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Even with all that hair, bannie the orangutan wasted no time wrapping up against the cold at miami's metro zoo. her buddy, mango, sipped on a cup of hot chocolate, vet approved. the tortoises are not too swift with their feet or their brains. >> we have to take actually plywood and lock them in there because they're not bright enough to know to stay in. they'll go out and freeze and that's it. >> reporter: in florida the animals are no more used to this kind of cold than people. zoos are doing what they can to provide creature comforts. space heaters for the parrots and the kimodo dragons, box...

Iguanas, well, check out what happens to the iguanas. >> reporter: just throw me a blanket, will you? even with all that hair, bonnie, the orangutan, waste nods time wrapping up against the cold at miami's metro zoo. her buddy, manago, sipped on a cup of hot chocolate. the tortoises, they're not too swift with their feet or their brains. >> we have to take plywood and lock them in there because they're not bright now have stay in there. they'll go out and freeze and that's it. >> reporter: in florida, the animals are no more used to this kind of cold than people. zoos are doing what they can t...

The morning's other big story is the extreme cold. we're going to tell you what you need to know before you head out that door, or you may not even want to do that. and if you think it's tough on us, wait until you see the deep freeze and what it's doing to the animals out there, not just humans suffering, but look at the animals at the zoo and what they're doing to try to stay warm. and already we're talking about new toys for the tree next year. yes, we've got new generation of high-tech gadgets that you could be buy for somebody for christmas next christmas. we'll get into all that this m...

That's not protozoa under the microscope, there are manatees 300 of them. the heating system at the power plant were turned on for them. sea turtles are being rescued and brought to marine life sanctuaries, nearly 100 so far. now to be honest there are some animals here in florida that just don't get and won't get any love. so how do you feel about rats? maybe a foot long? they're not crazy about the cold either. well, they're scrambling and slithering and squeezing their way into nice warm homes. >> rats should be in new york, shouldn't be in florida and certainly shouldn't be in my apartment...

But actually animals as well. >> for example, did you know that when iguanas get cold they go into hibernation? and they drop out of trees. our john zarrella tells us how these exotic animals are staying warm in these cold times. >> reporter: just throw me a blanket, will you? even with all that hair, bonnie the orangutan wasted no time bundling up at the miami zoo. her buddy, mango, sipped on a cup of hot chocolate. vet approved. the tortoises are not too swift with their feet or brains. >> we have to take plywood and lock them in there, because they're not bright enough to stay in there, the...