Pumpkins On Parade

Mimi, left, and Carlo, two hippos in their 30s, greedily approach jack-o-lanterns, carved pumpkins fed to them as a Halloween treat, on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.

Betty Jo Smetzer replaces burnt out bulbs on a jack o lantern display in her front yard on Lewis Avenue Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008 in Tybee Island, Ga. Longtime island residents say Lewis Avenue became the Halloween hotspot for local children about 30 years ago.

Debra Woodruff of Kelley's Produce in Paris, Texas stacks miniature pumpkins on a display at the Farmers Market Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.

Karen Moynihan of Ellie's Farm Market carves a pumpkin of the over 1,000 pumpkins that will be carved for store's 31st annual Halloween pumpkin display in Berlin, Vt., Friday, Oct. 24, 2008.

Karen Moynihan of Ellie's Farm Market shows two of the over 1,000 pumpkins that will be carved for store's 31st annual Halloween pumpkin display in Berlin, Vt., Friday, Oct. 24, 2008. This being an election year, Moynihan is including jack-o-lanterns of the candidates for president.

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, accompanied by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and family members, speaks at a rally at Hobart Arena in Troy, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008.

Westin Smith, 2, dressed as Robin, and Shepherd Smith, 5, dressed as Batman, right, pose for pictures that their mother Cori Smith, not shown, was taking of them at the pumpkin patch behind Alamo Heights United Methodist Church in San Antonio on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2008.

Brady Reed, 3, tries to pick a pumpkin at St. Luke's Methodist Church, benefiting Pure Sound Youth Choir Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, in Houston.

A cat wanders through a backyard filled with pumpkins Monday, Oct. 20, 2008 in Kenova, W.Va.

Chloe Hopkins, 4, tries to push down a floating pumpkin during a Pumpkin Dissection event at Bartley Ranch Regional Park in Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008.

Sophia Singer, 4, finds a pumpkin that's just her size during a school trip to Great Country Farms in Bluemont, Va., on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008.

In this photo provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Bertie Mae, a 27-year-old female Asian elephant, balances a pumpkin in her truck while chomping on another at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008.

Thad Starr, far left, of Pleasant Hill, Ore., watches his pumpkin being moved in the World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 13, 2008. Starr's pumpkin weighed 1,528 pounds and beat the local contest record.

Participants paddle in the First Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta, sponsored by LCRCC, on Lake Champlain off the shore of Waterfront Park in Burlington, Vt., on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.

A Surinam horned frog is seated on top of a pumpkin at the Bronx Zoo's "World of Reptiles" exhibit in New York, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. Besides being a Halloween icon, pumpkins are given to zoo residents for behavioral enrichment: with the goal of stimulating animals both mentally and physically.

Cookie, a 14-year-old female sea lion, controls a plastic pumpkin during a show at the Shinagawa Aquarium in Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008.

An intricate fish pattern decorates a jack-o-lantern at the Camp Sunshine Maine Pumpkin Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Cumberland, Maine, where volunteers tried to beat the Guinness Record for most lit jack-o-lanterns. They managed to light just over 23,000 pumpkins. The record is 30,128.

A boy finishes lighting a patch of jack-o-lanterns at the Camp Sunshine Maine Pumpkin Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Cumberland, Maine. Camp Sunshine is a Maine based national retreat for children with life threatening illnesses and their families.

A boys runs through a maze of pumpkins at the Camp Sunshine Maine Pumpkin Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008, in Cumberland, Maine, where volunteers tried to beat the Guinness Record for most lit jack-o-lanterns. They managed to light just over 23,000 pumpkins. The record is 30,128.

Albert, a 15-year-old hippo, opens his mouth to catch a pumpkin fed to him at the Cologne Zoo, western Germany, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008.