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Taronga Blogs

Miniature joeys
Monday 4th June 2012
Keepers in our Australian Walkabout section are celebrating the breeding success of 12 Feathertail Glider joeys, the smallest gliding mammals in the world
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Curl Curl North Taronga Zoo Day
Thursday 31st May 2012
Find out about Taronga Zoo's community outreach program "Project Penguin" by reading this story by students from Curl Curl North Public School.
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Blackback Gorilla Fataki
Father and Son show May Birthday Differences
Tuesday 29th May 2012
The saying goes ‘like father like son’, but one of our young black back gorillas is defiantly not taking after his relaxed and laid back father, Silverback, Kibabu.
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Zoo Takes Volunteers to Lunch for Volunteer Week
Tuesday 29th May 2012
Taronga celebrated its 550 volunteers and their incredible contribution to wild life through behavioural studies, administration, guest services and countless other areas across both our zoos during National Volunteer Week 2012. These astonishing volunteers contributed over 100,000 hours of their time in the past year.
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Taronga Wildlife Hospital Takes Action on World Turtle Day
Wednesday 23rd May 2012
The Taronga Wildlife Hospital treats an average of 40 marine turtles each year that have been washed up on beaches or found floating, unable to swim in the sea. The task of rehabilitating and releasing these animals along with hundreds of other native animals that come into the hospital’s care is the task of Taronga’s veterinarians and nurses.
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From Italy with Love
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Taronga Western Plains Zoo has recently welcomed the arrival of three Ring-tailed Lemurs from Rome Zoo in Italy.
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Rare Addax Calf Born
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Keepers are excited by the arrival of a female Addax calf on Tuesday 8 May 2012.
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Four tiny Eye-lash Vipers
Tuesday 22nd May 2012
Keepers over at Reptile World have welcomed four tiny Eyelash Vipers which are being cared for behind the scenes.
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‘Snuggie’ Time?
Monday 14th May 2012
Winter is steadily imposing itself on Sydney and the temperatures are dropping. Some of us may crank up the heat, whilst others may don a ‘snuggie’, but what about birds?
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Zoological Hidden Treasure
Thursday 10th May 2012
Today I was unbelievably lucky to see the equivalent of zoological hidden treasure here at Taronga Zoo.
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