Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo - Season 5

Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

Season 5

2024 • 10 Episodes

Episodes

Lion Toothache - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

1. Lion Toothache

November 13, 2024

Lioness Maya has a fractured tooth, which could lead to a potentially life-threatening abscess. Will entering the Lion's Den for some dentistry improve the sassy outlook of Taronga's Queen?

Saving Koalas - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

2. Saving Koalas

November 20, 2024

Joining forces to save an Australian icon, Senior Taronga Vet Larry and the team go out on Ngarigo land in New South Wales to assess the health of koala populations as part of the Koala Sentinel Project.

Raising Gracie - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

3. Raising Gracie

November 27, 2024

Stealing the hearts of all who meet her, abandoned koala joey Gracie proves to be the cutest possible housemate to foster mother and keeper Annii, who has taken on her 24-hour care with maternal flair.

Healing Hippos - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

4. Healing Hippos

December 4, 2024

Keeper Carolene shares a special bond with hippo Nile. Carolene notices a cloudiness in Nile's eyes, prompting urgent investigation. Platypus Mackenzie is being prepped for relocation to a Platypus Rescue HQ Facility in Dubbo

Platypus Emergency - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

5. Platypus Emergency

December 11, 2024

An insight into Sydney's Taronga Zoo and its conservation success story. Over a century old and nestled in Sydney Harbour, Taronga's home to more than 5000 creatures and hundreds of keepers

Chimp Challenge - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

6. Chimp Challenge

December 18, 2024

In one of the biggest undertakings ever attempted at the zoo, the vet team must complete health checks on all twenty-one chimpanzees.

Carnivore Galore - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

7. Carnivore Galore

January 2, 2025

Time for the male chimpanzees to receive health checks. In Dubbo we look backstage at 'The Sanctuary'. Keeper Molly introduces the less imposing members of the carnivore habitats

Breaking the Ice - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

8. Breaking the Ice

January 9, 2025

From the seaside savannah of Taronga zoo to the wilds of Dubbo, keeper Jacob heads to Taronga's Western Plains to learn how his colleagues manage their mixed species exhibit.

Little Penguin Rescue - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

9. Little Penguin Rescue

January 31, 2025

We follow the journey of a vulnerable little penguin through her progression from tiny to mighty. The monitoring systems that protect Taronga's fence lines have been triggered.

Episode 10 - Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

10. Episode 10

February 7, 2025

A keeper detects a potentially dangerous lump in a juvenile gorilla. In Dubbo, Seven Asian elephants and their enclosure receive a thorough cleaning.