At some point, you’ve probably visited Seneca Park Zoo. Perhaps you watched polar bear Anoki splash around in her pool or you heard male African lion Chester let out a roar. But how much do you really know about the zoo’s inhabitants?

The Democrat and Chronicle talked with some zookeepers about the rare creatures in their care. It turns out, they have frogs that communicate by waving their hands. Yeah, you read that right. And when one African penguin gets scared and runs, all the African penguins run.

Here is the lowdown on five of the zoo’s rarest animals.

Panamanian golden frog

Endangered status: Extinct in the wild, mostly because of a suffocating fungus that plagues the species, but also because of deforestation and pollution. So, right now, the only place you can see them is in

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