{"id":145974,"date":"2026-02-01T02:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/145974\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T02:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T02:02:13","slug":"el-paso-zoos-african-lion-to-predict-super-bowl-lx-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/145974\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso Zoo\u2019s African lion to predict Super Bowl LX winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 El Paso Zoo\u2019s African lion Hodari will be predicting the winner of this year\u2019s Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks next Saturday, Feb. 7.<\/p>\n

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The event will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, at the El Paso Zoo and will be live-streamed in this story.<\/p>\n

Hodari the African lion will make his pick on Saturday by choosing between two helmet-shaped pi\u00f1atas, one representing the New England Patriots and the other representing the Seattle Seahawks. Both pi\u00f1atas will be filled with identical treats placed by zookeepers.<\/p>\n

The City says this will be Hodari\u2019s first year predicting the big game winner. Last year, the Zoo\u2019s mountain lions correctly predicted the Philadelphia Eagles would win Super Bowl LIX.<\/p>\n

Visitors are encouraged to show up and dress in their favorite NFL team jerseys or game-day attire.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnrichment activities like Super Bowl predictions help keep our animals mentally and physically stimulated,\u201d said El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens Interim Director Gary Lunsford. \u201cWe provide enrichment every day to encourage natural behaviors and give animals opportunities to explore, problem-solve, and interact with their environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about the El Paso Zoo, click here:\u00a0www.ElPasoZoo.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 El Paso Zoo\u2019s African lion Hodari will be predicting the winner of this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[61081,138,140,139,31765,10365,10388,7001,61082],"class_list":{"0":"post-145974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-african-lion","9":"tag-el-paso","10":"tag-el-paso-headlines","11":"tag-el-paso-news","12":"tag-el-paso-zoo","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","15":"tag-seattle-seahawks","16":"tag-super-bowl-lx"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}