What Remains

Raccoons eat a pumpkin during Halloween celebrations at the zoo in Kiev, Ukraine. Photo: Gleb Garanich/Reuters.

One Autumn Night

Meerkats and lemurs getting ready for Halloween with pumpkins, as the run up to a busy weekend of pumpkin carving and pumpkin activity at Flamingo Land in Malton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Photo: Charlotte Graham/Rex/Shutterstock.

In a basket

Makis eat a carved pumpkin at the DierenPark Amersfoort zoo to celebrate Halloween, in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Photo: EPA/Remko de Waal.

Fruits and Nuts

Ring-tailed lemurs eat fruit and nuts inside a special carved pumpkin before Halloween at 青岛森林野生动物园 (Qīngdǎo Forest Wildlife World) in 青岛 (Qīngdǎo), 山东省 (Shāndōng province), China. Photo: VCG/Getty Images.

Okay, Arcovazzi, you can try putting a little more henna on your hair, but I think you won’t succeed finding Dory this way

• Rebecca Smithers, Expect bigger but fewer Halloween pumpkins after wet summer, say UK farmers, The Guardian, October 24, 2017

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Pumpkin Chic

A couple of meerkats inspect a carved pumpkin at a Halloween photo-call at Bristol Zoo in Bristol, South West England. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire.

傑克南瓜燈

Pumpkin lanterns light up the street to mark the approach of annual Halloween festivities in 沈阳 (Shěnyáng), the capital of 辽宁省 (Liáoníng province), north-east China. Photo: VCG/Getty Images.