Disney Publications. While I’m attending an expense paid trip by Disney to the press events for Avengers: Age of Ultron (#AvengersEvent) and Monkey Kingdom (#MonkeyKingdom, #LAZoo), all opinions as always are 100% my own.

At the La Zoo with Stuffed Maya Monkey from Monkey Kingdom

Last Friday I visited the LA Zoo with 24 other bloggers for a private tour. This was part of an all expense paid trip to LA for a screening of Disneynature’s Monkey Kingdom which comes out in theaters this Friday, April 17th. The tour was heavily monkey based as we visited many of the monkey and great ape exhibits around the zoo. I had never been to the LA Zoo before and it was a pretty nice zoo. I’m used to our cute little Capron Park Zoo that you can do in 30 minutes but the LA Zoo was a half day experience at minimum. There were many, many exhibits and they were laid out in over a large area. We were lucky that we got to ride on golf carts all over the place, it made it easy for us to see as much as we did in the short visit.

We came to the LA Zoo directly from our screening of Monkey Kingdom and each of us was given a stuffed Maya Plush toy. Maya is the main monkey star of Monkey Kingdom. The movie was adorable and I think that kids will really enjoy it. There is a big push for people to see the movie during the opening week (April 17-23) because Disneynature will make a donation in your honor to Conservation International to help protect monkeys and other endangered species in their natural habitats. Learn more at http://nature.disney.com/monkey-kingdom. I am planning on taking the kids.

You can see the trailer below.

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DisneyNature’s Monkey Kingdom Featurette

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Next month I’ll be heading to LA for a special screening of Disneynature’s MONKEY KINGDOM opening in theatres next month (April 17th). I’ll also get to go to the LA Zoo to photograph and learn about monkeys. I a so excited to be able to do this. I’m also excited to see this movie. I enjoyed Chimpanzee a few years back and need to get a look at Bears.

Disneynature has done a lot of good over the years. This featurette talks about what Disneynature has accomplished through their films and study of the animals filmed. The Official MONKEY KINGDOM website has tons of great information including an educator’s guide. You can also download the educator’s guide and a family activity pack below after the featurette.

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