Read more about the article CHIMP’S SUDDEN DEATH: Spanish Zoo Bids Sad Farewell To Four-Year-Old Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee Coco that died in Bioparc, Valencia in Valencia, Spain, undated. Following Coco's death, the team had the chimpanzee tested for COVID-19 and the tests turned out negative. (BIOPARC Valencia/Newsflash).
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CHIMP’S SUDDEN DEATH: Spanish Zoo Bids Sad Farewell To Four-Year-Old Chimpanzee

A zoo in Spain has shared this farewell video after a four-year-old chimpanzee that was born there suddenly passed away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J07RmTc_cEg Coco, the four-year-old chimpanzee that was born in BIOPARC Valencia, Spain, sadly passed away last week due to necrotising meningoencephalitis. Necrotising meningoencephalitis is a fatal inflammatory disease that affects…

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November 15, 2022
Read more about the article COMPARE THE MEERKATS: Cute Creatures Are Visitors’ Favourites
Image shows meerkats at the Vienna Zoo, Austria, undated photo. They were considered amongst the visitor's most favourite animals. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)
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COMPARE THE MEERKATS: Cute Creatures Are Visitors’ Favourites

The world's oldest zoo has declared its cute colony of meerkats its visitors' favourite animals. https://youtu.be/kp8mUcL1C7E Footage released by Austria's Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna to celebrate their status shows the adorable animals in action in their enclosure. Several can be seen on guard duty, standing on their hind legs scouring…

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November 11, 2022
Read more about the article MAMMOTH PREGNANCY: Cute Nelliephant Born In Spanish Zoo After 653-Day Gestation
Picture shows the African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) Matla and the newborn at BIOPARC Valencia, Spain. The birth occured at 4:20 in the morning during a full moon after a normal gestation parameter, on day 653, she was monitored trough a non-intrusive monitoring using a camera system, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2022. (BIOPARC Valencia/Newsflash)
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MAMMOTH PREGNANCY: Cute Nelliephant Born In Spanish Zoo After 653-Day Gestation

This stunning footage shows how an African elephant that had been pregnant for a whopping 653 days finally gave birth at a zoo in Spain. https://youtu.be/UZPFCMn16PI Bioparc Valencia resident Matla gave birth naturally in the early hours of 9th November. Her calf is the first African elephant to be born…

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November 10, 2022
Read more about the article THE GREAT J-APE: Playful Gibbon Mimics Zoo Girl
Gibbon imitates woman's movements at zoo in Nanning, Guangxi in China, undated. Ms. Wang visited the zoo with her friends when she found that her movements were imitated by the gibbon and her friend took out her mobile phone and filmed the scene. (709734694/AsiaWire)
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THE GREAT J-APE: Playful Gibbon Mimics Zoo Girl

A playful gibbon showed it has a real cheeky personality when it spotted a zoo visitor and began mirroring her every move. Wildlife fan Ms Wang said the copycat antics were filmed by her friend after they noticed that the clever ape quickly mimicked her gestures at the zoo in…

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October 28, 2022
Read more about the article TURTLE SUCCESS: Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World
Researcher Doris Preininger at the reintroduction of the Northern river terrapin in Bangladesh, poses in undated photo. The Vienna Zoo in Austria began the conservation project for the northern river terrapin in 2010. (Rupert Kainradl/Newsflash)
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TURTLE SUCCESS: Vienna Zoo Species Protection Project Ensures Survival Of One Of The Rarest Turtle Species In The World

The oldest zoo in the world has celebrated Reptile Awareness Day by highlighting a conservation project aimed to ensure the survival of one of the rarest turtle species in the world. Officials from the Tiergarten Schonbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria initiated the project to rescue the northern river terrapin (Batagur…

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October 21, 2022