Ball Pit + Mongooses = Awesome

What do you get when you make a ball pit out of a kiddie pool and put it in the mongoose habitat at the Houston Zoo? Watch to find out! This is a type of enrichment for our animals - mongooses dig as a part of their natural behavior, and a ball pit encourages digging. And well, it’s a heck of a lot of fun for every species. For more on the amazing animals of the Houston Zoo, visit