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That's a good girl, huh?

He is the best gift in the world for me, right?

Is this what you wanted? You just want attention?

Morning, boys.

Out early.

We have three male giraffes here at the zoo.

One's a reticulated giraffe, one is a Rothschild giraffe, and the other one is

side giraffe.

Randall, are you going to say hi to Bing Wah?

You better share.

Randall and Bing Wah are our two largest boys.

They've got a ton of personality.

They're good boys.

Tall boys.

That's cute.

Randall is like the dog that always wants to see you when you come home from

work, whereas Bing Wah is more like a cat. You know, he could love you or

you.

And then there's the Connie, and he's definitely a unique giraffe.

Incredibly standoffish.

He's more interested in himself.

Hi, Randall.

Hi, Bingie.

Hi, Mike.

You didn't say hi to me first, huh? No.

That's good.

I got a lot of goodies to spoil the boys today. Lots of bananas.

We did get a recommendation to get a girlfriend for Sakani. So in order to

room for her, the two boys are going to go to their new home up north where they

will also get girlfriends.

So Randall and Ming -Hua will be leaving Zoo Tampa in the near future here.

So we'll be going from having a bachelor group to starting our own breeding

program here, which is really, really exciting.

All right, let's go feed them.

Hey, Randall.

I got you some goodies.

This is Randall.

He's, in my opinion, the sweetest giraffe we have.

He's very calm, very predictable.

He's a good boy, and he loves produce.

I'm going to feed Bing Hua if and when he comes.

Bing Hua,

on the other hand, is complete opposite.

He's stubborn.

He's notoriously difficult to convince to do things.

Tell him to come over.

Bing Hua has better things to do. He's just going to stand and chew his cud, it

looks like. So I can't make him come over if he doesn't want to.

He's on his time all the time, right?

You going to miss him?

I will miss him.

You're my buddy, huh? I know.

I love you, too.

The day they leave, you know, it'll be a bittersweet day for sure.

They've been here the entire time I've been here, and I've been able to form a

pretty cool relationship with them.

There are going to be a lot of team members that will miss these guys.

got really strong relationships with them.

It'll have a pretty profound impact on the team, I'm sure.

All right.

We'll see you in a little bit, buddy.

Have fun.

You only have a few weeks left to feed and spoil these drinks.

Yeah, yeah.

Hey, big guy.

So we have two benturongs here at Zoo Tampa.

They are found in Southeast Asia.

One is Tully. He's our male. And our female is Miladi.

Miladi, come.

Oh, she's on the move.

They came to us as a breeding pair last year.

They're here.

Welcome to Florida, buddy.

Check it out.

We were really excited about baby benturongs, but first they needed to

to each other.

We're starting binturong intros. Okay, done for.

She's the one making that strong exhale noise.

It's like, okay, I'm sorry.

All right.

You guys ready to come inside?

I am going to give them access to their night bin.

She definitely spends a lot of her time in here.

And he's smart, so he followed the girl.

Right now, our male Sully.

is pursuing Miladi. She's in the middle of one of her cycles.

It's pretty easy for us to tell when she's cycling. I can walk by the habitat

and smell an overwhelming popcorn smell.

That's their sex hormone, and it smells like a movie theater.

A venturong female's kind of a reputation of teasing the male for a

of time, letting him get close, running away.

This one looks...

She's successful.

She's wrapping her tail around him and not running away or anything.

This is pretty much what they do for today, tomorrow, maybe the next day.

If we had a baby Venturong, I'll probably lose my mind. I think they're

the cutest things on the planet, so I am definitely not alone when I say we

really, really want babies.

All right, guys, have fun. Don't get too wild. We'll check on you in a little

bit.

Here in Zootampa, we have a small colony of four -necked mole rats.

Do you see them going all through their tunnels?

They're very strange looking.

They have the huge front teeth on the outside of their lips.

They have no hair. They're completely blind.

But that just makes them very lovable in their own way.

So these guys actually live in very large colonies. And they're very, very

-knit, kind of like your family.

So that's why we bring the whole colony out.

instead of just bringing one out at a time.

You see this guy right here?

His name is Digit.

Digit started showing us a couple of signs of just weight loss, and we wanted

be proactive about that.

Say bye, Digit. Bye. Bye.

We're going to take them all on a little field trip to the hospital so that

Digit can get looked at and then rejoin the colony as soon as possible.

Hi, Ronnie.

Hey.

I'm going to set right up on the heat pad here.

Keep them nice and warm.

Our colony of naked mole rats here at the zoo is about 29 to 30 years old.

And that is at the length of their lifespan at this point.

I know he's very, very old.

You want to pull him out and then we'll start the anesthesia.

We're going to be super fast.

Time is of the essence when we're working with the naked mole rats.

Hello, little one.

All right, Digit. All right, here we go.

The rest of the colony could potentially reject Digit if we do have him away too

long or if there's any weird smells or anything that could make them not

recognize that he was one of their group.

All right, little one, go to sleep.

So what we're going to do today is anesthetize him really briefly so that

take some radiographs to just look at his overall body to see if there's any

issues.

Ready?

Let me look at that image real quick.

So his incisors look really good.

But his little cheek teeth, you can kind of see, aren't quite so even.

So now I'll just look at his little teeth.

It's really difficult to look inside a naked mole rat's mouth. So what we're

going to do is use a very tiny little endoscopic camera to look at the teeth.

Hi, buddy.

They all look like they're the right color, but they're super short teeth.

That is consistent with him not having a great surface of his cheek teeth

anymore, meaning he won't chew very well, meaning he won't eat as much. So

all seems like it could be the reason why Digit has been losing weight.

Time to wake up, little dude.

He said that was a good nap.

Hi, little guy.

Digit is waking up from anesthesia now, and before we feel comfortable putting

him back with the rest of the colony, we want him to smell like them.

A little wobbly, friend.

Here, smell like your family again.

All right, dude.

Let's get you all covered in all your shavings so you smell like them. Do you

want to come get the door for me, Ron? Yeah, I will.

Hello, friends.

I'm definitely relieved that it wasn't anything too serious.

You better be nice to your friends. You just had an adventure, okay?

Kind of like when you get into your old age, you know, sometimes you may need a

little bit softer food.

They have not made any neck and mora dentures yet. So we're going to see if

can adjust his diet a little bit just to help him eat a little bit more and keep

up that good weight.

Thanks, Ronnie.

Thank you, Dr. Melissa. Catch up with you later. Yes, ma 'am.

Back up!

One day on a field trip, we were told to draw animals at the zoo, and I started

drawing the elephants and the rhinos. Then I went home and I said, I am going

work with elephants someday. And my dad said, you mean become a vet?

And I said, nope, I mean an elephant trainer.

Good girl.

I love big animals. I think it's super cool because of my size and because of

their size.

Good job. Let's go.

Good girl.

This is where my heart is.

Hey, buddy.

Good boy.

All right, you guys ready? Yeah. Let's do it. I can't believe Bing Wong and

Randall leaving 10 days. You guys ready for it? Yep.

Are they ready for it?

Yep. Getting there.

These guys aren't one brothers, but they have a sibling relationship.

They love each other, then they'll kind of argue with each other, and then

they're back to hanging out.

All right, everybody know what they're doing?

Yeah. Yep.

This is our brand -new giraffe chute, so we can transport the boys to their new

home. To get them ready for moving day, we need to train them to go through this

walkway. We only have 10 days to get it done.

The trailer that they're going to step onto will back up right here, so in

theory they're just going to walk straight from the barn into this chute.

And right up onto a trailer.

We'll start with this guy.

Hi, Randall.

Giraffes are one of the most difficult to train because they are the most

stubborn animals I have ever had the pleasure of working with.

So we have a ton of work ahead of us.

Hey, buddy.

Hello.

Are you like the smartest giraffe ever?

We're going to focus on Randall first since he's more reliable.

Would you like to come around?

Oh, my gosh. Look at you, buddy.

Good job.

He has one foot in.

He doesn't really want to take that second foot.

Take the step. You can do it.

Bye.

Randall, will you put that other leg in?

Take the step. You can do it.

I think he's getting a little bit irritated.

Okay, well, this is not going as I had hoped.

Randall!

Come on, buddy!

Randall and Bing Hua recently received a recommendation to move on to another

facility where they could potentially start their own breeding program.

You can always bring a little ladder over here, give us a little more room

them.

This is a space that...

Neither draft has been in before.

Can you see his feet?

His feet are not in.

Oh, oh.

There he is. Good.

Good. There you go.

Target. Nice.

Good job.

Thinking about it. I'm thinking. He wants to, yeah.

Good boy.

Grandma was a rock star. That was amazing.

It's a whole new world.

He got his front two feet in and he was eating.

I could not have asked for a better session out of him.

Good boy!

Is your brother going to be able to do this?

I am nervous because I only have nine days to get two giraffes comfortable and

on a trailer, so we have a lot of work to do.

Look at you!

Good job!

Are we done?

You did great.

Oh, look, here they come.

Aww.

Huh?

Good girl.

Good job.

I will see you later, girlfriend. Bye.

Hi, Nikita.

Hi, Click and Clack. You guys ready for dinner?

You're ready. I see it.

All right. So I'm feeding Nikita, giving her some chicks and some mice.

And she's a lot of fun. She will eat from her hands, so we're able to hand

her. She was rescued in 2001.

Her wing is actually amputated. It's just like a little stump almost.

But she gets around really well.

You're being very cute.

And then we have Click and Clack. They kind of hang out with each other.

You want to come down? Eat your dinner?

They have a little bit more flight than Nikita.

They can actually fly around in the habitat, but to the point that neither

could fly well enough to be released back.

Oh, there he goes.

To go. Took my food to go.

We're going to be redoing their habitat. We're going to be redoing the front of

their meshing, and that will allow for better viewing for guests.

We also want to redo some of their perching and mix up their furniture and

of jazz up their house.

So we're going to move them out and put them in a different enclosure while we

get that work done on their habitat.

Have like a little vacation.

Yeah, a little staycation.

With new furniture when they come back.

That's Ellie.

Ellie, this is TJ.

Does she look like you?

How are you guys?

Hi, good morning.

Good morning.

Oh my gosh, look at Miladi.

Today we're going to do an ultrasound session with our female binturong,

Always exciting to do an ultrasound to look for a baby, even if you don't find

one.

She's been working on training with her animal care staff so that we can do a

voluntary ultrasound to see if we can confirm if she's pregnant.

No pressure, but don't disappoint me. I will do my best.

It's not me, it's her.

Miladi, either show us a baby or don't, but don't disappoint Tiffany.

Because then it's on me.

Ever since Miladi and Sully came here, we've been really excited about the idea

of having a binturong baby.

We have seen breeding at this point, so fingers crossed.

The easiest thing is to get her to climb on the mesh and have her hold on while

Melissa gets in the right spot.

So hopefully we'll see some babies.

All right, you ready?

Hey, Miladi.

Hi, sweetie.

Miladi. Come here, sweet girl. Good girl.

Remember me?

Tell me when you're ready.

Trying to get the good image of the uterus or try to find a baby can

be tricky.

Their stomach can be in the way. They have intestines that can be in the way.

Good for me to try? Yep.

Good girl.

I made like a little part in her hair.

See if we can get through it.

Sometimes if we don't see that there's a baby there, it doesn't mean that it's

not there. We just didn't find it that day.

Come closer.

If she would stretch out a little, she'd probably come closer to the mesh. I

just can't quite reach.

Hi. That's the opposite of how we need you.

No, come back.

So much hair.

I can see stuff, but I'm just having trouble getting, like, the perfect view

tell where I'm at.

Oh, boy.

How's that?

Oh, yeah, that's great.

Upside down is fine. There you go. All right.

We want to get an ultrasound with Miladi and see if she's pregnant.

Feel too far?

Looks a little far.

I'm really hoping for a baby.

We can also help hold something if it's... Nope, you're fine. She just

not move because I see a baby. You do?

Yes.

And the heartbeat looks good. Oh my gosh, that's so exciting.

There was a small chance in my brain that I was like, she's going to tell me

there's nothing.

So, very excited. She did not disappoint.

Melissa or Miladi.

Or Soli. Or Soli, yeah.

We forget about Soli.

This is really exciting news. Another first for Zoo Tampa.

Also a first for Miladi.

Good girl.

Yay!

We are on baby watch all day, all night, whatever it takes to ensure that this

birth goes smoothly and that Miladi is a really good mom.

Congratulations, little Miladi.

The house quickly adjusting to habitat with Harriet.

She's doing great.

They have become very good friends.

Oh, my goodness.

Look how big he got.

He's huge.

Quigley is one of our North American river otters. He's our newest arrival

in our department.

We have one other river otter here, Harriet, who sadly lost her mate earlier

this year.

Hi.

What are you doing?

You're so handsome.

Quigley was a rescue.

We found out that he was in need of rehabilitation in a permanent home.

We knew that Harriet needed a companion, and so we were able to bring him here,

get him ready for life on habitat here in Zutampa, and life with Harriet, too.

Obviously, they're doing so well together, and we couldn't be happier.

This is the life, getting free food.

You guys not full yet?

He could eat nonstop.

Harriet's like, hey.

Welcome to Zoo Tampa, Quigley.

Everybody's going to love you. Give you all the love.

Bye, Quig.

All right, tortoises, time for breakfast.

You guys want to go in?

It is Randall and Bing Wah's last day here at the zoo.

Not a big day today.

Hi.

They'll be heading to their new home any minute now.

I'm going to really miss them.

I've never come to work and then not be here.

I don't know life at the zoo without them.

Do you know how much I'm going to miss you?

I'm going to miss you a lot.

I love you.

You're going to do great today, okay?

Okay.

Let's get everybody. We'll go through one last little roll assignment thing

then get rolling.

Get together, okay?

This is it.

Now the team's got to get focused on just getting Bing Hua and Randall into

chute and onto that trailer so they can safely make the journey to their next

zone. We ready?

Ready.

The team has been working with the giraffe for the last 10 days to get them

ready to go into the chute together, but the wild card is I don't know what

they're going to do when they see the trailer for the first time.

Hey, Leah and Amanda, we're good. Start moving them in.

Randall, let's go.

All right, try to bring them up, Leah.

Come here, Randy.

It's okay.

Come on.

All the way.

Come away.

Keep going, keep going. Come on, buddy.

There you go.

Good boy. Good boy. You're okay.

You're all right. There you go. Good boy.

Good job.

Can you bring Bing a lot more?

Come on, Bing.

Good boy.

Good job.

Good boy.

Close that.

Get it all the way. Good boy.

There you go.

The training got both those boys in the chute within 10 minutes. They were calm.

Good job, Bing Bong.

Everybody doubted you, too.

We have the boys locked in the chute, which is step one.

Step two is we need to get the trailer over here.

I think their anxiety is starting to kick in a little bit.

Here we go. Yeah.

Madison, Christy.

Grab some brows.

Hop in the trailer.

Okay.

You're okay, Randall.

Now go see Christy and Madison.

Madison and I are in the back of the trailer trying to encourage Randall to

to us.

It's notoriously hard to put giraffe on a trailer.

They've never seen anything like this. We've never asked them to do anything

like this.

Ready? So, I am nervous.

I really don't know how this is going to turn out.

There you go.

Look at me. Yeah.

Look at me.

I know. I know it's scary.

We have Randall and Ming -Hua in the chute, and now we have to get Randall to

step onto the trailer.

Randall! Come on!

Come on.

You're okay.

Atta boy. Come on, Randall! Good!

Randall finally walked onto the trailer.

Good job.

But we still have another giraffe to load.

Bing Wah has been more challenging than Randall, so here we go.

Go, buddy.

Good job, Bing. Come on, come on.

Who would have thought he was going to be the easy one?

Bing Wah's like the MVP. He walks right into the trailer like it was any other

day. Hell yeah. Now you can say you've done it. Hell yeah.

I am very proud of all the time that teams have put into those boys because

helped them get onto that trailer without any stress.

Good stuff, man.

Good job, guys. He did amazing.

Very sad to see them get on the trailer.

We're going to miss these guys a lot. They've definitely been here longer than

any of us.

They're a big part of our Africa family.

Aww. Bye, boys.

I can't. It's fine.

I'm happy for them.

Like, it's bittersweet, but I'm happy. I'm sad for us. I'm happy for them. I'm

so happy for them.

I'm also excited because they're going to go make new friends and have new

habitats. So they're going to have a really good time.

So now we just wait for our little girl next week.

We finally got a recommendation to establish a breeding program.

There's never been a female giraffe here at Zoo Tampa, and she's on her way. I'm

incredibly excited.

Four more days.

Here at Zoo Tampa, we have around 1 ,000 animals, which is a lot of

personalities under one roof.

You never know who's going to get along, especially if they haven't met each

other, with the hopes that they're going to start a potential family.

Melati and Sully have been here for just 11 months, so the fact that we were

able to introduce the two of them...

We saw breeding fairly quickly, and now to a pregnancy. It's all happened so

quick, and we're super excited.

We've been just keeping an eye on her, and last night we were able to see that

she gave birth to one baby binturong.

We were very excited.

For this baby, we're even more excited that Miladi is just being perfect mom.

The baby, oh my gosh, that baby is so adorable.

It's like a tiny little miniature Miladi. It's really, really cute.

Hi, Miladi.

Oh my gosh, there's a little baby right there.

The Binturong family is growing very quickly.

We're very excited about this.

It's really important that we continue to help in our conservation efforts with

Binturong. This little furball doesn't understand how important she is.

You guys ready?

Yeah. The owls are going to get a little staycation.

I'm going to put this pole in first.

Here's this. Do you want this too?

Thank you.

We're going to be redoing their habitat.

We wanted to repurchase their habitat and make sure they have a fresh

environment to live in.

I think we'll just go in and kind of see who's going to move for us and move our

plan as we go in there and figure it out.

Okay.

So we're going to move them out for the time of construction and then redo some

things in there and bring them back.

They're already like, ah, something's happening.

Bar dolls are a little tricky to catch.

Hello.

Their enclosure is pretty tall, so we kind of have to come up with new ways to

catch them.

All right. Well, I'm going to go in between.

Okay.

Like that.

All right. I guess you're up.

All right. Do you want to, like, wait there?

I can see if I can, like, shoo one that way.

Oh. Hang on there, sweetheart.

Okay.

They do have pretty strong talons and very strong beaks.

Got my talons here.

Okay. Let go.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, we got you.

Oh, my gosh.

It's okay, sweetheart.

Oh, my goodness.

Oh, we got you.

That's why you wear gloves.

We need to move our barred owls out of the habitat, but Nikita doesn't seem to

want to move.

Let go.

You're okay.

She's grabbing the mesh with her beak. She is? I think so. Oh, yeah.

There we go.

Nikita can't fly very well, so it's a little bit easier to catch her up.

You're okay.

One down.

They're going to be trickier.

Click and clack actually can fly around, so it's going to be a little more

challenging. I can see if I can, like, shoo one that way with, like, a rake.

Oh, gotcha. Yeah.

Can you go over there?

Can you fly?

Oh, I know. I'm sorry.

They move pretty fast, so you just kind of have to be patient and just wait for

the right opportunity to guide them down to the ground.

You got it. You got it.

There we go.

It's okay. Got him.

There we go.

Good job.

It's a little bit stressful for both the keepers and for the owls.

Hang in there.

You know I'm sorry.

It's okay.

You're okay.

We were able to get all three barred owls to the ground and then put them in

their crates, which is what we were hoping for.

I know. I know.

They're okay.

Now we're going to move them over to their temporary home while their habitat

gets refurbished.

You're good if you want to open.

It's okay. There you go.

I know.

Hi, guys. You doing okay?

It's only for a little bit. We'll be back a little bit later.

I can't wait to see their new enclosure. I think it's going to be really nice.

New plants, new furniture, new walls. Yeah, like a whole new life for them.

All

right,

buddy, you ready?

Digit, our neck and mole rat, had some weight loss.

Going to make you big and strong.

Get some weight on.

Dr. Melissa had determined that he had some dental issues that could be causing

him to not be able to chew his food as well.

Digit was prescribed just a nutritional supplement to give him a little boost to

make sure that he is gaining weight properly.

Kind of like a neck and mole wrap smoothie.

Last little bit, last little bit, last little bit. Here.

Good boy.

That's all.

Once I'm done strange feeding him, I take him back to the colony.

Okay.

Here we go.

These guys can live well into their 20s and 30s. They're an incredible species.

But just like all of our geriatric animals here at Zoo Tampa, we're going

everything that we can for Digit, including this minced food and syringe

for as long as he needs to get back to his normal self.

Go get some food!

Hi,

cutie. Here you go.

Apple for your troubles.

As an associate curator here at Zoo Tampa, I oversee Asia, herps, and

and the day -to -day for everything that takes place in Africa.

Hey, Stewie.

Africa is the largest section of the zoo.

It's about 25 acres with over 100 animals, so it's really dynamic.

Hey, buddy.

Honestly, on any given day, I could be cleaning the elephant yard first thing

the morning, and in the afternoon, helping with an animal emergency that

up.

10 -4, we're going to go ahead and get started. Thanks, Melissa.

But that makes it really fun for me is the fact that there's just so much going

on and I get to be a part of all of it.

Good job, Ellie.

It's a day in the life.

Do you want this browse up there, Blaine?

What? Do you want half of this browse up there?

Sure.

Today is a huge day for us.

Just throw the heaters on. That way we don't have to turn them on later on.

not a new noise for her.

We're all up real early. We got here before the sun is up to make sure that

everything is perfect.

This is so exciting.

You guys ready? Yeah.

Today's the day that our new female giraffe arrives, so we're extremely

The new baby.

The new girl.

I feel like I'm meeting my newborn child.

She's going to look itty -bitty compared to the other boys.

Her name is Sigani. I can't wait to see what he does.

This is the first time that Sakani will be meeting a female giraffe since he was

really little. I think he's going to really love her, but we'll see.

We have never had a female giraffe here, so this is... I'm like getting

goosebumps. I'm so excited about this.

Maasai giraffe are an endangered species.

Only around 35 ,000 left, and that number is declining.

Sukani is the most genetically valuable Maasai giraffe in the population right

now.

So if he breeds with our new female, their calves would be very important for

the survival of the species.

Oh, is this her?

Yeah! Nice.

This little girl is one of the most important animals walking through the

right now.

Let's just hope she comes off the trailer okay.

Yeah. She'll be curious enough.

We can kind of peek in and we can see her, and that's our first glimpse at

and she's already looking out at us.

Hi, sweet girl.

Hi. Oh, I see ears.

She's sticking her head out.

I don't think she knows what to make of it yet, but hopefully once she sees that

we have some food, she'll come on out.

It's definitely like stepping into a whole new world for her.

That a girl.

She's had a super long trip.

I'm sure she'll be happy to be off the trailer.

No, don't take a step back. Come on.

Once she comes in here, she'll be able to speak to Connie and hopefully feel a

little more comfortable.

Seems like right now this trailer is her safe place, so she'll just have to

learn that the barn is her safe place, too.

Hi.

Oh. Good girl, sweetie.

You're so close.

Come on.

Hi. Hi, sweetie.

Come on, sweetie.

That a girl.

Good girl.

Hi.

Oh, hi.

Sweet, she's here.

So cute. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my goodness. Oh, my gosh.

That's cool, huh? The Roka girl.

The first female giraffe at New Tampa has finally stepped off the trailer and

in her new home.

Her face is so small. I know.

Her little fuzzy octagon.

They're so fluffy.

And now she's just kind of like taking it all in. She's walking around. She's

coming over saying hi to all these new people, all these new faces.

Hi.

You hungry?

Oh, that's so cute.

She already has like a really inquisitive personality.

The way that she responds to everything.

She's just kind of still checking everything out.

She looked at it a little bit, but I think she's just looking at her

surroundings, seeing what's going on.

She saw Sakani.

What do you think?

Oh, he totally sees her.

He's like, who are you?

He's interested.

Oh, he's so interested.

How's she doing, Leah?

She's not panicking or anything.

She's a champ.

She's doing great.

She just had a really big trip. This has been a big morning for her.

We're just going to step away, let her settle in, check everything out on her

own time, and we'll come back and check on her in a little bit.

She just doesn't know what to think about it yet.

I don't blame her.

That's okay. We're going to love you, little one.

Man, tell you what, I don't typically get emotional. I'm kind of emotional

I come in here.

All right, guys, spoil her.

Treat her like gold. I love her so much.

All right.

Good manner.

We finished the renovations in the owl habitat.

We can't wait to move them back home and see how they enjoy it.

All right, you ready?

Yeah. Let's do this.

Everything is all set.

Perching, plants, the walls, everything's ready to go. So it's time

our owls into their new home.

Ready?

Go see your new dig? Your new house?

All right.

One, two, three.

Here you go. There you go. Good job, bud.

Here we go.

Ready?

Good job, bud. Nice.

Right, checking out the new mesh.

It's really great to see the owls back home in their enclosure. They all look

fantastic and are checking out the new perching.

Ready? All right.

Yeah, good girl. Good job.

I think they were definitely ready to go home and check out their new space, and

they look fantastic in there.

You look good. It's your home again.

She is so sassy.

She's huge.

Here we are with a healthy baby venturong.

She's crazy. Oh, my gosh.

She's growing up so fast.

Mom's trying to get away from me, but I'm not letting her.

We're playing tag.

I think only one of them is actually playing tag.

She's a little bit of a ball of energy.

She's hunting Malati.

She zones in. Here she goes.

She's been diving and running and climbing, and it just makes me so happy

a baby venturong just thriving.

Venturong are really unique.

The last third of their tail is prehensile. They can rotate their feet

degrees to climb up and down the exact same way, making them extremely

successful climbing animals.

All right, here she comes.

I love them so much. I have a really special place for them in my heart. So

seeing them just be so successful here has been incredible.

I wish I had half that energy. I know.

Oh my goodness.

And then she's going to come flop in here.

Let's go ahead and get started before we get stoked here.

Yeah. The plan will be to bring Sukani back, let them have their moment,

meet each other, and then I wouldn't anticipate him giving her a rose.

Sukani has not met the new female giraffe yet. We are going to go ahead

soft introduction today.

It'll be interesting to see how they do.

One heck of a first date in a rainstorm.

She's so cute.

I keep forgetting how tiny she actually is. Oh my gosh.

She's like, hi guys.

We love you.

Yes, we do.

Hi pretty girl.

Hey, you can win.

The new female is only two years old. It is going to be a few years before she's

ready to breed with Sakani.

Sakani.

Hey buddy.

It'll definitely be important that they're comfortable with each other

they are ready to breed.

just because everything will be going through a little bit of a change once

hits sexual maturity, so we want to make sure they're kind of comfortable before

that happens.

You're about to be the happiest draft in the whole world.

Let's go meet the love of your life.

Right now, we'll allow them to come up and make physical contact, but there'll

still be a dividing wall between them.

What do you think?

You ready?

Yeah, are we going to go meet her?

So Connie's never seen a...

little tiny female giraffe.

And, you know, she's never met Sakani. So I'm really hopeful that they are

to take liking to each other and that this goes really smoothly.

He's coming in.

He's coming.

Oh my goodness, are you so excited?

Getting a little nervous.

Yeah.

You're okay.

Oh man, Sakani.

What is he doing?

He's like, oh my gosh.

Good girl.

Look at skinny.

Oh, my goodness.

Stop it.

That is so cute.

Oh, my God.

I think I'm in love.

Good girl. Oh, my God.

That's awesome. Look at that, too.

It's huge. This is great. This is exactly what we wanted. You know,

sort of aggression.

She's not shying away. He's not shying away. They're both excited to meet each

other. And honestly, I mean, it's like the cutest thing in the entire world.

Oh, my goodness.

You guys going to be friends?

Good girl.

Hopefully, they're going to remember this rainy day as the first time they

and they're going to continue to grow from here.

Good job, sweetie.

So brave.

Getting Sakani and our new female to be a breeding pair is going to be a really

long process, but this is a great start to that process.

She had a big day today.

Yeah, she did. Big day today.

We'll let them have their moment.

They're going to have plenty of moments, actually.

This is the beginning of a long love story for them.

Can we talk about just how freaking cool that is? That was probably one of the

cutest things I've ever seen. Oh my goodness.