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Taronga Zoo Blog

Taronga’s Honking Bandicoots
Tuesday 12th April 2011
Imagine going to the front door to get your morning paper and finding a baby bandicoot on your front lawn! This is how Basil the long-nosed bandicoot came to Taronga Zoo.
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Taronga Welcomes Fiery Red Panda Cub
Friday 8th April 2011
Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of a male Red Panda cub, the 45th of the vulnerable species to be born at the Zoo since 1977.
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Sunbear gets Its Teeth Cleaned
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Today Taronga’s two Sunbears, ‘Victoria’ and ‘Mr. Hobbs’, helped get their teeth cleaned.
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The Easter Bilby!
Wednesday 6th April 2011
Taronga’s three young male bilbies, Dougall, Sparky and Yippee, got a head start on Easter this year enjoying their favourite ‘chocolate’ …. mealworms and crickets!
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Sule Gets Playful
Monday 4th April 2011
The youngest of Taronga’s chimpanzees, Sule has a special spot for for all of the keepers that look after him.
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Meet Billa the Swamp Wallaby
Wednesday 30th March 2011
For the first time, Taronga Zoo has been able to record the remarkable development of a Swamp Wallaby joey from just two weeks of age. About six and a half months ago Australian Fauna Keeper Lyn with Zoo photographer Lorinda started photographing the finger-sized joey once a week.
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Video Here! Staff Dived In To Support Diversity
Tuesday 29th March 2011
On Saturday 5th March we took to the streets of Sydney in style to celebrate diversity in the 2011 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade
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The Power of Positive Reinforcement
Tuesday 22nd March 2011
After our Bird Show, it is not uncommon that people will come down and ask us just how we train our birds. How do we get them to display their amazing behaviours? And, how is it that they do not fly away? The answer is easy, positive reinforcement.
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Today is Thai Elephant Day!
Sunday 13th March 2011
This commemorative day takes place every year on 13 March, the aim of the day is to draw attention to one of the most remarkable species on our planet. See how taronga's herd celebrated their national day.
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YATZ Cleans Up Australia
Wednesday 9th March 2011
The Youth at the Zoo got their hands dirty for Clean Up Australia Day.
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