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Taronga Zoo Blog

Mav and Michie Help Keep Australia Beautiful
Monday 22nd August 2011
Taronga’s Mav, the seal, and Michie, the Sea-lion, showed all of us today just how easy it is to stop rubbish getting into the waterways.
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Newman’s Anatomy
Friday 19th August 2011
Meet Newman the Pink Galah with a sore foot.
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Up in their world…
Monday 15th August 2011
Today was the first warm afternoon in weeks and how exciting it was to be previewing Taronga’s newest precinct development – Tahr Mountain link. This is the magnificent new boardwalk that meanders from the new chimp exhibit all the way down to the African walkway, with glorious views of Sydney Harbour along the way. It will make exploring the Zoo a much more seamless journey for all our visitors, with the added pleasure of a really stunning scenic route.
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Close Encounters of the Bird Kind
Friday 5th August 2011
Pez, the hero of several previous blogs, is our peppy little Australian Hobby, a whole bunch of fun and our newest star, having just debuted in the Bird Show a couple of weeks ago.
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Taronga's Feather-tail Gliders Show Their True Colours
Wednesday 3rd August 2011
Taronga is home to 67 of the smallest gliding mammals in the world, the Feather-tail Glider. How do we tell all of these tiny critters apart?
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Angus the Rufous Owl...actually, make that Agnes
Tuesday 26th July 2011
Today I took a look at something quite unexpected, ‘Angus’ the Rufous Owl had laid an egg. No, he hadn’t defied the odds and become the first male to take on the hatching role. He, we discovered, is actually a she, and has now been renamed ‘Agnes’.
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Australian Wildlife Keepers Welcome Glossy Black Cockatoo Chick
Thursday 21st July 2011
Our Australian wildlife keepers have proudly announced a very special new arrival, a Glossy Black Cockatoo chick.
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There’s Something About Mary
Wednesday 20th July 2011
The primate keepers will tell you, there’s something about Mary the Mueller’s Gibbon. She is undisputedly the Queen of Taronga Zoo, and at the ripe old age of 52, she has certainly earned the title.
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Red-tails: Up, up and away, way!
Thursday 14th July 2011
Last Friday was an interesting day for the Bird Show crew.
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Meerkat Meal Time
Friday 8th July 2011
Meerkats love peanuts and mealworms. Even with strong winds whistling across their sandy exhibit, the little desert-dwellers, rushed out on Tuesday morning to find peanuts – two each – hidden throughout the exhibit.
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