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I did a bit of googling and found this:

DK Leaf-eater Large - 15kg

 

Ah thanks,Gigit.

 

Good find. All I could think of was Dorling Kindersley - the less-fattening picture books

 

Remember you saw it here first!!

 

You are correct, the two share Gernot now. Effie often carries him around and plays with him, as well as shares a nest with him at night. But at feeding times and a lot of the time when it comes to carrying it is Mjukuu who is responsible for him.

In other news, the zoo now has four species of turaco; Hartlaub's in the aviaries outside the Blackburn, Fischer's in the African Bird Safari, red-crested in the walkthrough inside the Blackburn and, as spotted by myself whilst passing by in the zoo yesterday, at least one violet turaco in the walkthrough in Gorilla Kingdom.

 

Its a form of infant sharing I haven't really seen before. I think maybe Effie's problem is still with feeding, the reason she rejected her previous two babies I believe and maybe why she allowed Mjuku to adopt him. Seems Effie still has a bond with her baby despite not feeding it and perhaps its even increased from early on.

 

The female hunting dogs appear to have now left for Whipsnade.
Pelicans are now back out ( only saw 4 rather than the original 5).

 

when will the zoo breed its Asian Lions? Web I visited in July, the male was still being kept separate

 

The male, Bhanu is currently in with the females. They will be receiving another pair once they finish there quarantine at Whipsnade.

 

I didn't check inside the Blackburn Pavilion or the Snowden Aviary but the walkthrus in Bird Safari (opposite Gorilla Kingdom) and the small aviary at the entrance to Gorilla Kingdom were both open this afternoon.

 

Any info on the birds in question? Are they captive bred or former wild caught ones?

Somewhat surprising …: I always thought the blue throated macaw in Europe and US zoos were striving to have young captive-bred birds up for release back to the in situ species in crisis.

 

There are only 4 pelicans now, all male. The other pelican was a female and she has joined a flock at Whipsnade

 

Couldn't say where they came from, but I know that they have a bachelor group of four, and two pairs, so 6.2 total

 

Technically they're not wrong as there are eight total, but since the 2017 inventory says it's 6.2 and the actual birds are kept in two separate pairs and a group of four I would be inclined to think the group is all boys

 

Humboldt penguin-chicks :

London Zoo Celebrates Arrival of ‘Easter' Chicks

 

Director General of ZSL, Ralph Armond, is to retire at the end of 2017.

 

ZSL Director General Ralph Armond to retire article from ZSL site