Animals receive pumpkins for Halloween at Brookfield Zoo (6 images)

In this photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Everest, a 4½-month-old snow leopard, plays with a pumpkin placed in its habitat by staff in Brookfield, Illinois on October 29, 2013. UPI/Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

In this photo provided by the Chicago Zoological Society, Vickie, a 10-month-old sloth bear at Brookfield Zoo, rips apart a pumpkin to get to its tasty innards in Brookfield, Illinois on October 29, 2013. UPI/Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

A blue-faced honeyeater enjoys a Halloween treat filled with tasty waxworms at Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois on October 27, 2013. UPI/Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

A meerkat sticks his head inside a carved out pumpkin to get at the seeds as well as some mealworms added by staffat Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield, Illinois on October 29, 2013. UPI/Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society