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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: London Zoo's Annual Weigh-In Sees 14,000 Animals Step Onto The Scales
Caption: More than 14,000 animals took to the scales at London Zoo's annual weigh-in. Penguins, tigers and gorillas were just some of the animals that hopped, skipped and jumped onto the scales as keepers began recording each animal’s vital statistics. London Zoo’s keepers spend hours throughout the year recording the heights and weights of all the animals with the vital information helping them to monitor their health and wellbeing. With different personalities to take into account, zookeepers use clever tactics to entice the animals to stand up and be measured ‘tricking’ this year’s Humboldt penguin chicks into walking over scales one by one as they line up for their morning feed and encouraging Bolivian black-capped squirrel monkeys onto the scales with tasty treats. Also making their Annual Weigh-In debut this year was Western lowland gorilla Kiburi, who arrived as part of a global breeding programme for the Endangered species last November and Critically Endangered Sumatran tiger cubs, Zac and Crispin, who recently celebrated their first birthday.
Keywords: London,Zoo,Annual,Weigh,Animals,Animal,Scales,Wellbeing,Health,Zoological,Statistics,Veterinarians,Zookeepers,Cubs,Penguin,Annual Weigh,Tigers,Gorillas,Monkeys,Meerkat
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