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I literally just fly everywhere.

They're loving it.

We're talking about some snacks for the orangutans.

It's a nice treat for the middle of the day to kind of get them some exercise.

Look at Sophie.

Then after this, they can take a nice little nap.

So close. In my mouth. She's not going to let you get it, Gojo. We have eight

orangutans living all together.

It's definitely unique.

Just coming out here and watching them for a couple minutes, you're bound to

laugh or giggle at something funny that they're doing.

By nature, orangutans are solitary animals, which means they usually live

Ours, they seem to all like to be together.

A little bit chaotic at times.

Not nice feeding.

The adults are pretty easy to tell apart.

You can always tell Goyang. He's our only adult male.

He is actually chasing Didi right now.

There he goes.

Goyang, if he had it his way, he would take all the food.

He's not really great at sharing.

I think that says it all right there.

Goyan came to us about seven years ago to be part of our breeding program here,

and he has fulfilled his obligations.

He is the father of the three kids that we have, and that's very important for

this critically endangered species.

And not only that, they have a great time playing together.

Randy's up there out of sight.

Randy is a teenager.

She's the only teenager that we have.

She's in that awkward stage of still really playful, loves to play with the

kids, but is also becoming an adult.

She's 12 years old, and she's currently pregnant, so we're on baby watch.

We're super, super excited about Randy's baby, and being a first -time mom,

we're just full of Randy. Keeping our fingers crossed that everything's going

go well and she's going to be the excellent mom that we know she can be.

All right, Randy. Good job.

Oh, my goodness gracious.

Silvio is our southern vestige to Mandua, and he is officially retired in

ambassador department right now.

He's really, really super playful. He has a huge personality.

He's a team favorite. Everyone on our team just adores him.

In the wild, they can live anywhere between four to six years old, and he is

turning 10 years old.

You know, if we see a good termite log.

He gets for his dibs.

A couple years ago, we were really scared that we were going to lose

Have you lost some weight recently?

I've found a couple of enlarged lymph nodes.

Multiple lymph nodes blown up like that. Yeah, you start thinking about cancer.

But he's still with us.

He's still doing really well, and we're still here to be with him, and so we're

super excited to celebrate his birthday.

So what I'm going to do is I'm going to prep him a cake.

Hey!

Okay, so I just finished Silvio's three -tier insectivore cake.

Okay, you little baker.

Oh, he's going to love that.

Yeah. It'll be all set for his party tomorrow.

I just love him so much.

All right, Albert, you ready to go?

I know, I know, it's raining.

Tapirs are one of those animals that don't totally make sense.

All right, buddy, have a great day.

They have a long nose, but they're not really related to an elephant.

They're definitely something to behold.

He thinks he's going to get wet.

He becomes a little baby about it.

They are from the rainforest, so I never understood why he acts like getting

rained on is such a big deal.

Me and Albert, I like to think, have a really strong connection.

There are not too many guys on this team, so I always feel like I have a

bond with the male animal. I always tell him, you and me have to stick together.

I know I really love him, and I think he likes me.

Albert has this weird gait, kind of like a splay kickback when he walks

sometimes.

And it goes in waves where it gets more severe.

I don't know what's really triggering it, but we have seen it start happening

little bit more recently.

It's just very interesting.

Albert!

Hey, bud.

And so now we really need to get some radiographs done just to see what's

on with him.

I think he'll let us do anything as long as we keep scratching him.

Yeah, I think he's in a little taper coma now.

KP and I are working on his behavior today.

X -ray plate going in.

To get him used to a couple of big, scary things. It's a big machine, lots

noise. Wow,

that sounds like the real thing, Albert.

And he has not cared.

He has to get used to a trainer being arched over him, possibly a plate

his hip on his other side.

As much as we can get him used to and comfortable, then day of, it'll be a

breeze.

Hopefully. I said that out loud. Knock on wood somewhere. Yeah, he's been great

until you said that. Yep.

We've got this.

All right.

I would call that another success.

Cool.

Hi, guys.

Usually I'm a pretty good throw, but... Let's go.

That's a nice...

The mornings at the zoo are my favorite time of the day. The animals are super

excited to see you in the morning because they can eat breakfast.

Let's go, Rex!

We have three Hartman's Mountain zebras here at Zoo Tampa.

We have Rex, father of our two foals that we have, Aziza and Rafiki.

You'll notice that Aziza, her back end is a little bit larger than Rafiki's,

which is how we tell them apart.

These are definitely the cutest butts in the zoo.

Oh, man, this is a really sad story because Rafiki lost his mother, and the

finished, like, hand -rearing him. He was really young when his mother passed.

The team spent a lot of time with him.

We had to step in and act as his mother, and we needed to figure out what they

liked to eat.

You guys are so cute and so fluffy.

He didn't like baby food at all, and he didn't like applesauce. He thought those

smelled really weird.

They grow up so fast, and he was always so shy.

He's grown from a little orphan foal to now this young stallion.

I'm super proud of him.

It's okay.

I see you.

At two years old, our zebra foals are starting to reach maturity, so we don't

want them to breed together, obviously, because they are brother and sister.

Their breakfast.

So in order to prevent that, we're going to send Rafiki to a new home. That's

good. Zebras are good to come. So that he can live with other females and

hopefully produce some offspring to help that population.

Why are you looking at me like that?

I'm going to miss you, don't worry.

They're like, what is happening?

Mountain zebra are a lot different than common plain zebra. They're a lot

smaller, but they also have a much larger heart because they live in such

altitudes. Good girl. Come on.

Aziza's the brave one, so normally she goes first.

I think they're definitely going to miss each other.

Have a good day. Enjoy your breakfast.

They've been together their whole lives, and it's just been the two of them

hanging out, getting to know the world together.

They're so cute.

We're going to miss them a lot.

We had a call from a guest. They had dropped a hat into the orangutan habitat

and wanted us to try to get it back for them.

The primates asked me, I have visual on the hat. Can you help me shift

orangutans inside?

So Jane had asked all the orangutans to come inside.

I noticed that all the other orangutans were very interested in Randy. They were

coming up, getting close to her, sniffing her, checking her out.

And so I started to watch Randy a little closer, and she was giving some signs

that she might be in labor.

Hey, I think you guys might want to head down to the orangutan building. I think

Randy is in labor.

She's giving birth right now.

She's actually having it now?

Oh, my gosh.

might want to head down to the orangutan building. I think Randy is in labor.

All the other orangutans are very interested in her right now.

She's giving birth right now.

She's giving birth.

Yes,

she is.

Oh my gosh.

I was over the moon excited to see that birth.

I think we were all holding our breath.

You're doing good, Randy.

It was the most amazing thing.

If we blinked, we would have missed it.

Oh, my goodness.

This is amazing.

Well, she just makes it look easy, doesn't she?

Wow.

Perfect baby right there.

Oh, my.

Randy, you're a mom.

And I think it's a boy.

That's precious.

Randy, being a first -time mom and really having no experience with this,

knew what to do right away.

To hear that baby for the first time and to see Randy, the baby was a little

gurgly, and Randy knew immediately to just take action and suck any fluid away

from baby's mouth so that it could breathe.

There's nothing cuter than an orangutan baby.

They have the most adorable faces.

Oh, my gosh.

And it's important.

Bornean orangutans are endangered. So to see another orangutan be born, not only

to witness the connection between mom and baby, but to know that another

orangutan is in the population, it's absolutely amazing.

I love how she investigates his entire body, like every tip of the toe.

She's like, toes, perfect.

Belly, perfect.

My baby, perfect.

She's working on the umbilical cord right now.

She's like, this thing is in the way.

Sweet. She has just been super mom from the first minute.

Randy, we're so proud of you.

She's a little rock star.

She is.

I love working at the aviary department.

So many different species and you just got to love them.

Today I'm going to check out one of the playing foxes.

So we're going to enter slowly so they can kind of get used to it.

Hi guys, we're coming on in.

Hi. When I first met the bats, I was kind of scared about them. All right,

But they're like sky puppies, so they're really cute.

Some of them are mean. Some of them are very nice and curious.

I think a lot of us bat keepers, we do enjoy the smell.

That's really weird. But these guys do have a distinct muskiness to them, and

all do enjoy that kind of weird smell.

Hi, Guapo.

Guapo is our 12 -year -old Malane flying fox.

So handsome.

For the past couple of weeks with Guapo, we've noticed this bump, basically on

his chin. This chin bump started to get progressively bigger.

I'm definitely concerned as to what it is. Basically, is it cancerous or not?

So right now, I'm going to try and get a closer look at that chin bump.

I have nectar, part of their main diet. They are flower pollinators and seed

dispersers. And in the wild, they are actually very important.

All right, I'm going to come in with some nectar for Guapo here.

All right, guys.

Yeah, what is this? You know what this is.

Oh, no.

It has grown.

That's all you want?

It's all right, bud.

That's pretty worrying for me.

Good job, handsome boy.

Next time we see you, we're going to get that all fixed up for you, all right?

See you later.

Awesome. Have you guys ever fed giraffe before?

Elephants actually have four teeth.

I don't know how well they're going to separate.

Oh, look, he's like literally right there. Today we are doing a pre

health exam on Rafiki, our young Hartman's mountain zebra.

He is set to be transferred to another facility.

And so before we do that, we just want to make sure he's all healthy and good

go.

The biggest worry today is that Rafiki and Aziza are rarely separated, and I'm

just a little bit concerned that he could get really worked up and then our

darting process could be a little bit more tricky.

Our goal is to make this as least stressful as possible on the animal. You

the calmer it is, the easier it is for them to go under, and the quicker we can

start our procedure.

Anytime we're getting ready to administer a dart to an animal, it's

little bit adrenaline pumping.

We have human safety to consider. We have animal safety.

There's a lot of risk.

Everybody's clear from the other side, Madison.

My role is to make sure that the animal is safely anesthetized and he's safe for

humans to approach and handle.

The

team

spent so much time building a really strong relationship with Rafiki.

Is he literally going to come right up to you, Madison?

Probably. All that work that we've put in, it's going to pay off.

Come here, sweet pea.

He's like walking right up to Melissa.

Really facing right at me, which I didn't want.

You want to back away for a second?

Let it turn again.

I just want you to turn.

Don't move.

All right, that's in, left front.

Dart's in at just that, about 4 -0, so.

I think he's feeling it.

He just went right into the corner and decided that he just needed some sleep,

so he just laid down.

Hospital to hospital, he is down.

Okay, we've got a lot to do, so once he's down, the clock starts ticking.

We're going to bring our cart over. Okay, now it's go time.

These animals, although we have good relationships with them, they are still

wild animal.

When we come into their space, that is still something that can be

and unsafe.

Good boy.

How's he doing, Madison?

Today we are doing a pre -shipment health exam on Rafiki, our young

mountain zebra.

You're all right. This exam is a big production.

because we need to move him to his temporary holding enclosure, and then we

need a pre -shipment health assessment, and we don't have much time.

Rafiki is a couple hundred pounds.

He is a tank.

We wanted to move him first because there's a lot of jostling, lifting, so

very stimulating.

So we wanted to do that when he is deepest under anesthesia.

Once the animal is anesthetized, it is important to work really quickly, really

efficiently, very safely.

because we are using injectable anesthetic medications, and those do

finite amount of time before they're metabolized and out of the system. How

time do you think we have?

We've got seven minutes.

The next step is to do the medical exam, do his vaccinations, make sure that he

looks like he's in good condition.

Let's do that microchip.

Michelle's getting blood.

Everything looks good repro -wise.

Turning into a stallion.

We have a few more minutes.

Seeing any movement, Madison?

Nope. All right, sweet. We're going to start just getting some folks out, okay?

We've got two more minutes until our clock runs out.

Let's get him positioned.

When we wake an animal up after an immobilization, we definitely want to be

there with them just to keep control of their head so they don't do a face dive

and a somersault.

There you go. Out, out.

He's going to be joining another group of zebras and eventually go on to start

family of his own.

This is a great ending to Rafiki's story here at Zoo Tampa.

All right, buddy. I'll see you on moving day. Have a good weekend.

You want some more?

He says, whoa.

Ambassadors to all animal units, we're going to be celebrating Sylvia's

in our Zoo Ventures Theater if anyone wants to join us.

We really thought we didn't have much time left with Silvio.

It's really awesome that he is still with us and still able to celebrate his

life.

And he's doing really well. It's kind of like he's back in his puppy years.

We're celebrating a really special birthday. Do you want a party hat?

We are going to enjoy every single day we have with him and pretty much make

every day a party for him.

Today is his 10th birthday.

One of the oldest Tamanduas in the care of man.

To be able to spend this time with him now is just really important and

Hopefully every day is his best day, just like his birthday is.

He's so handsome.

Yeah, his tongue is about 18 inches long.

He's so cute.

Aww. We are so grateful to have him here with us still, and it's just a true

testament to the care that our team gives to our animals that they can

life expectancies and still be around to continue to spread the message of

conservation for our guests.

Oh, my gosh.

Hey, isn't that cool?

So many presents.

Thanks for celebrating with us.

Isn't he awesome?

Good job, bud.

Hey, Mary, come.

Al's going to come busting out.

Mickey, come.

Hi, Randy.

Can we see your baby?

This morning we are letting Randy outside.

We basically wait until she tells us that she's ready.

Randy, can I see his foot?

We're really happy with the progress that she's been making.

Good, Randy.

Watching Randy, little baby, just a few days old.

So cool to see his little lights turn on in his head. It's awesome.

First skill baby orangutans have are to hold on tightly.

So that's what we're watching for. Is baby strong?

Is his head...

Being held up, is he holding on tightly?

If we're comfortable with that, the next step is to move them outside.

She'll be going out with her mom, Dee Dee, and her little sister, Dara.

You ready, Randy?

Opening.

Go outside.

So we're excited to share the new baby with everybody.

Today's the day. Hold on tight.

Keeping our fingers crossed that everything's going to go well.

Primates to hospital, Melissa.

Makes us very nervous because she likes to go to the tippy top of the habitat,

and that's pretty high up there.

Randy is on habitat.

We're all down there holding our breath.

She's thinking about going higher.

I don't think she trusts him to hold on yet because she's still doing a lot of

holding on.

There she goes, up to her spot.

Oh, boy. Here we go.

When you see that tiny baby up that high, all of us moms are down on the

just, like, holding our breath. She let go.

It does make us human land dwellers a little nervous, yeah.

Yep, as high as she can go.

So she's probably about 50 feet or so off the ground when she's up there.

I just love the little hands.

You can see the little hands come out.

I've had a baby orangutan grab one of my hair before. They hold on tight.

They hold on real tight.

All we have to do is trust in Randy. She knows what's okay, and so as long as we

just let her take care of the baby, she's going to do great.

Oh, Randy, you're beautiful.

As much as we love to share her baby all day, she's doing great, and we don't

need to, so stop staring at me.

Good morning, Sully.

Still sleeping, I see.

I think everyone gets more sleep than I do.

Seven or eight years ago, I was an intern.

What are you doing, Myrtle? It's me.

In the Africa department.

Really loving the zoo. I met my wife here.

Hi, Gary. Oh, they're so weird looking.

Recently, I've made the transition to the Asia team. I think it's probably the

coolest department in the whole zoo. The animals are the coolest.

Jonathan!

Being the only man on an all -female team. Hi, Bubba. I find myself talking

Johnny about football a lot. But see, this isn't bad, right? We're just

out.

Mata!

Good boy.

One of the things I absolutely love about Mata is every morning when I walk

the building, we play and, like, fake stalk each other.

And then he always acts like he gets me with, like, a tiny little, ooh, at the

end.

When an animal doesn't have any care in the world and they choose to spend time

with you, it's amazing.

It's just really fulfilling.

Alberto, you awake, dude?

Today's the day. We're going to get some good pictures of your back.

Today we are going to attempt to get some x -rays on Albert. He's our male

Malayan tapir, and he's just been kind of looking a little ouchy in his hips.

I mean, Alpert's been kind of doing this weird hind step for quite some time, so

we're trying to get x -rays of the back part of his spine and his pelvis, see if

there's any arthritis or if there's anything else going on.

It's game time, buddy.

We would love to go ahead and figure out what's going on.

God, I love your nose.

He was the first animal I trained on when I transferred to Asia, so I have a

little bit of a soft spot for him.

And how could you not? He's adorable.

So the team's gotten a bit creative.

Colin's been working super hard on this. And Albert's such a great patient. I

know he's going to be very cooperative with us today, and I just jinxed it.

Albert!

Hey, sweet boy.

I've got to make sure it's worth my while.

There you go.

Got a little kick out.

Come here, Albert.

Albert is possibly the most food -motivated animal I know.

Hi. He pretty much no longer cares what's going on as long as he knows I

snacks.

Hi. It's me with the food again.

Come up here. It's going to take a little bit of finesse for us to get all

our equipment in the right spot to get our images.

Oh, you've got to come up a little bit more than that.

We use the black tub to help get his hip about as close as it needs to be to the

mesh. Oh, no.

So you want his head kind of where the door is?

I feel like his butt right here.

We're trying to get that perfect distance where we can reach his spine

hips. You can just back him up just a little bit.

He doesn't reverse the best.

Wing them back around.

Goodbye. If they're not in a good position, it's going to be really hard

these x -rays.

He's going too far.

We need to get Albert in just the right spot to try to get x -rays of the back

part of his spine and his mid -body.

We're getting there. It's challenging getting images like this voluntarily on

large animal.

You're doing perfect.

We have amazing tapirs here, but we do have to be careful when working around

them. We are not free contact with these animals, but the way that Colin's

handling Albert and their relationship just really instills a lot of trust.

Perfect. Just like we trained them.

I'm going to give this a try.

Let's give this a try.

Going to take the plate in. All right.

Just very focused on me right now. So you guys are good to do whatever you

to. Shooting.

It's like nothing happened.

Let's just see what we get on this.

Oh, look at that. Oh, there's a taper. There's a taper there.

It's not as clear as I'd like.

I'm going to try to get a little closer.

This is a workout.

It sure is.

Are you getting tired?

Eventually. We were able to get a really nice image, and I think this is

something that I can work with.

Oh, I see some ribs.

That's pretty good. I think that's our best one yet. Yeah.

So far, what I'm seeing looks normal, but I will head back to the hospital to

look at it more closely.

Nothing really sticks out just yet to explain why Albert has that little bit

a weird gait.

Hey. Hi, buddy.

So we are preparing ourselves to catch up Guapo and bring him over to our vet

hospital. Because they'll tell us what this chin bump actually is.

Morning, buddies.

Good morning.

I'm sorry, Guapo.

Malayan flying foxes are gigantic bats.

Their wingspan can get upwards to five and a half to six feet long.

I know, bud.

Which is very terrifying to some people.

But that's just more of them to love.

Hi, buddy.

I love Guapo a lot.

He is definitely one of my favorites.

Just his personality, just being independent and being strong.

He's a great bat.

Okay, Guapo, let's head on over to the hospital.

I've enjoyed every moment with Guapo, and I'm hoping for many more to come.

Avery to Animal Duty.

Transporting a flying fox from that habitat to the clinic.

With Guapo's chin bump, I'm definitely concerned as to what it is. Could be

cancerous, could be inflamed.

We just want it looked at.

We're here.

I know, scary.

How's he doing, guy?

Very good. Yeah, he's calm for the most part. Guapo has had a little swelling on

his chin.

Okay, Guaps. It's always in the same spot and it keeps coming back.

So we decided that it's time for us to get a biopsy, really, and try to figure

out what exactly has been going on. There you go.

We're starting gas anesthesia.

Seeing him go under, it kind of broke my heart a little because I don't want to

see my boy get...

hurt or anything, but this is definitely necessary to check out this small bump.

How does it look, Sarah? It's interesting. It does feel, sorry, pretty

also just like there's maybe just some fluid inside.

So I'm going to go for it. These guys are one of my favorite species.

This particular species' name is vampiris, so Teropus vampiris,

which is like vampire.

But these guys are actually mostly fruit eaters. So they eat fruit and nectar,

which is really important for their ecosystem.

We're sending out the biopsy to get a really good look under the microscope,

that will be the most telling.

Doing well under anesthesia? Yep, yep. Heart rate 70.

Hopper buddy.

I see your nose moving.

It will be definitely devastating if we do receive bad results about this bump,

but we'll make the best out of everything for Guapo.

Looks like Jumanji, I think.

Yeah, he's getting harder to tell.

Gwennon are very curious.

It's always fun when we get to watch their personalities come out.

Hi, Nestor!

I always loved the great ape.

growing up, but I actually pursued business and marketing for my bachelor's

degree and wasn't very fulfilled, so I started volunteering at a zoo.

I would leave my job working in business looking really nice. I would go to the

zoo and I would leave filthy, dirty, and I loved it. I was so happy, so proud of

myself for the work that I was doing.

Look who's here.

So that's when I really clicked to me that this is where I was supposed to be.

What are you doing?

My parents, I was nervous to tell them at first. They were like, yes, this is

what you should have done all along.

You got it. Even today, working with orangutans every day, I am blown away by

the things that they do. Oh, my God.

The chalk?

Okay.

Give you a heart. How about that?

Hi, Randy. How's your baby?

How is he? Can I see him?

This afternoon, we are going to try and collect some milk from Randy.

This is an important study that is being done with orangutan moms all over the

world.

to find out what the babies actually need.

This study is really important to be able to see what nutritional components

in breast milk. They help orphaned orangutans over in Borneo.

They want samples from lactating females.

Up until this point, our older moms haven't been willing to participate. We

everything voluntary, so it's completely up to them.

And they've decided that they're going to keep it all for their babies, and

that's okay.

Sure.

Hi, Randy.

Can I see him?

Perfect foot.

Can I see that?

We really hope that Randy will be our first mom willing to give a milk sample.

Can I see that?

Devin and I are... trying to collect some milk from our new mom, Randy.

Can I see him?

She has to be comfortable getting that close, positioning herself, and allowing

us to physically touch.

So that's probably the most important step.

This is definitely going to take a lot of trust with Randy, and really we're

going to rely on our relationship that we have.

Try to make her arm up so that she comes a little bit closer. Okay. So she's so

smart. Can I see that?

There you go.

Good. Okay, touch it.

We only need a little bit, just a few drops.

You might be able to pull from far.

Okay. Oh, okay.

Like, what did you do at work today?

Good girl, Brandy. Thanks.

Smart.

Well done.

Finish strong.

I'm really glad that she's allowing us to collect.

It's going to be great for all orangutans, not only here, but around

It's really important. Little rock star.

Every day is Christmas for our

stingrays because I always try to give them as much enrichment, as much

attention as I can.

Hi. I know you see it.

Basically, they are my favorite animal at the zoo.

They're very bubbly. They have a whole bunch of personality.

They're basically like golden retrievers in the water. They love their dog toys.

And I like to put enrichment galore.

Who knows? They actually might try to push a ball around the pool.

Bombs away.

Kind of like a reverse bobbing for apples.

They're not quite understanding it yet.

Their mouth is on the very bottom, so they have to push it down to get some

shrimp velvet.

Oh, free -for -all.

Oh, wow, Tracy's pushing it around the pool.

So you have Tracy here, and you have Martha over there.

We have our two moms, and their two pups.

I call them our diva moms.

They are very sassy, the queen bees of the pool.

This is Brownie right here.

She's one of our pups. I love to spoil her.

So every single time that Brownie is in front of us, I always try to give her an

extra treat because she's the cutest little stingray in our pool.

So the stingrays have learned that if they get the wiffle ball actually near

side of the pool, they can... push the wiffle ball to the wall to hold the

and they're able to propel themselves up a little bit to get over the strip.

I would definitely say that they have learned something.

Yay, you got it!

Stingrays are definitely a lot smarter than what people give them credit for.

Success!

Hey, what are you doing, Quapaw?

Guapo was having a swelling on the base of his chin. It would kind of come and

go. There was some concern about the potential of something cancerous.

I've been very anxious to find out what's causing this bump to arise in

chin.

It's kind of scary.

You just don't want to ever see your animal hurting.

We're headed over to Micah to give him the results of Guapo's biopsy.

No. The good news is he didn't find anything that looked neoplastic or like

there was any evidence of cancer.

Yeah.

It could be, you know, somewhere along the lines, maybe he bumped his chin or

something happened, and that's the nidus that just kind of keeps flaring up.

All right. Sounds good.

Hearing that is making me feel very, very happy right now.

Overall, I think this is a good diagnosis, and we're going to let him

to be a happy bat.

Yep. Guapo's going to be hanging around just like everyone else now, just chill

and relaxing.

Is this one of your favorites?

Honestly,

anytime you're hanging out around the orangutans, it's fun because they're

always having a good time.

Now with nine, definitely a full house.

Baby is a little over two weeks old now, and Randy has gotten more comfortable

moving around with the baby.

I think she's starting to be a little bit proud of all the attention that

getting.

He doesn't have a name yet. We're still working on that. We just kind of, hi

cutie.

It's up to the public now to choose the name. We're having a contest where they

get to vote.

I think Rowan.

Rowan, which means little redhead.

Or Ripley, as in, believe it or not, we have another orangutan.

We're throwing out these t -shirts that say either Team Rowan or Vote for

Ripley. Toby!

It's definitely getting heated between Jane and Ashley.

They feel very strongly about Team Ripley and Team Rowan. Come here, Randy.

If you like the name Ripley, show me your foot.

Good girl!

Oh, cheater.

Randy, if you like the name Rowan, can you open? Good girl!

Team Rowan!

We have a lot of good -natured ribbing about it, and we're all very antsy.

really ready for him to have a name so we can start getting him used to that.

We're about to load up our male heartland mountain zebra, Rafiki, to go

new home in Cleveland, Ohio.

You're okay.

I had such a big role in helping raise him up into the zebra he is. You're all

right. Come here for a second.

So I have a really strong bond with him.

He has these big, beautiful black eyes that just look into your heart.

He's going to go do great big things.

You guys just want to be on either side in case we need to block any space to

the trailer.

It's time to just get those last loves in. Good boy.

Definitely sad.

We're just going to run him down his little shoot system, and then he'll go

right on to the trailer.

You good, Brandy? Yeah, you guys good? I'm super proud of him because he's

to go on and help his species.

Hey, buddy.

This is a species that needs our help, so it's exciting to see Rafiki move on

another zoo to contribute to zebra conservation here in North America and

worldwide. He did really well. He just ran straight on.

I like when they go easy.

What a good boy.

Bye!

Hey, Albert.

How's it going, big guy?

You care to join us?

I've got some good news for you.

We caught up with Dr. Lauren, and there's no sign really of arthritis or

other injury.

Looking at the x -rays on Albert, I've got some areas that I can't see very

well, but what I can see is the back part of his spine, and I see really nice

squarely shaped vertebra.

So far, all good signs.

For an animal like him, as he's getting older, basically I'm looking for

evidence of arthritis, and I'm not seeing anything too alarming.

I think is getting diagnosed with excessive oldness.

I think he's just finally reaching that point that we all reach where he might

just have to take it a little bit slower.

You know, you're not a spring chicken anymore.

So just guide a guy.

You really got to slow it down.

Shouldn't be a problem for you. I love Albert's chill personality.

He's a very zen animal.

He's not worried about a thing.

All right, buddy.

You're really cool.

Come here, Daisy.

Come here.

Giles, Quentin.

Lorenzo.

Good job, Go Young.

Today we get to find out the name of Randy's baby.

This little guy is very ready for a name. We've called him Randy's baby for

little over two months now.

He's getting chubbier and just precious.

And so it'll be great to finally have his name.

So we've asked Angela to come over and actually write the name, the chosen

on the habitat.

Right now I'm the only person that knows what's going to be on the pole, and

then it's going to be revealed to the priming team.

She's going to cover it up so we can't see it, and we'll allow Randy and DeeDee

some time out by themselves, and hopefully they will tear it down and

what the actual name is.

Very confident that Rowan's going to be the winner.

I just have that feeling in here.

I'm ready for him to be called Ripley.

Check it out, Dee Dee.

Here goes Randy.

Come on, Ripley.

I think Dee Dee will.

She's going. Here we go.

She's going to start from the bottom.

Better than the top. That would be an R.

Help us out, Randy.

We knew that one, guys.

Here we go. Randy's going to do the true reveal.

Yes, we got it.

We were all very excited to see that his name is Ripley.

Sorry, Ashley.

It's okay.

It just fits with his little personality.

Randy's like, that's mine. Randy.

Ripley, Dee Dee, Deera.

Perfect. I love it. Yeah.

Oh, Deera didn't get any peanut butter.

Oh, Ripley already has the hearts of so many people. She is absolutely adorable

and she helped raise awareness for orangutans to really help and understand

orangutans are so important.

We raised about $2 ,000 in this contest, and that money will go towards

conservation to help protect wild orangutans and their habitat and

keep them around for many, many generations to come.