Oana the anoa and capybara Lochley both give birth. A rhino couple are reunited. Find out more. Will training Napo to be more assertive help? Red panda Nima's new mate chases her up a tree. This week’s biggest drama is the birth of the elephant calf, which causes some jostling for position within the herd. Chimp Zee Zee gives birth to a daughter. This week’s The Secret Life Of The Zoo on Channel 4 takes us behind the scenes of the zoo, founded in 1931 by British animal lover George Mottershead. Four rare and mysterious tenrecs arrive at the zoo. About The Secret Life of the Zoo. Youngsters across the zoo are about to have their first Christmas, and there's newbies too, Keepers are keen to breed some baby eastern bongos, an endangered species of antelope, Keepers hope there may be a first joey on the way for dusky padamelon Styx, A pair of Bactrian camels experience the trauma of separation. When people come to the zoo in daytime, they only see the aardvarks asleep and will sometimes make comments that they’re boring or lazy. An aging nanny goat fights for its life and a pregnant rhino prepares to give birth. Red panda Jung's losing weight and no one knows why. Giraffe Orla is due to give birth. 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There's a surprise orangutan birth. The Secret Life of the Zoo at Christmas 2017, Chester's male lemurs' peaceful life is turned upside down by a female arrival. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, The chimps have been brandishing a large stick. And after eight years, the zoo’s dominant pair of otters, Daisy and Robbie, are moved on to retirement to make way for a new breeding pair. You can unsubscribe at any time. In this week’s first episode we witness the uplifting sight of an Asian elephant, 34-year-old Thi Hi Way, giving birth to a female calf after a 22-month gestation, and a male chimp, Eric, fighting pack leader Dylan for dominance, which results in injury for Dylan. Venture to the most popular zoo in the UK -- the Chester Zoo. Bush dog Mana is pregnant. “I learn about interactions, social situations, hierarchies, dominant and subordinate animals and humans. But that’s just what nature tells him to do to protect his child. This week’s The Secret Life Of The Zoo on Channel 4 takes us behind the scenes of the zoo, founded in 1931 by British animal lover George Mottershead. A chimp takes a moorhen hostage. Then they must clean the windows that visitors view the animals through. The Secret Life of the Zoo, which is now into its fifth week, is one of Channel 4’s top-rated shows, regularly pulling in viewing figures of 2.5m. Keepers are vigilant of the zoo's Sumatran orangutans, Penguins Almond and Walnut go house-hunting, but an intruder is eyeing up their turf, An underwater special featuring blind fish, rare amphibians, a frisky penguin and more. The keepers make gifts for the animals. The keepers think that pregnant elephant Thi is three months overdue, The keepers struggle to transport a suspicious warthog and a giraffe, Spider monkey Kiara seems to want to hang out with friends rather than look after her baby. Bush dog Franco has got his sister-in-law pregnant. Aardvark Koos gets romantic with his sister. Jaguars Napo and Goshi aren't breeding. Many of us are ambivalent about zoos and the morality of keeping animals penned up for humans’ entertainment. Can they live together in harmonious cohabitation? The Zoo. An outbreak of disease in the penguin colony leaves chick Munch fighting for his life, Kendari the babirusa is pregnant, but two otters keep throwing stones at her house, Lioness Kumari seems to be losing interest in her partner, Iblis. “There is always one meerkat on sentry duty,” Kirsten continues. Home. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express Plus: bears, elephants and hyraxes. A tarantula risks his life to mate. Can mantis Bruce survive mating with deadly Natasha? Plus baby meerkats, shy penguins and more. “The more time I spend working with animals, the more it teaches me about humans,” says Kirsten. These cheetah were raised with English Labs and they’ve remained the best of friends to this day. Watch them in action. newspaper archive. Then they clean the enclosures – “which involves a lot of picking up poo,” she says – and make sure the animals have fresh bedding. The tapirs move to a new home. Stream 1500 shows without ads. The meerkats, she explains, are pack animals that guard each other closely. Marmoset Audrey has to carry her babies everywhere. Throughout the day they’ll escort visitors having “animal encounters” in which they get to meet and feed the animals, and zookeepers will perform enrichment activities. Filmed over 10 months, the show is billed as ‘an animal version of Big Brother’ due to the often-amusing similarities between humans and animals. 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The programme is also making stars of the zoo’s keepers. Keeper Niall tries to get it back. The Secret Life of the Zoo (C4, 8pm) CHESTER Zoo is Britain’s most popular zoo hosting 1.6 million visitors every year, but few ever see the world explored in this major new Channel 4 series. The UK's first ever surviving sun bear cub is born. “Enrichment means we give the animals novel items to help them with natural behaviours,” explains Kirsten. Observational documentary series capturing, in incredible detail, the remarkable behaviour of the animals at Chester Zoo, and their relationships with their keepers, At the reptile house, the Bermuda skinks have a ferocious approach to mating, Chester's hornbills and meerkat Huskie have the baby blues. Amy, who won gold at in the skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics, said in her tweet that she had always wanted to work with animals. “The worst case scenario is that he kills the youngster, which sometimes happens in the wild, even if accidentally,” explains Kirsten. Bears Lima and Madidi aren't getting on. Plus: a fussy French crocodile, turtle love and penguins. Cheetah mum Kinky Tail is on the operating table. They’re just on a different time cycle.”. Sign up to our newsletter for all the latest on food, drink and entertainment. “It’s a really good example of how the zoo animals follow their natural instincts.” For example, we see meerkats – famous from the Compare The Market adverts – constantly fearful of predators, even though they are protected at the zoo from the dangers they’d encounter in their natural habitat of South Africa’s Kalahari Desert. More Full Episodes. Louise Minchin and Olympic gold medallist Amy Williams were among those who took to Twitter to praise the programme after last night’s episode. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. The Secret Life of the Zoo, which is now into its fifth week, is one of Channel 4’s top-rated shows, regularly pulling in viewing figures of 2.5m.

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