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Staffers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium filmed a parody of 25-year-old Taylor's glamorous video, which co-stars Scott Eastwood, 29
They hope the singer will see the clip and visit them at the zoo when she's in Ohio for her 1989 tour
The video, posted to YouTube on September 12, has already received almost 90,000 views

Published: 17:21 EST, 18 September 2015 | Updated: 19:27 EST, 18 September 2015

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The employees at Ohio's Columbus Zoo and Aquarium are so wild for Taylor Swift that they've filmed their own version of the pop star's latest video in the hopes that she'll come visit them when she's on tour in the city tonight.

In the clip, the female staffers lip sync to 25-year-old Taylor's Wildest Dreams song while mimicking scenes from her glamorous video, which was filmed in Africa and features Scott Eastwood, 29, as her love interest.

One scene shows a zoo employee in vintage accessories pretending to fly a plane as the singer does in her version, in which she and Scott play stars of a dramatic 1940s African safari film.

Another clip from the video sees a young female staffer striking a sultry pose in front of a massive lion on the zoo's grounds - just as Taylor does in her video.

In another amusing shot, a worker holds a sheet over her head as a fellow employee blows a fan on her while giraffes graze in the background.

The scene is another direct nod to Taylor's video, which sees her yellow silk gown billowing as a set worker points a huge fan on her.

Wild for Taylor: Staffers at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium filmed a parody of 25-year-old Taylor's Wildest Dreams video, which co-stars Scott Eastwood, 29. Here, a worker mimics a scene from the singer's video

Pulling out all the stops: The female employees hope the singer will see the clip and visit them at the zoo when she's in Ohio for her 1989 tour

What's going on here? A lion at the Columbus Zoo appears confused as a female staffer re-enacts a scene from Taylor's video

Like a pro: Taylor, who debuted her video at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, is known for her movie-like music videos

'Taylor Swift is coming to Columbus, Ohio for her #1989WorldTour and we're asking her to make our WILDEST DREAMS come true by visiting the Columbus Zoo!' the group of workers captioned their video on YouTube.

Jack Hanna, famed wildlife expert and director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo, also made a cameo in the clip, begging Taylor to visit the zoo so the employees would stop recreating her video at work.

Posted on September 12, the video as already received nearly 90,000 views, and it seems that Taylor's Wildest Dreams crew was also impressed with the clip.

Aviator: A female staffer wears a similar head scarf and sunglasses that Taylor rocks in her video

Old Hollywood glamour: Taylor rocked chic 1940s clothing and accessories for her music video

Lover's quarrel: Taylor and Scott's characters are seen making up after having a fight on the set of their 1940s African safari film in the video

Please come! Legendary zookeeper Jack Hanna makes a cameo at the end of the parody, askingTaylor to come visit his employees

On Wednesday, Joseph Kahn, the director of the Taylor's video, tweeted out a link to the parody, writing: 'Wildest Dreams recreated by workers at Columbus Zoo.'

Hopefully, the pop star will get wind of the clip before she leaves Ohio to perform in Kansas City on Monday night.

Taylor, who premiered her music video at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, announced she was donating all proceeds from the production to the African Parks Foundation of America.