DIANE SAWYER (ABC NEWS)(OC): And finally, when the bitter cold swept even into the southern United States this week, most of us just bundled up, soldiered on. But what about the animals at the zoo last night? In Florida, ABC's Matt Gutman.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): It was a virtual Noah's Ark. Florida's exotic animals, like the humans they share the state with, bundling up, bedding down and getting out of the cold.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): In Florida, frigid lows were recorded this morning, down from normal temperatures an average of 20 degrees. This warthog couple - Ray and Shay.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): 180 pounds.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(OC): That's a big pig.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): Yeah, it is.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): Were given pine needles to burrow in to escape the cold here at Jungle Island.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(OC): So, this is like their own down comforter.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): This is exactly what this acts as is down comforter. Kind of what they do in the wild, they'd find a hole and bury in it.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): These orangutans can do it themselves.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(OC): It's pretty incredible that they know how to put on a sweatshirt.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): Isn't it?
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(OC): Yeah.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND)(VO): They dress themselves better than a lot of children.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(OC): They do.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): But they mimic what they see and they see us put them on, so it's just a natural behavior.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): Okay, it's upside down, but who's counting? Their natural habitat, the rainforests, a balmy 73 degrees on the coolest night. These tortoises will mosey into a heated enclosure tonight. As will a much smaller species, butterflies, 9,000 of them to be brought inside.
ZOO WORKER (JUNGLE ISLAND): If it gets below freezing, you know, they freeze like little ice cubes.
MATT GUTMAN (ABC NEWS)(VO): And well as these macaws, cold-blooded reptiles, even the world's toughest animal - the honey badger - seeking shelter. Manatees also huddling against the cold, which caused only minor damage to Florida's famous fruit crops, bringing a smile to some furry Floridians. Matt Gutman, ABC News, Miami.