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Taronga Blogs

Bird Watching Tarongas Regent Honeyeaters
Friday 27th August 2010
There’s good news to report from the bird-watchers monitoring the Zoo-bred Regent Honeyeaters in Chiltern, Victoria. We released the birds over four months ago and there are still plenty of them around.
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Students FESS Up as Future Endangered Species Scientists at Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Thursday 26th August 2010
We’ve just finished hosting visits last week by students from around the Western Region who came to celebrate National Science Week.
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Kambiri Grows in Size and Confidence
Tuesday 10th August 2010
Kambiri, our little pygmy hippo calf, is progressing in leaps and bounds!! In just over a month, she has more than tripled her birth weight, weighing in at 16.5kg.
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Tarongans Take Sustainable Seafood Message to Bondi in the City 2 Surf
Monday 9th August 2010
Wearing green Taronga shirts and Ocean Rescue caps, Taronga staff took to the streets of Sydney yesterday in the 2010 City 2 Surf.
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Wild works by Tarongas Artists in Residence raised $148,000
Tuesday 3rd August 2010
Last night the Taronga Foundation auctioned the works of 20 renowned contemporary artists. Even with the election just around the corner and uncertain economic times ahead, Sotheby’s was packed with lots of people from the art world showing their support for the Zoo’s vital conservation work.
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Devils Settle In
Wednesday 28th July 2010
We couldn't be happier with the way our Tasmanian devils have settled in to their new exhibit. Bunyip and Devitt, brother and sister joeys born last year, love their wallaby "road kill" feature and are displaying many natural feeding, foraging and climbing behaviours.
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Gorillas Rounded Bellies
Wednesday 28th July 2010
One of the most common questions we get asked after our Keeper Talk is: “Is that gorilla pregnant?”. The majority of the time the answer is no, “but why do their bellies look so big?”.
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Barinya Soars Closer to Free Flight Bird Show
Monday 26th July 2010
Once found weak and unable to fly, Barinya the White Bellied Sea Eagle has slowly graduated to short flights over the amphitheatre at the QBE Free Flight Bird Show which she now calls home.
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Zoo Veterinarian Dr Larry Vogelnest talks about a changing world
Friday 23rd July 2010
Come along and listen to guest speaker Dr Larry Vogelnest, Senior Veterinarian at Taronga Zoo, speak about Climate Change at the Animal in Art forum titled A Changing World, Thursday 5 August 2010at 7pm at the Western Plains Cultural Centre.
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Let's groove at Zoo Grooves
Thursday 22nd July 2010
Mental as Anything will headline Zoo Grooves this October long weekend, Saturday 2 October 2010 at Taronga Western Plains Zoo.
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