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Taronga Zoo Blog

Clarkie decides to go on Christmas Eve
Wednesday 30th December 2009
After weeks of intensive effort put in by trainer Erin Stone, with our Peregrine Falcon Clarkie, decided he was ready to be released last Wednesday. Originally we wanted to release Clarkie in January but with it being a very windy day on Xmas Eve, the falcon decided it was time to go.
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Ripley Takes The Plunge
Tuesday 29th December 2009
Ripley is on her way at being one of the newest stars of Taronga’s Free Flight Bird Show but, part of her training includes flying out of tricky situations.
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Tarongas Otters Enjoyed an Unusual Christmas Feast
Friday 25th December 2009
The Oriental Small Clawed Otters got into the spirit of the season with a Christmas feast of an unusual kind.
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Bite Sized Treats
Friday 18th December 2009
All I can hear as I type this is ‘cheep, cheep, cheep’, because … we have some new chicks. We have four and they are Red Jungle Fowl. It is from this species that many common chickens are descended. They are the original recipe! They are so tiny, very fluffy and extremely cute and only weighed 30 grams when they arrived. 30 grams!
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Ripley Takes Flight!
Tuesday 15th December 2009
Ripley the Barking Owl is now 12 weeks old and has already started free fly training for the QBE Free Flight Bird Show. Watch the video diary and see her in action.
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Fuzu the Gorilla Turns Two
Wednesday 9th December 2009
Taronga Zoo’s second youngest gorilla, Fuzu, celebrated his 2nd birthday on December 8 and for a special treat the group was given iceblocks.
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Training New Recruit Shows Progress
Wednesday 9th December 2009
We’ve been taking Clarkie, one of the newest members of Bird Show, off site for some training.
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Tarongas Chimps and Their Keepers Settle In by Senior Primate Keeper Allan
Monday 7th December 2009
It has been an interesting few weeks in the Orang-utan house since the Chimps moved in.
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Falcons, Trainers and Automobiles
Friday 4th December 2009
Khan, our Peregrine Falcon, took free-flying to t a new level last Monday. We went off-site to fly him down at Balmoral Oval at 10 am and recovered him later that day at 3:50 pm, just in time to knock-off work. After a day off to recuperate, we jumped straight back into routine this morning, with very interesting results.
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Problem Solving Chimp Kuma Caught in Action
Tuesday 1st December 2009
We've been talking about how chimps are intelligent problem solvers.
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