The other night it was a perky man wearing a reindeer onesie, who encourages passersby to engage. Nathan Frazier, 24, of Rochester Hills, left, laughs outloud at The Detroit Zoo’s talking ...

a man rushing past the 35-foot tall talking pine said he wished the screaming toddler in his arms would stop crying. The tree made no promises. Now in its fourth year at the zoo's seasonal Wild ...