All language subtitles for Secrets Of The Zoo Tampa s01e06 Oh, The Hu-Manatee.eng

MADISON: Come on, everybody.

DIANA: Good girl.

I know. Good girl.

Good girl.

It's a big team effort
to feed the 1,300 animals

that live here at Zoo Tampa, every day.

And feeding them a healthy,
diverse diet is key.

It takes a thousand pounds of produce...

four hundred pounds of fish...

and 4,000 pounds of hay
just for elephants and rhinos alone.

Animals can absolutely
be picky with what they eat.

We have a couple of picky
giraffes that don't want

romaine one day,
and then the next day they love it.

So we have to find
a nice balance in between

for the nutrients,
so they can all get what they need.

CAROLINE: So this is Goyang's diet.

He is the patriarch
of our orangutan group.

If you watch him on exhibit,
he will go out and he will forage

for everything that he wants

and then he'll give the ladies
a chance to get their stuff.

So that's why he gets a separate diet,

and then our girls will have a chance
to get what they need, too.

DEVON: Hi, Goyang.

So, I'm feeding Goyang
his greens and then his bananas.

Those are his favorites,
so I try to save the best for last.

We hand-feed a lot of his diet,

it's a great way to build
relationship with him

and kind of build that trust bank.

CHRIS: Establishing strong relationships

with our more intelligent animals
are really important.

It's especially important
to our great apes,

our orangutans and chimpanzees.

(chimps shrieking)

TIFFANY: She just take
the greens from him?

ALISON: Yep, and then chased him.

(laughs)

TIFFANY: Our chimps that we have here

are Twiggy, Jaime, and then Nick.

Jaime is our oldest, she's 40 years old.

Her and Twiggy are very close.

They spend a lot of time together.

ALISON: Hi, Twiggy.

TIFFANY: You get to know
their little moves,

their little quirks,
and they learn the same about us,

so they treat us all very differently.

I do love working with these chimps.

They become like a friend.

We can each just take one of them.
I'll take Jaime.

- I'll take Twiggy.
- TIFFANY: OK.

Today we're gonna be
working on injection training.

We will be moving them
to a new facility soon in San Francisco.

This exhibit isn't necessarily
designed for older chimps.

And so it's going to be
a great move for them.

They'll have a new habitat.

They can climb things
that they have set up there

easier than they may be able to here.

We're looking into the future
for what's best for them,

and to get them ready to go,

they'll have to have an injection.

TIFFANY: Jaime.

ALISON: Nick.

Twiggy, come.

So it's really important
that we work with them

and have them comfortable
with getting injections.

TIFFANY: We train our chimps
for a variety of different things.

They can give us
different parts of their body,

we can ask for a hand.

(whistle tweets)

We ask for that shoulder.

-(tweets)
- And when they give their shoulder

it's a good place to work on an injection.

Good girl.

All primates are smart,
but great apes take it to the next level.

Their social relationships
with one another are very complex.

So, when you work with great apes,

you have to understand
all the complexities

of the way that they
problem-solve and think,

and make sure
that you're also thinking of ways

to stimulate them and help them
continue to grow and learn.

This is Jaime, and she takes
a little while to get used to you.

So, it's been a lot of fun
getting to know Jaime,

having her get to know me,

and kind of building
that relationship. Right?

Yeah, yeah.

JANE: I am mainly working with Twiggy.

She is a little bit of a scaredy
cat about some new things.

Hand.

-(tweets)
- Shoulder.

It's taken her a little bit longer

to accept having the syringe
right up there.

Shoulder.

-(tweets)
- Good.

Good girl.

I'm been working with them for 15 years,

and it took a while
to develop the relationship.

Ear.

I really do feel like
as much of a friendship

as I can possibly have
with a wild animal, I have with Twiggy.

She trusts me, I trust her.

Good.

It's a really close relationship.

That was a good job, Twiggy.

TIFFANY: Everything that we do here
is based on the animals.

Sometimes we have to make hard decisions.

Sometimes not being here
is what is best for them.

In the case of the chimps,
it is an opportunity for them

to go to a facility
that specializes in older chimps.

They can be with a larger social group,

and so while it's hard for us
to say goodbye and see them go,

we know that at the end of the day
it's what's best for them.

It won't be long before they
spend their last day on habitat,

and then they will need to be sedated
for their move to San Francisco.

It will be a sad day
for all of us here at Zoo Tampa.

CHRIS: I've had the privilege
of working with quite a few animals

here at the zoo.

You don't worry about slobber

when you're interacting
with a one-horned rhino.

And there are a few animals
that I just really feel like

I've had the closest connection to.

Toomey's definitely one of those animals.

Get some!

Toomey is a babirusa from Indonesia,

particularly the island of Sulawesi.

- Ah, Toomey.
- KATELYN: He loves the attention.

CHRIS: What's up, big guy? How we doing?

Are you ready for a cleaning, huh?

KATELYN: He ate his breakfast,

so there might be some carrots
in there to clean out.

Let's take a look at this gum
and see what we've got going on here.

His teeth are growing
basically in the wrong direction.

So ideally, they would come out
the sides like that,

and he gets a lot of debris

stuck up in his gums and his tooth line.

Oh, we got some egg shell in there. Oh!

- Can start smelling it already.
- Yeah, right.

It is pretty ripe.

CHRIS: So we get all that debris out,

make sure he doesn't get any bacteria
or any infection in there.

KATELYN: There you go.

CHRIS: Good job, big guy, good job.

(Katelyn chuckles)

It's not every day you get
to brush a babirusa's teeth,

except here we do.

These are the things we do for our animals
because we love them.

There's a good boy.

Good job, big guy, good job.

Good job.

KATELYN: Oh, he's closing his eyes.

You can see, um, Toomey really enjoys

getting scratched down.

He's falling asleep
in my hands right here.

One of the most important things
I think about working in a zoo

is, you know, these relationships we have
with the animals...

You know you're doing something right

when the animals want
to spend time with you.

Look at that face.
How could you not love that face, right?

Some people say it's a face
only a mother can love.

Toomey's got the face everybody can love.

This guy is a handsome, handsome pig.

Alright, pal, we'll see you later.

KATELYN: We gotta go.

(oinks)

DR. LAUREN: Here at Zoo Tampa
we have an amazing manatee rehab hospital.

It's been closed for the last
18 months due to renovations,

but today we're super excited

because we're getting two
rescues in, Cayo and Roomba.

I can't believe
it's been a year and a half.

I know.

Without any manatees here,
isn't that crazy?

Yeah, yeah, it's been a really long time.

I mean, we'll get them back in
and it will be like they never left, so.

CHRIS: Yeah.

Both manatees were rescued
after being struck by boats.

Fortunately Roomba's
recovering really well

and we're hoping to get him back out
into Florida waters very soon.

She's like, "I'm ready."

And Cayo started his rehabilitation
here at Zoo Tampa.

He went to a partner facility

while our manatee hospital's
life support system

was being refurbished,

so we're really looking forward
to having Cayo back.

CHRIS: Remember,
if he starts flailing that tail

you don't want to be in between
his tail and that rail.

The manatees that came in today
are both around 600 pounds.

- OK.
- Ready to go.

CHRIS: So a lot easier for the crane
to do the lifting than us,

and we drop them nice
and comfortably into the water

and let them swim out.

Hey, good, good, good.

Manatees for so long have been the heart

of our animal care programs
here at Zoo Tampa.

Not having them for so long,

you know, really felt like
there was kind of a void.

I didn't think I would get emotional,
but it actually is.

Our hospital doors are opened again.

We can jump in and help contribute
to rebounding this population.

So it's fantastic.

So what I really
wanna see when he comes up

to take that first breath,
he's just been kind of moseying.

When we first lower the manatees
in the water, you know,

we just wanna make sure
that they're comfortable.

That the depth is good for them,
and I just wanna see them

come up and take really nice,
comfortable breaths.

There you go.

How'd he do coming to the surface?
Pretty good?

He's good, slow.

- DR. LAUREN: Slow?
- Yeah.

DR. LAUREN: Boat strikes
are a huge issue for manatees,

and Cayo's ability to manage his buoyancy

has been very much affected.

He is non-releasable.

Just watching him navigate around,

getting acquainted with the space.

You'll see water sputtering
if they're struggling a little bit,

but that looked really good.

So, so far, so good,

but I'm just gonna keep
a close eye on him.

Manatees unfortunately
face a lot of threats.

I think they kinda get hit
in every single which way,

literally by boats, but also,
they're very sensitive to cold waters

and red tide algae bloom
that occurs in Florida.

They face a lot of adversity
out in the wild.

CHRIS: Now we're ready to transfer Roomba.

MOLLY: We're good.

CHRIS: There's always concern
when transferring animals

from one location to another.

There's some bit of unpredictability.

The riskiest part is the slings.

Go up a little bit. Get some tension.

OK, good, good, good.

Watch the feet!

Hold on, hold on.

CHRIS: Watch the feet!

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

We're transporting manatees
with a crane system,

and there's always concern
when transferring animals

from one location to another,

but we've got
a well-experienced team here.

We prepare for the worst,
hope for the best.

Excellent job, Lisa, excellent job.

Molly, you want more bodies in there?

- MOLLY: No.
- CHRIS: Good?

We have a sigh of relief
once the manatee

is out of the sling
and swimming in the pool.

The riskiest part is over with

and now we can watch over these guys.

Cayo's super curious.

And Cayo is a young male.

Cayo will be hanging out with us
for a little while.

We'll just keep watching on him
and continuing his care.

And then also we have Roomba,
who is a another boat strike

and has recovered nicely,

so we expect Roomba will be
released in short order.

Lisa just put in some food.

They haven't shown too much interest yet.

I think Cayo's playing a little bit
of follow the leader.

Wherever Roomba's at,
Cayo is right behind him on his tail.

Little chunky animals,
but they're so elegant in the water.

As a young girl I was always
very infatuated with the ocean,

with wildlife,
and manatees will always have

a special place in my heart.
They do now and they always will.

I refer to them as the hipsters.
They're just so cool.

- I love it. The twirl.
- I know.

I love it. (laughs)

The expectation is just
to let them get settled in.

The whole transport,
that's a big morning for them.

So we plan to put them out
into our front pools

that are larger, deeper,
and have more space.

So we'll be doing that very soon.

RYANNE: Good boy! There you go.

TORI: African penguins
are a really great species of penguin.

So they're native
to South Africa and Namibia

where it's really nice and toasty.

So Tampa, Florida,
is perfect for African penguins.

They do really, really well here.

There tends to be no hierarchy
between African penguins.

They are a colonial species

so there will be big groups in the wild.

The ambassador program here
show the public African penguins

and get them inspired
about African penguins

by being able to be
really up close with one.

Some of our ambassadors
would be Wendy and Tiziri.

Rocky is a really,
really good ambassador as well.

And today is a really big day,
because we're picking up

two of our new ambassador
penguins from the airport.

I'm antsy.

What if they don't like us?

(laughter)

Ever since I was a kid,
I always wanted to work with penguins,

and of course I love all wildlife,
but birds are really my favorite.

(horn honks)

Aww. They're running. They're over there.

Please stop, please stop,
please stop, I can't look.

ASHLEY: Hurry.

TORI: They're gonna make it.
They're gonna make it.

OK, OK, good.

I was like, listen,
we have our uniforms on.

- We can stop this traffic.
- Stop!

Ducks, penguins, I love them all.

I just can't wait to meet the newbies.

ASHLEY: All right,
they've arrived in Tampa.

- Oh, my gosh.
- RYANNE: Yay.

The first thing that we do
when we get the penguins

is just we wanna make sure
that they're A-OK,

that they look good
and they're not stressed out.

RYANNE: Hello.

TORI: Our two new penguins
are brother and sister,

and they're coming in without any names.

So we're really excited to get
a feel for their personalities

and name them soon.

RYANNE: Yeah, you're gonna
like it at the zoo.

Don't worry.

OK.

- We gotta think of names.
- ASHLEY: Yeah.

TORI: Let's see what vibe they give off.

RYANNE: Almost there, guys.

First we're just gonna give
the new juveniles some privacy.

In the beginning
they won't have visual access.

They'll just be able to hear
what's going on.

Hey, nugget.

RYANNE: Hi.

Are you gonna come out? Hello.

You're gonna go in there with her,
good job.

TORI: Aww. They seem really relaxed.

They're just really curious.

They don't look stressed out or anything.

I'll give them the night
to explore their little area.

Get used to the sights
and sounds of Zoo Tampa.

Got new friends, Tiziri.

- RYANNE: New friends.
- TORI: New friends just for you.

RYANNE: Yeah.

TORI: So, the next steps following this

would be slowly introducing
a couple of our other penguins

from our colony, and then slowly
introducing more and more

until they're with everybody.

Come here.

I know.

Yeah, no babies.

KATHERINE: No babies. That's OK.

DR. LAUREN: How are the two boys?

MOLLY: Roomba and Cayo are doing well.

I've seen Roomba eating
a little bit since yesterday,

and last night we said
maybe they ate like 15 heads.

DR. LAUREN: They ate 15 heads last night?

- MOLLY: Yeah.
- DR. LAUREN: Oh, cool.

Cayo and Roomba have settled in nicely.

We've given them a bit of time
to acclimate,

and they started to pick up
on their appetite.

So we're gonna take that step forward

and introduce them out
into the main habitat.

Hopefully Cayo will lead the way.

Yeah.

Oh, he picked up on that fast.

MOLLY: He's like, hey, he's like,
what have we here?

DR. LAUREN: He's looking forward
to going out.

Cayo has been with us before,
so these are familiar grounds for him.

(ducks quacking)

MOLLY: He booked it across the pool.

- DR. LAUREN: Did he?
- TIFFANY: Woo!

MOLLY: The ducks,
they freaked out. (laughs)

What's he doing?

Roomba's just being a little shy.

Yeah.

DR. LAUREN: This is all
brand new for Roomba.

Poor guy, he's trying to figure it out.
He doesn't know where Cayo went.

But fortunately Cayo comes back.

MOLLY: They're both in
this channel right now.

Cayo's probably telling him,
"Hey, it's this way."

When they go to springs out in the wild,
they'll follow one another.

They live alone, they're solitary,
but they like hanging out with each other.

DR. LAUREN: Come on, bubba.

The fact that Cayo has lived here before

should help Roomba adjust
and be more comfortable.

DR. LAUREN: Are you going to go on in?

Oh, slow and steady.

DR. LAUREN: Roomba seems
to be taking Cayo's lead

and they're getting settled
into the habitat.

Yeah, let's give 'em some munchies.

It feels really great to have
manatees back at Zoo Tampa.

Their rehab is a big aspect
of what we do here.

BOY: They're eating!

That's one of my favorite things
is when they eat.

I think the two boys
look amazing out here.

It's really awesome to see them back out.

Next step is to give Roomba
a thorough exam

before we can release him
back out into the wild.

Ooh, off to the left-hand side,
here's our friendly okapi.

Just like a giraffe,
okapis' tongues are about 14 inches long.

(elephant trumpets)

We're coming into elephant country now.

(grumble)

Now we've got a couple
of marabou storks here.

We do have a youngster
hanging out over there,

hatched just recently.

ASHLEY: Good morning!

Raising marabou is fun.
The parents do the bulk of it.

We just kinda get to do the fun part

where we give them food
and watch them grow.

Marabou storks are gonna be
found throughout most of Africa.

They're a really cool bird.

Good girl.

And a lot of people think
that they're pterodactyls,

which is kind of great.

(squeaking)

We have Will and Kate,
who are our primary breeders.

And over in our Wild Africa area
we have Edgar and Diana.

So what's really unique about Edgar

is he's actually missing a toe
on the outside of his foot.

That can make walking around
a little tricky.

So Edgar is a little bit accident prone

and it really does stem
from that foot, we believe.

This morning when I came in,
I was doing my rounds.

I saw Diana and I didn't
at first see Edgar

and that's a little unusual

'cause usually he's right
where the action is.

Hi, pretty girl.

I came around the side of the barn
and that's when I found him.

Oh, I see it.

He was really, really loose on his legs.
He was having a hard time standing up

and my heart completely sank.

We immediately called Dr. Ray.

Edgar has gotten hurt before.

He has a bone plate still on a wing.

- MADISON: It's alright, bud.
-(chirping)

DR. RAY: And when we go up to catch him,

he just doesn't have
a whole lot of strength

with him this morning.

MADISON: Good job, bud.

DR. RAY: It looks like
he has a laceration.

I need to go clean this up, Mike.

So we need to get him
back to the hospital.

This is an emergency.

I'm sorry.

DR. RAY: You got him good and snug there?

- MADISON: Yep.
- DR. RAY: OK. Alright.

Hey, guys. How's Mr. Man?

DIANA: He's had better days.

DR. RAY: Let's get some warm
sub-cue fluids for him, please.

OK, let's get him on his side.

I really wanna to look
at that wing real quick first.

Alright, he's got a wound
up underneath here.

ASHLEY: Oh, jeez, bud.

DR. RAY: This could be life-threatening.

Alright, he's got a wound
up underneath here.

DR. LAUREN: Everything feel solid?

Yeah, he's lacerated pretty bad up there.

Edgar has a big laceration
on the lower part of his wing.

HEATHER: We're gonna shoot
this real quick.

Shooting.

DR. RAY: I think what happened
with this wound

is that he fell down.

He has a history of doing this.
His balance is off a little bit.

But while he was down this time,
in his efforts to stand,

he actually nicked himself
with his own toenail.

ASHLEY: Yikes, bud.

Edgar is definitely one
of my favorite animals

in the entire zoo,
so I do worry about him a lot.

It's really hard for you
to see any of your animals

that you take care of down
and out or not feeling well.

He's hurting.

DR. RAY: That's his old fracture site.

His injury is really right about there

and it looks like it's all soft tissue.

I don't see anything
directly impacting the bone.

I think we can go ahead and close him up.

I'm gonna patch him up

and I'm just gonna trim up
a little of these edges.

We're good.

Go ahead and start getting him
ready to recover.

ASHLEY: I know, come on, bubba.

RYAN: Hi.

Welcome back, buddy.

I think Edgar needs
a little bit more intensive care

than we can provide for him outside.

So I want to keep him in the hospital.

I want to make sure this laceration

does not develop any complications.

So we're gonna keep him tonight.

ASHLEY: Ready?

DIANA: Yeah, I'm ready.

I'm always really pulling for Edgar.

- I'll go in first.
- LEAH: Let's travel.

ASHLEY: Good job, Edgar.

Edgar has had health issues before,

and it would absolutely break my heart
if he did not pull through again.

We're rooting for you, big guy.

MADISON: Yeah, we are.

LISA: That should be good.

He's on his way.

DR. RAY: Cayo and Roomba
have been doing great

since they arrived.

Unfortunately Cayo's injuries
are so severe

he cannot be released back out.

Roomba, on the other hand,
is doing wonderful

and we're going to do his
pre-release health assessment today.

So we'll bring Roomba back
into the medical pools.

We'll do his full assessment
to make sure that he's nice and healthy

and ready to go back out
into Florida waters.

JAIME: We should be ready to go.

DR. LAUREN: OK, cool.

The great part about our medical pools
is it has a false bottom floor,

so we can actually raise the floor up,

we can work with Roomba outside the water,

and this is safe for him
and for the staff.

All right, Jaime, I'll come on your side.

JAIME: OK.

DR. LAUREN: Let start with some bloods.

Get your head out. Good boy.

Alright, sticking.

I'm sorry.

(manatee grunting)

Roomba is putting up
a little bit of a fight

and this is very normal,
this is very common,

and we would expect to see
this in a wild manatee.

There he is.

Good job, guys. Got him.

So I think this is
actually a positive sign.

JAIME: I'm getting 249.

DR. LAUREN: Almost there, buddy.

Part of the pre-release health assessment

involves ultrasounding their backs.

UG, I'm getting 0.45.

Their lungs lie over their backs,
and because of a manatee's unique anatomy,

we like to assess what back fat
measurements are on manatees

before they go out in the wild,

and this information
can be compared with animals

that are considered healthy.

Alright, I'm getting 0.82.

OK. We're done.

Roomba's settled down a little bit.
He's a little "less is more" kinda guy,

but it's going really well.

So the team right now
is doing his scar patterns

and they're gonna document everything.

Unfortunately boat strikes
are so common with manatees.

They develop these scar patterns
over their backs.

The team's going to mark his scars

and they're gonna make a sketch.

JAIME: There's these little ones,
but they may just be superficial.

Yeah, I agree, I agree.

And this goes into a bigger database.

Field biologists can identify
certain manatees

based on those scar patterns.

It's OK.

Our goal is to always release manatees

so that they can continue out
the rest of their lives,

they can make some babies

so that people can hopefully
see them and enjoy them.

I'm still waiting
for a couple of diagnostics

to determine Roomba's releasability,

but so far everything
is checking out really good,

and I expect that we can get him
released out in short order.

JASON: You guys got food out?

When you get food out,
I'll tap and see if he'll come up.

(tapping)

SPENCER: Oh, calm down.

There we go.

(woman laughs)

GIRL: What are they?

JASON: These are Indian gharial.

These are a critically
endangered species from India.

Come on.

Good.

Why are their beaks so long and skinny?

JASON: It helps it move
really fast through the water

so it can grab fish.

Who's gonna win, the turtle or the croc?

JASON: Who's gonna win?

Well, the turtles
are very good at stealing food.

Gharial are super cool.

They're a super awesome species,
and they're very uncommon.

At one point their population
was under 300 adults.

So they do need a lot
of conservation efforts

to help bring them back.

We have one male and two females here,

so hopefully in the future
we can help this species

by helping them reproduce
in a managed population.

I feel privileged
to work with these gharial.

Not everyone gets to work
with such an awesome crocodilian.

(birds chirping)

MOLLY: There's Roomba, doing his thing.

(laughs)

I think I'm gonna be able
to get Roomba by himself.

So Roomba has been
recovering really well

since his boat strike.

It's gonna be great
when we release Roomba,

which is what we're gonna do today.

Going up.

(lift whirring)

Good?

JAIME: Yeah, they're good.

I love working with manatees.

There's not many jobs that you can do

that you really get to see
an animal come in,

help with that rehabilitation,

and then see them go back into the wild.

One, two, three.

We're good.

Awesome job.

DR. LAUREN: Roomba is medically cleared.

I think he wants to go
back out in the wild

and meet some ladies.

So we want to give him
the opportunity to go back out.

TIFFANY: Where are you going?

DR. LAUREN: All the release
spots for manatees

are kind of determined
by where they were found.

And so he's going to go back
home to Crystal River.

It's a really beautiful part of Florida.

A lot of manatees congregate in this area.

It is a warm water site
for them in the winter.

It's just a really great spot
for Floridians and tourists

to come and see some of the natural beauty

that Florida has to offer,
and manatees are a big part of that.

JAIME: We've arrived.

DR. LAUREN: Roomba's doing great.

He just kinda scooched around
a little bit,

but he's totally fine.

So we are looking forward
to getting him out.

Carrying him is gonna be
our biggest challenge.

He is 700 pounds.

One, two, three.

TIFFANY: OK, we can just keep
inching him that way.

STACY: Why don't y'all wait
for some guys to come in here?

JAIME: We got this.

(laughter)

We always make sure
that we be very wary of the tail.

Most of their propulsion through
the water comes from their tail,

so it's a very strong muscle.

We never put anyone on the tail
'cause it could send them flying.

One, two, three.

DR. LAUREN: Nice, guys.

Alright, you guys are good to go.

JAIME: OK, one, two, three.

DR. LAUREN: Roomba is ready to go.

There he goes.

Woo!

(cheering)

Crystal River is a great
location for Roomba

to go back out, and I think
it is so important for boaters

to see the manatee
release process as well.

It's really wonderful that people
are getting more educated

about the risks of boating

and what a difference
that manatee speed zones make.

He's hanging over here.

This is why I became a veterinarian.

I wanted to work with wildlife
and be integral to their release

back out into the wild
to help save a species.

This is not just the simple release
of one animal today,

personally this is a lifetime goal for me,

but even bigger than that,
this is important for manatees.

Twiggy!

Jaime and Twiggy
are going to come back out

for their last afternoon
on habitat here at Zoo Tampa.

Hey, Jaime.

Where's Twiggy?

Today we're getting ready
to send our chimps

to their new home in San Francisco.

If I didn't have other commitments here,

I would totally move to San Francisco
just to be with these guys.

It's been 15 years of a friendship.

Come here, Twiggy.

Where have you been all day?

Where have you been, Twiggy? I missed you.

How's it going?

It's just really hard to believe

it'll be the last time
I see them out here.

The hard part is you can't explain to them
what's happening.

TIFFANY: Yeah.

JANE: I'm sorry,
we can't feed you, Twiggy.

It's for your own good
so you won't get sick tonight.

TIFFANY: Chimps are definitely
a little hangry.

For their own safety
with anesthetizing them,

we wanna make sure they don't have
any food in their system.

So they haven't had their
usual food that they have,

and they are definitely letting us know

that they don't like this decision.

JANE: Have your medicine,
then you can have something to eat.

Then you can have something to eat.

TIFFANY: She's like,
"Jane, I know you have something for me.

You have to."

JANE: She's like, "Forget you people."

So it's for her own good,

whether she believes that or not.

Animals come, animals go.

Babies are born,
babies grow up and move away.

There's been a lot of changes,

but these two chimps,
Jaime and Twiggy, have been here

the entire 15 years that I've been here.

And so I try to just keep saying,
eventually they'll leave,

and, you know, as long as
I don't put a date on it,

it doesn't seem so soon,
but now it's...

it's hard.

I'm gonna miss when you say goodnight,
they tell you goodnight.

Coming in, in the morning
they're excited to see you.

I'm just gonna miss all of that.

It's going to be hardest
for me to say goodbye.

(chattering)

(cooing)

TORI: That side, that side. Thank you.

So this morning we're going to go ahead

and take our two new juvenile
ambassador penguins

and introduce them to the habitat

that we have here at Zoo Tampa.

And letting them explore
with some new friends.

- Tiziri?
- Tiziri.

Hi, sweetie.

TORI: Our ambassador penguins
seem to be the ones

that are the most easygoing.

- Oh, my gosh, thank you.
- Who's my big baby bird?

TORI: Some of the other ones
can be a little territorial

and a little upset at first.

(braying)

Hi, guys.

Sorry, you guys can go later.

TORI: Hey, big boy.

And today's also a really
big day for the penguin team

because we've been working on the names
for our two new ambassador penguins.

And we're announcing
that the female's name

is going to be Kitsune, or Kit for short,

which means fox in Japanese.

And the male, for now
we're calling him Beefy,

because he's a pretty beefy boy.

Rocky!

Tiziri!

Wendy!

Yeah, see your new friends.

I think I like this wide open space.

TORI: They're a little nervous.

There's a lot of noises out here.

There's birds flying overhead.

The lighting is different,
the waterfall, I mean, everything.

So they're just a little hesitant
to kind of explore,

which is to be expected.

It seems like
they're kind of sticking together,

so hopefully if one of them
decides to jump in,

the other one will follow.

RYANNE: Let's go, let's go.

Go on.

Follow big boy Rocky into the water.

TORI: So hopefully they'll follow him.

RYANNE: Follow him into the water!

TORI: They haven't ever
been out on habitat before.

Might be a little scary.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh.

RYANNE: Oh, there she goes.

TORI: Go for it.

Be brave.

RYANNE: Oh, there she goes.

TORI: Yay!

There we go.

Two for two.

I'm really happy and relieved
that our two new ambassador penguins

have joined the rest
of the colony in the water.

It looks like so far

everybody is kind of
becoming fast friends.

They're already following
each other around,

which is kind of natural
for our colony, too.

So first signs are really, really good.

RYANNE: The hard part will be
actually getting them back inside.

Yeah.

This is also good 'cause the new kids
will be able to watch

these more experienced penguins
in this habitat,

see where they can go,
how they can get out of the pool,

how the kinda routine of our day is,

they can start learning
from the other penguins,

which is really good.

RYANNE: This is how we do it.

TORI: You guys are so smart.

You two did really well.

- TORI: Yeah.
- RYANNE: We're happy.

TORI: They were super calm
that whole time.

RYANNE: Good job. Look at you.

Ambassadors "R" Us.

TORI: So maybe we'll just leave
them out for a little bit

to get to know each other
a little bit better,

chase some bugs.

RYANNE: Yeah.

TORI: This is a really good day for them.

They're in with the colony
doing really well,

and they will be two brand new ambassadors

that we'll be able to use
for our penguin encounters

here at Zoo Tampa.

ASHLEY: I hope he is feeling sassy today.

I'm pokey. I'll get you.

Alright. Good boy.

DR. LAUREN: Oh, he's definitely
more alert today.

KRISTINA: I got you, bud, good boy.

- Everyone good?
- KRISTINA: Yep, ready to move.

- LEAH: Let's travel.
- Good job, Edgar.

LEAH: More alert.

Definitely sassy today. That was great.

KRISTINA: Good.

Edgar has been recovering well
here at the hospital.

The stitches are out,
and today we're gonna take a look

at the wound and switch out the bandages.

All right, so let's stop there, then,

and we'll just work on
getting that bandage off.

ASHLEY: There you go, buddy, good boy.

DR. LAUREN: After we removed
Edgar's sutures,

we placed honey onto the wound bed.

KRISTINA: It doesn't smell too foul.

I think it's just the honey.

ASHLEY: I just smell honey.

DR. LAUREN: Honey is a really
nice option for us to use.

It's got some natural properties
that help fight off infections.

You're definitely getting
a nice fibrinous layer over it

and it's starting to granulate in.

ASHLEY: That's fantastic.
Good for you, Edgar.

I say one more bandage,
and maybe next time we can take it off.

Hey, boy. He's a good boy.

Ed, you're the stinkiest.

Stinky breath.

Which one of you blessed
children ate the peppermint?

- Not me.
- Me.

It's like overpowering
his breath, which is good.

OK, well, it's overpowering
my coffee breath, too, so.

Fantastic.

KRISTINA: He looks good in red.

ASHLEY: He does look great in red.

Alright, I think that will be good.

RYAN: Secure.

DR. LAUREN: Right, I'm just going
to give him a dose of ceftiofur.

ASHLEY: OK.

DR. LAUREN: I'm really encouraged
with how well Edgar's wound is healing.

I think with a little more time
here at the hospital to recover,

he'll be ready to go out
in his habitat in no time.

All right, good boy.

ASHLEY: Let's do it.

- KRISTINA: Good job.
- DR. LAUREN: Aw, Edgar.

ASHLEY: Good boy. Stretch it out, man.

DR. LAUREN: Shake it off. Shake it off.

ASHLEY: Good boy.

He's so good.

Edgar is probably the most
resilient bird I know.

It's a huge relief to see
that he's doing better.

DR. LAUREN: Oh, yeah,
I feel like demeanor-wise

he looks way better.

He's very, very bright. I love it.

- MARION: And what are these?
- DR. LARRY: These are guenon,

so it's a small primate
from Western Africa.

MERRY: Pretty cool, aren't they?

(laughs)

What do you think, Drew?

Wanna take one home?

DR. LARRY:
Today we're training service dogs.

We want to bring those dogs
through and help desensitize

the dogs and our animals
so the animals get used to it.

(chirping)

Is that them vocalizing?

A little bit of vocalization.

To me it doesn't sound
like it's a defensive noise.

- It does sound like they're chatting.
- DR. LARRY: Yeah, they're not frightened.

They're just talking
to one another right now.

We, as blind people,
experience the world

in many different ways.

(trumpets)

-Listen to the sounds around us...
-(oinking)

...and the smells

and enjoy all of what
the zoo has to offer.

(squeaking)

DR. LARRY: Well, here we are
at the painted dog exhibit.

He's very excited.

DR. LARRY: There we go.

(barking, whining)

- MERRY: Hey.
- MARION: No, Drew.

MERRY: Calm.

DR. LARRY: If we're going to be
accessible to all guests,

then we have to look at all guests

and all issues that surround that.

So a nice little training
session we got here.

MERRY: Yes, it was.

Come on, Pica, forward.

Good girl.

(truck beeping)

Good, stop.

It's time for our chimps to move
to their new home in San Francisco.

So for their safety
and the safety of our staff

we will sedate them

and gently move them
into their crates for their journey.

All right, you got Twiggy?

- This is Twiggy's.
- TIFFANY: OK.

Wish me luck.

You've got this, Jane.

Yep.

TIFFANY: Hi, Jaime.

JANE: Hey, pretty girl. What's up?

TIFFANY: It's really important
to make sure the animals

are nice and calm
and they take that injection.

Come here, Nick.

JANE: I know.

TIFFANY: Hi. Good boy.

TIFFANY: OK.

DR. LAUREN: All right.

TIFFANY: Alright.

Legs, someone grab arms.

Ready? One, two, three.

For the chimps, getting them
into their crates is first step.

And then we get on the plane
and fly to San Francisco.

Alright, go ahead and set her down.

DR. LAUREN: Ready, one, two, three.

- TIFFANY: Good?
- DR. LAUREN: Yep.

TIFFANY: Next step is for
Dr. Lauren to give the reversal.

It's very important
for all the chimps to wake up

and see a friendly face.

It helps reduce the stress
before their trip.

- DR. LAUREN: Medicine in.
- TIFFANY: Good.

(chimp grunting)

JANE: Who's a good girl? It's OK.

What's happening?

(Jane grunting)

You're a good girl, Jaime. It's OK.

TIFFANY: Jane has been here
with these animals the longest.

She has a great relationship with them.

She's gotten to know
every little quirk about them.

She's seen them grow,
she's seen them change.

So it will be difficult.

JANE: It won't be too much longer, OK.

I know.

Good girl.

The rain is appropriate.

It's the right kinda mood.

Even though this is
the best thing for them,

it's really hard for us.

It's OK because they're going somewhere

that's going to be a great thing for them.

Come on, Ed.

Edgar has perked up exponentially.

It's really awesome to see
the old Edgar back in action.

He's kind of getting some
of his sassy attitude back,

so that's exactly what
we wanna see from him.

Just like how people have unique
and individual needs,

so do a lot of our animals
here at Zoo Tampa.

Edgar's missing toe and balancing issues

unfortunately means that he has
a higher risk of falling again,

so we will all keep
a really close watch on him

and make sure that he's OK.

ASHLEY: What do you think, Ed?

(squawking)

DR. LAUREN: It's that special
bond between the animals,

the keepers and the doctors
that's really important.

DEVON: Good job, buddy.

DR. LAUREN: To make sure
that our animals are happy

and healthy and live a fulfilled life.

- Look, he just came over to the food.
- JAIME: Yay.

(laughs)

Good job.

TIFFANY: I think I heard I need
to gain a few more pounds.

(laughter)

(bubbling)

DR. LAUREN: Oh, there's good gas.

Yep. Everything's flowing.

(laughter)

DR. LAUREN: Cayo is actually adjusting
very well without Roomba here.

He's eating, he's putting on
a little bit of weight,

but unfortunately his story
is actually very different than Roomba's.

His boat strike injuries were so severe
it caused permanent damage to his lungs,

and so he has very abnormal buoyancy
and he is unreleasable at this time.

But we have some new rescues
for Cayo to spend time with.

Obviously, he's doing fine with the boys.

- Yeah.
- Enjoying his social time.

DR. LAUREN: Cayo's going to spend
more time with us

here at Zoo Tampa.
He's going to be here for a while,

but he welcomes all
our new male rescues in.

He's a wonderful manatee.

He's a fantastic host.

They're so adaptable

considering everything
that they go through.

MOLLY: Yeah.

DR. LAUREN: It's been really good
that he's been able to grow

and make the gains that he has.

That's what he needs to do, is eat.

- Well, he clearly likes food.
- Yes.

We have beautiful and amazing wildlife

right here in our backyard
in the state of Florida,

and, you know, there's gonna be times

that they're going to need our help.

I think it is so important
and it's so valuable

for me as a veterinarian
that I can make a difference

right here locally in our neighborhoods.

It's unbelievably rewarding.

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