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Taronga Zoo Blog

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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Luk Chai Celebrates Second Birthday Milestone
Monday 4th July 2011
It is hard to believe that already two years has passed since Australia’s first elephant calf was born. Today, the 4th of July is Luk Chai’s 2nd birthday!!
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Puzzle time
Monday 27th June 2011
Our four Oriental Small-clawed otters not only like to be kept busy, but they like to have fun too! Our family of otters consists of Dad “Arnie”, named after Arnold Schwarzenegger because he looked big, strong and muscular. The other three otters are his off-spring. The eldest is female Bising with younger brothers Soa and Houdini.
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Manly West Project Penguin Blog
Monday 27th June 2011
The 3rd project day was an amazing day, we added the final touches to our project (we think it looks awesome)
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Curl Curl North Project Penguin Blog
Thursday 23rd June 2011
Today we met our mentors for the first time. It was really exciting. This is what we are doing.
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Retirement for Angus
Tuesday 21st June 2011
Angus is a Rufous Owl, and up until recently, was one of the stars of our QBE Free-Flight Bird Show.
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Winter Warmers At Taronga
Friday 17th June 2011
As the temperatures started to fall and the first of June arrived many people wondered what our animals do in winter to keep warm.
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Taronga Vet Helps with Polish Bear Move
Friday 17th June 2011
Taronga Zoo's Senior Vet, Larry, recently helped relocate two Brown Bears from tiny cagwes in Poland.
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Funnel-web Spider Grooming Tips
Tuesday 7th June 2011
You wouldn’t think that Funnel-web spiders would ever make use of a paintbrush, but they’re an important tool for spider hygiene.
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