Animals including penguins, squirrel monkeys and camels took turns to have their vital statistics recorded at ZSL London Zoo, in Regents Park, Westminster.
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Whipsnade Zoo has re-opened after lockdown.
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A ‘crash of rhinos’ at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo put on a smashing opening ceremony today (Monday, April 12), getting the UK s largest zoo back open for business in the only way they know how.
The group of Southern white rhinos (also known as a ‘crash of rhinos’) were given their breakfast next to the 1.5m tall sign, made of stacked cardboard boxes, but it wasn’t long before the oldest of the group, 39-year-old Clara, decided to lead them all in some daybreak demolition.
Within minutes, the sign depicted a jumble of letters, which the rhinos enjoyed investigating in a leisurely way over their breakfast of hay.
Due to Covid, some zoos are barely scraping enough cash to feed their animals
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The meerkats Mosegi and Kimbia are one of the most popular species with the children, so they definitely noticed when we closed and the zoo became quiet,’ says Jamie Baker, zookeeper at Battersea Park Children’s Zoo. ‘The otters, too. Usually, we open at 10 o’clock. They get fed shortly after, so they run to the front of their enclosure and look for people coming towards them. Over time, they realised no one was coming, so they stopped bothering. The donkeys and pigs were all waiting at the gate in the morning, because people would usually come past and pat them on the head. Our African grey parrots, Barry and Becky, are our oldest animals – they’re 22 years old – and chatting to visitors is something they’ve enjoyed all their lives. Usually, they don’t shut up… they don’t speak at all now. We think they miss that interaction, so we go and play them music, just so they�