Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina

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Secrets Of The Zoo: North Carolina

Synopsis

Welcome to North Carolina, home to one of the largest zoos in the world. This AZA accredited zoo has over a thousand animals that live in lush natural habitats. With lions, elephants and gorillas to take care of, there’s no normal day in this animal kingdom

Episodes

  • Chimp Off the Old Block

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    Zoo keepers prepare for a chimp birth, vets investigate a bear’s mystery illness and a dangerous antelope is darted on the zoo’s grasslands habitat.

  • Dr. Zoo-Little

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    At the North Carolina Zoo a gorilla has emergency dental surgery , vets examine a deadly rattlesnake and zoo keepers try to take blood from a lion’s tail.

  • Polar Bear Opposites

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    The zoo hopes for a polar-bear pregnancy; two endangered red wolves go on a blind date; and a young elephant gets some unusual treatment.

  • Hiss and Hers

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    Zookeepers prepare for the birth of a white rhino; two young lions leave the pride; and a pair of cannibalistic snakes go on some risky dates.

  • Giraffic Park

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    The zoo welcomes a timid, new giraffe to the herd; a pregnant bat prepares to give birth; and devoted keepers give an epileptic chimp a better life.

  • Much Ado About Puffin

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    The zoo vets are swamped! A big gator needs blood drawn; a fiery lioness needs its tooth extracted; and puffin parents wait for their eggs to hatch.

  • Running Otter Time

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    Zoo vets treat seven pythons; orphaned otter pups go to fish school; and keepers rush to help Arctic foxes with mysterious injuries.

  • Puffin but Trouble

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    Keepers hope for a long-awaited sand cat kitten; a nervous puffin chick learns to swim; and rescued black bear cubs prepare for life outside the zoo.