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Wild Life At The Zoo

Rating:3.0 of 5Total number of episodes:14Last broadcast:11/11/2017 at 14:58
2017
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Season 2, Episode 1

3.0 2 x
At Taronga Zoo, a young and vibrant sun bear is on her way to meet her intended mate, a lonely psychologically damaged male sun bear that was rescued from a restaurant trader in Cambodia.
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Season 2, Episode 3

3.0 4 x
The story made national headlines but what really happened when a zoo keeper was crushed by a two-year-old elephant & nearly died? We see Lucy on her first day returning to work after recovering from her serious injuries.
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Season 2, Episode 2

3.0 5 x
At New Zealand's Auckland Zoo, Lazarus the lion will be travelling to Australia for breeding. We also meet Joey, a little koala who has been rejected by his mother.
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Season 1, Episode 7

3.0 10 x
Watch the birth of Taronga Zoo's Eastern Bongo calf. There are as few as 75 remaining in the wild. Plus we follow the stories of the Tasmanian Devils and Andean Condor chicks.
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Season 1, Episode 6

3.0 8 x
We follow Taronga Zoo's male elephant Gung as he attempts to mate with the female Asian elephant, Tang Mo. And Franklin the sub-Antarctic fur seal works with trainers to take a role in Taronga's seal show.
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Season 1, Episode 5

3.0 11 x
After a worldwide search Taronga keepers have found a silverback gorilla in France called Kibali who will take over breeding from one of the aging gorillas in order to maintain the genetic diversity within Australasia.
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Season 2, Episode 6

3.0 13 x
The first of a new generation of chimps are about to be born at Taronga, but the expectant mother is vulnerable and the baby will be at risk. (Final)
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Season 2, Episode 5

3.0 41 x
We meet Mr Munro, the only fiordland crested penguin around the world to be in a zoo. Can this wild penguin become the star of the show at Taronga?
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Season 2, Episode 4

3.0 50 x
Jealousy, betrayal and rebellion - it's sister versus sister as the females decide who is going to be the boss meerkat.
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Season 1, Episode 8

3.0 40 x
The keepers take us 'backstage' to Taronga's bird show to meet the stars of the show; 40 Little Penguins are sent to Germany where we follow their trip; and an ill Green turtle is nursed back to health.
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