Here’s a look behind the scenes of X•tink•shun: A Wild Puppet X•perience, a brand-new attraction at the Philadelphia Zoo featuring a cast of puppets made by the Jim Henson Company in New York. The show revolves around a group of endangered (and in one case extinct) animals who want to launch a marketing campaign to to enlist humans “to bring about the X•tink•shun of extinction.”

One of the highlights of the show is a “Save our Species Parade” featuring some great-looking giant puppets designed by Tim Lagasse. Here they are in action at a recent press event promoting X•tink•shun:

X•tink•shun: A Wild Puppet X•perience runs at the Philadelphia Zoo through October 31st. For more information visit www.xtinkshun.org.

Via Muppet Musings.