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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCincinnati Zoo Little blue penguins excited for warm weather video<\/p>\n
Watch a parade of little blue penguins march outside for a beach day at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Spring has nearly sprung, and Cincinnati has one of the best places in the country to stop and smell the … tulips.<\/p>\n Zoo Blooms<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden<\/a>\u00a0was voted the third-best flower festival in the country in USA TODAY’s\u00a010Best Readers’ Choice\u00a0Awards<\/a>, revealed Wednesday.<\/p>\n The Cincinnati Zoo show, taking\u00a0place April 1-30<\/a>\u00a0this year, claimed the No. 3 spot behind No. 1 Daffodil Festival at Gibbs Garden in Ball Ground, Georgia, and No. 2 Rochester Lilac Festival in Rochester, New York.<\/p>\n The gardens at the Cincinnati Zoo, which became the\u00a0first zoo in the world<\/a>\u00a0to earn the highest level of accreditation for development and conservation of its botanic gardens in 2023, ranked\u00a0No. 2 for Best Botanical Garden<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a02025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards<\/a> and No. 1 in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n Selections for USA TODAY’s 10Best rankings are nominated by a panel of industry experts, vetted by 10Best editors and then voted on by the public. Cincinnati has been featured in several 10Best categories already this year, including\u00a0Best New Brewery<\/a>, Best History Museum<\/a>, Best Children’s Museum<\/a>, Best Pop Culture Museum<\/a> and Best City for Street Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n USA TODAY is owned by The Enquirer’s parent company, USA TODAY Co.<\/p>\n Here’s a look at the full rankings for Best Flower Festival, per USA TODAY readers.<\/p>\n The Enquirer’s Grace Tucker contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.cincinnati.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cincinnati Zoo Little blue penguins excited for warm weather video Watch a parade of little blue penguins march outside for a beach day at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. 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