Scales, tails & wings, oh my! The London Zoo counts its animals (Photo: Luke Macgregor / Reuters) More than 17,500 animals, including birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are counted in the annual census at the London Zoo. The count is a compulsory part of the zoo’s license and the information is used for managing international breeding programs of endangered animals.  See more photos.
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Scales, tails & wings, oh my! The London Zoo counts its animals

(Photo: Luke Macgregor / Reuters)

More than 17,500 animals, including birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians are counted in the annual census at the London Zoo. The count is a compulsory part of the zoo’s license and the information is used for managing international breeding programs of endangered animals. 

Source: photoblog.nbcnews.com

From the smallest to the tallest, zoo animals weigh in (Photo: Andrew Cowie / AFP - Getty Images) ZSL’s Zoological Director, David Field says: “We need to know the vital statistics of every animal at the Zoo – however big or small.” Zookeepers at the London Zoo are responsible for more than 16,000 animals, spending countless hours recording the weight and measurements of each and every animal, including penguins, meerkats, lions and owls.  The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. Read the complete story and see more photos in the Photoblog.
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From the smallest to the tallest, zoo animals weigh in

(Photo: Andrew Cowie / AFP - Getty Images)

ZSL’s Zoological Director, David Field says: “We need to know the vital statistics of every animal at the Zoo – however big or small.”

Zookeepers at the London Zoo are responsible for more than 16,000 animals, spending countless hours recording the weight and measurements of each and every animal, including penguins, meerkats, lions and owls.  The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species.

Read the complete story and see more photos in the Photoblog.

Source: photoblog.nbcnews.com

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