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Good morning.

Can I have kisses?

Hello,

little girl.

Hey.

I see you being cute.

You guys are having a good moment.

We have a new baby rhino at the zoo. His name is Gronk.

He was named after Rob Gronkowski from the Buccaneers. People say I look like a

dinosaur, and they call me Gronkosaurus.

So I think you are my long -lost cousin out there.

He's Jamie and Johnny's first calf.

And this is baby Gronk.

Today we're going to do some relationship building, and it has a lot

touching and rubbing, basically tactile in different spots in his body.

He's teething, so he really likes to try and eat everything, including the

branch.

You are all up in the business.

So we've really been focusing on a relationship with Gronk. It's important

you have a protected contact species like a rhino, where you don't go in with

them, that you have a great relationship.

It really contributes to all of the medical procedures because it's

voluntary. Louie likes that. Tail went up.

He loves it. He's like, this is great.

If the animal doesn't want to interact with you, they're just going to walk

away. So you really want to have that strong bond.

Just love his pink skin.

What are you going to do with that leaf in your mouth?

Chew on it.

Spit it out.

Any chance that I can get to love on a rhino calf, I'm going to take it.

He has his dad's ears for sure.

I just see some ears. I know.

We think that Gronk may have Johnny's ears because Johnny has these really

ears for the size of his head. We'll often call him bunny rabbit.

So we'll see them all nose to nose with each other. It's really sweet.

Johnny's getting a little older, so we're having to really be watchful for

anything that could be detrimental to his health.

Right now he has a crack in his horn. His horn is wearing away.

And we're going to be doing some x -rays on Johnny's horn and hopefully be able

to see if there's something going on that we're not able to actually see with

the naked eye.

We want Johnny to be healthy for baby Gronk.

Oh, he's getting zoomy.

Yes.

Yep.

This calf is amazing.

Oh, my God.

Do you see him? He's like fake wallowing.

Oh, that's so cute.

This is why these animals are here is so people learn more about them and want

them to survive, and they want to know more about their wild counterpart and

they can help.

And here he goes.

He just kind of loses control a little bit. He gets overly excited and has to

kind of run around and doesn't know what to do with himself.

Just like a kid, yeah.

So cute.

Hello, cutie.

I would like to snuggle you.

We're about to hang out with Sidney, the youngest koala.

Right now we're just waiting for him to move away from the door before we open

it because he's very excited today.

Sidney is... Two years old.

He will always be my baby, even though he is considered like a semi -adult.

We're the ones with the snack.

Hi. We came to play with you.

He's very fast, so look out.

He does have a tendency to be naughty sometimes.

He'll get crazy and jump around.

Goodness.

He's a wild child.

We came to see you specifically.

When we started koala training, we wanted to see what these animals are

of, and there wasn't a lot of expectations cognitively. They assume

aren't the most intelligent just based on their brain structure.

So we were like, let's see what's going to happen.

And he's just so inquisitive. He just loves to explore.

Good job!

He blows our mind every single day.

There we go.

You're so brave.

This was not even on our radar, was that he would just sit and hang out with us

and be comfortable enough.

But this gives me an opportunity to look at his ears, his eyes.

I can look at his hands.

I could do this all day.

I have so many other things to do, and I would rather just sit in here with you.

I feel like this is what people think being a zookeeper is. Yeah.

This is a very small portion of my day.

But it's the best part.

God, he's cute.

Oh, you're so smart.

Good morning. Hi.

Ready for your big day, Tiga?

We have three Malayan tapers. We have Mom, Ubi, Dad, Albert, and then their

daughter, Tiga.

Tiga is celebrating her second birthday today.

Can't believe she's two.

I know, it went by so fast. Good. I feel like we just found her as a little

bitty tapir. I know.

It's really bittersweet because it's her last day to really have fun and explore

her habitat before she goes off to her new zoo.

In their native habitats, wild tapirs separate from their parents at about

age. So it's really time she's going to meet a boyfriend.

They'll contribute to the species survival plan, so they'll help make more

tapirs to help with conservation.

I think she'll like this. Me too.

All her favorites. Yeah.

Ready? Sure.

Good job. You're such a champ.

She's coming.

She's coming. Okay.

So the Malayan tapir is an endangered species.

We're looking at maybe 2 ,500 animals left. A lot of people see them and don't

know what they are, don't know what they're related to.

I definitely didn't know about tapirs growing up. They're one of those strange

-looking animals that really capture your heart once you get to know them.

They're odd -toed ungulates, so they're kind of fun, and they're related to

horses and rhinos, and yet they look so much different. It's crazy.

All right, so this is a happy -slash -sad birthday celebration. Yeah.

farewell. Goodbye, party. Oh, we love you party, basically. We love you party.

All right.

Tika's going to go on to be matched up and hopefully have babies of their own.

So it's definitely time for her to move on to the next move.

It's crazy how fast she's grown. I know.

From 24 pounds to a few hundred. I mean, quite the change.

She got as a little baby, tiny, spotted calf. She was 24 pounds.

She's grown quite a bit from that. Hi, girlfriend.

So when tapered calves are born, they are really small and they're spotted. We

often call them watermelons as an affectionate name. They look a little

a watermelon.

That actually helps camouflage them on the forest floors where they naturally

exist. Over the year, they'll start to lose those spots. That brown color will

fade, and then they'll become black and white like the adults.

Man, she's really going to town on that. Isn't she?

The time to say goodbye is getting really close.

Happy birthday, Tiga.

She wants to go with us.

We'll meet you up top.

Oh, we've got to go.

All right. Okay, let's go back.

African Pana dogs are an incredible animal.

They're highly intelligent.

They work together as a pack, and they are phenomenal athletes.

One of the most important traits that painted dogs have as hunters is their

to communicate within their pack.

They're constantly communicating between each other.

These animals have tremendous stamina. They can really pursue their prey for

miles and for extended periods of time.

You certainly don't want to be on the other end of that.

So this morning we're going to be doing a procedure on three of our female

canine dogs. We are going to do a full workup and then also replenish their

birth control implant.

I just peed, but I feel like I could pee again.

Oh, me too.

I feel like mine's like a nervous pee. Like once we get going, it'll be fine.

Yeah, no, it's the same. Like right now I could definitely go to the doctor.

Nervous peer.

About a year ago, we did incorporate a birth control implant and it only lasts

about a year. So we are due again for another procedure.

You guys check those locks?

Yep. These guys are so smart. They know exactly what we're doing.

They're always upping the ante for us, and that's just part of it.

These painted dogs have seen this set up before.

Nice.

Last year, the workup with the painted dogs went really well.

I think it's going to go pretty smooth, but I definitely think the females are

going to be weary of our presence, so it's going to be really interesting to

how it plays out.

We definitely have our work cut out for us today.

I'm going to open and just see what I can see. Okay.

Who is that?

That's Remy Pollack.

So when we separate the dogs, all of the boys are going to be on the really

large habitat side, and then we're going to be putting the girls and our two off

-holdings. And then from there, we're going to separate one female out by

herself.

Come on, Mo. Good girl. Good freaking job.

Done. All right, step one.

So I'm just prepping our dart right now to immobilize our first painted dog.

Mo right now is just pacing the fence line because she's by herself. So she

knows something's going on. She's looking at her brothers and sisters

like, why am I over here?

It's a bit of a challenging situation because we do have dogs on all sides.

I'm just going to be patient and take my time and try to get a really good shot.

Slow down, girly.

We're with you in spirit.

Thank you.

I'm just trying to pick up on her pace. She just turns really fast.

African Painted Dogs, they are athletes, they're agile, they're fast.

Monet is just running back and forth and not really giving me a break.

I'm picking up on Monet's pattern, trying to see if I can get a little

shot, and so I see a split second where I have an opportunity, and I take it.

And unfortunately, I miss.

Though it's in the corner, it didn't hit anybody.

That's okay.

It's not awesome to miss. I've done it before. So, I mean, it's to be expected.

The point is you just have to kind of move on. Don't beat yourself up. It

happens to everybody.

She got none of that.

They're more wise this year. Oh, they're totally savvy.

She's not stopping for anything.

Monet has tremendous energy. She's really just constantly running back and

forth. If she were in the wild, this is exactly what she would be doing to

exhaust her prey.

All right. I'm going to go try again.

All right.

We're going to be anesthetizing our three females, Hannah Dog, Georgia,

and Monet.

We are going to be anesthetizing Monet first.

All right.

This isn't their first rodeo. They certainly have seen us do this procedure

before. These are extremely intelligent dogs.

They know what I'm up to.

Hi, we're here.

Hey, girl.

Nice, Lauren. Good job, Lauren.

So finally, success.

I get a dart into Monet's hip.

Siuable.

Monet has responded very well to the medication. She looks really, really

sleepy, but they can trick you. So it's really important that we test her before

we have staff enter that yard. And so we're going to just poke her with a

Yeah, I think we're okay.

All right, here we go.

For everybody's safety, it's important that I have the animal completely

anesthetized before we get hands -on.

Yep, I've got it.

We'll set up right here, guys.

These are the implants that we have here. It's like a big microchip, so I'm

going to put it into the muscle.

The expectation is that this is going to last about a year.

You know, it kind of goes without saying, you don't want brothers and

breeding. That's not good for genetic diversity, and it's just not

We've got blood, we've got implants in, vaccines are in.

She's very relaxed.

Yes, she is.

Our exam is done, implants are in, I'm really happy, and now our next step is

reverse Monet.

Good? It's tough being a girl.

I know what you're thinking. I know they're getting a bit worked up.

Yeah. It's getting a little late. It's getting a little hot.

So it's the time to call it.

At least we got one down.

Yeah, yeah.

One better than none. That's true.

So it might be worthwhile regrouping.

Potentially try it again tomorrow.

Yeah, I'm all good with that.

I'm super impressed with Monet.

She knows how to avoid me.

It's a good skill set for her. It probably didn't work in my favor today,

altogether I'm proud of her. She did really well.

Okay, everybody ready?

Hell yeah.

I have a little sore in these back legs.

Come here.

Good girl.

Step up.

Good job. Awesome.

Hi, guys. Come on in.

Come on in. Come on in, guys.

Hi,

Biko. Are you ready to go outside, buddy?

Biko is a scarlet macaw that we have here at Zootampa.

Hi.

I've been at Zootampa for about 16 years, and Biko has been here since

I've been here, so a very long time.

Good boy.

He was actually an illegally imported bird that was confiscated in the early

1990s. He was brought to the zoo by U .S. Fish and Wildlife, and they knew

we would provide him with a good home.

There you go, Beak.

He is estimated to be at least 30 years old, so for a macaw, that's kind of

midlife. Macaws live a very long time.

Mm -hmm.

Beako has a decent vocabulary, so he likes to say hello.

Hi, Beako.

Can you say hello?

Hi. Good boy.

We take our macaws out on a daily basis to a habitat at the front of the zoo.

Do you go hang out on the habitat?

Biko is not able to fly due to a shoulder injury that might have been

from being illegally imported into the country.

Where are we going?

Are you flying?

Biko is very curious. He loves to explore.

Good boy, Biko.

There we go.

When he gets excited, he does like to talk.

Are you flying?

So we'll take him out on mingles throughout the park to meet guests.

Hi, how are you?

Are you flying, Beko? You're so excited!

He's a very filly bird, lots of personality, and just a very big,

macaw. You ready, Beko?

Good boy!

You guys ready?

Let's go outside!

Oh my goodness!

You love it?

All five of them.

Nice little snowman there. We don't see too many of those here in Tampa.

Hey, Johnny.

Hi, Johnny.

Hello, Marshall.

Your friends are here.

Johnny is like my favorite animal that ever existed. He's the best animal in

world. Don't tell anybody else I said that because I say that about a lot of

animals, but I really mean it about him.

Are you going to cooperate?

We were working on getting voluntary radiographs of Johnny Rhino's horn area

particular because he has a large crack in it. We want to see exactly how far it

goes down. Does it meet the bone or is it just a superficial crack?

This crack has been an issue for quite a while.

It started out as a very small crack in his horn, which is totally normal. We

weren't concerned about it.

As time has progressed and as it's grown out, it has spread, so now it's like a

full -grown hole in the front of his horn.

Hi, Bubba.

Can you point out your horn for your picture?

Rhino horns are fascinating.

They're literally keratin, which is the same protein that human fingernails and

hair are made out of.

I think people think of rhino horns for African rhinos that are really long and

pointy.

even though it's the rhino's shape. So a rhino horn does not grow in pointy. It

is shaped that way, just like you file down a fingernail.

But Johnny's in particular seems to be getting a bit worse, so it is

What a good boy!

Greater one -horned rhinos are reported to have incidences of a type of cancer

in their horn. So one of the things we want to do is get the radiograph so that

we can see if there's any signs of infection in the bone underneath the

also look for any signs that there could be a cancer growing as well.

Hi.

Good job.

Everyone really loves Johnny here, especially now that he's a proud papa.

Super sad if there was something going on more extreme.

Hopefully it's just a crack in his horn and it's not anything out of the

ordinary.

Hi!

You going to help us do this today?

Can you step forward a little more? Thank you.

Johnny is such a special creature, but he does have a tendency to be a little

bit nervous about new things and new sounds and can be very easily startled.

We're relying on him to participate with us so that we can get these images.

So what we need to do is hold the radiograph plate very still.

Remember this?

Rob, you can come in. I'm going to have you stand over here, though. I'm going

to walk Johnny away for a second and try and bring him back and see if he gets a

little bit closer.

Hey, Bubba.

Hi. I'm over here now.

Johnny, to me, is a bit of a delicate flower.

What a good boy.

Could just be the flutter of the wind or you open a wrapper.

It just is a little too much for him. He's not expecting it. He's big, so

got to kind of make sure you're aware of what he's doing and how he's moving.

All right, I'm going to bring it back and you're going to try it. Do you want

to hold this just up?

Sure.

You're the most handsome guy.

Rob, if you want to step into whatever place you're going to be, we'll see how

you react. We'll give him a moment to adjust.

Sorry.

That was my fault.

Sorry.

That was my fault.

It's okay.

Even though he's huge, he doesn't have the most confidence sometimes.

He's certainly surprised when new objects enter his space.

Can you come back?

He's a little bit of a delicate, sensitive soul.

Are you ready for this thing?

I'm going to hold it with this thing next to me, okay?

Good boy. Oh, brave boy.

Shooting.

That looked like it was going to be the money shot.

They're beautiful images.

He's like, that was it, and he's got it.

So we got several images, and two of them at least are like minimal motion

we're going to be able to look at really closely.

This is my lead glove that was protecting my hand.

So that's what that is.

But this is his horn.

This is that hole in the front.

And then that's all the eroded part.

Well, that's good then, right? Because it's not going all the way down to the

base. So that we can see.

Right now, things don't look so bad. The changes that we're seeing on these

initial radiographs are really subtle, so probably just like some chronic old

age changes. The next step is going to be to use contrast liquid so that if any

of these defects and wounds in the horn go all the way down to connect to the

bone, that will help highlight that.

Hey, buddy.

We're going to do some more practice sessions before we attempt to do it

but I'm optimistic that he's going to be great next time.

Yeah, if you need us to come up with more stuff or whatever for practice, let

know. Okay. Whatever we can do to help. He needs to learn English, I think,

actually. Then we can explain the whole situation to him.

All right, John John, thanks for being such a good patient.

The beautiful thing about working at a zoo is this entire zoo is my office.

I try to get out every day and walk the entire park.

We're in the main free -flight aviary right now.

All the birds are getting breakfast, so they're pretty active.

I've been here with the zoo now over 17 years.

I've worked with pretty much every single mammal species here at the zoo,

manatees to elephants.

I've been around the block.

Yeah, look at it.

That is a gorgeous cat.

See, it's pretty.

Every animal here does have a unique story, whether they're born here,

come here, they're part of our family.

And look at that face.

How could you not love that face?

As exciting as it is to welcome new animals here, there are also times when

difficult to say goodbye to some of the animals. But these animals are going to

go on and continue their story somewhere else and hopefully have as much success

as we had here.

Oh, my goodness.

Tiga?

Sorry, I don't have snacks.

Just my love.

It being Tiga's last night, it's...

Probably the most difficult part of the job is these animals become our family.

We work with them. We feed them more than we see our own families.

Scratches everywhere.

This isn't so bad.

As hard as it is, we know that there's something more exciting on the other

You better get some rest tonight.

Big day tomorrow.

The trailer's all set up. It's getting dark. She's tucked in for the night. So

I'm going to go home, maybe sob a little bit to myself, and then get ready for

tomorrow. Oh, no.

It's already here. Tomorrow she's leaving us.

It'll be a big day.

Want a banana?

Good boy.

Hi, Biko.

I went to go pick up Biko from the habitat. He had been out there for the

and I noticed when I picked him up that he wasn't using his left leg, and he was

also really quiet. So generally, he's pretty quick to come up to see me, say

and he was definitely not acting like himself.

Good boy, Biko.

It was really nerve -wracking and definitely unsettling to see him like

Something that could explain not being able to use his left leg could have been

something like a seizure or a stroke -type event, something neurological that

was going on.

So we'll have a full workup done by our vets to see if they can pinpoint what

might have happened.

How are you?

Hey, good. How are you guys doing? Good.

Right now, Josh and I are just prepping to give a little bit of a pre -med.

You know something is up. That's right.

All right, need your nose.

To help with any stress and anxiety of coming up to the hospital, I'm going to

give him a little sedative in his nose.

Got it.

He's like, what the hell?

The pre -med doesn't completely sedate him. He's still able to stand. He's

able to be aware and look around, but it kind of takes that edge off.

You excited for a golf cart ride?

Yes, I am.

Here we go, buddy.

One thing that Beko really likes is golf cart rides, and we're actually going to

bring him up to the hospital on the golf cart, so this is something that's going

to be very enjoyable for him.

Here we go, buddy.

Are you flying, Beko?

Are you flying?

He is very curious, and he loves the golf cart rides because he can't fly. I

think he likes the breeze and the wind in his face like a dog.

All righty, Beko.

All right. I think he's feeling it. Is he? Yeah. He's a sleepy boy?

Mm -hmm.

Now it's time to fully anesthetize him, so he's going to get really sleepy, and

that way we can do our entire exam.

Hopefully he doesn't pop off behind you.

There are a couple of things that are going to be really important for me to

evaluate on Biko.

I want to see how his body condition is. I want to feel his legs and see if

there's anything off with his feet or his limbs.

No broken legs, no sprains, no fracture from what I can see.

You want to go ahead and grab some blood?

Sure.

Okay.

Blood work is going to be very important as well as an x -ray.

For a bird to suddenly not use a leg raises some real concerns for me.

Worst case scenario is some type of tumor.

Okay, stepping.

Feeding.

Feeding.

Oh, the things we see.

We just took some x -rays of Biko. The good news is I'm not seeing any obvious

tumors, but there are a couple of subtle changes that warrant further review.

So these are x -rays of Biko. His liver is not smoothly outlined, so that's a

little bit of a unique finding.

I think there's a possibility that there's something going on in his liver,

it will be really important to follow up on that with blood work.

So I'm kind of scratching my head right now. It's kind of challenging you don't

get an absolute diagnostic or diagnosis in this case.

It's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hopefully, fingers crossed, this is just a weird random event for Biko.

You're getting there, Fran. Almost.

It's like not quite.

We're getting there. Hi, Biko.

Are you waking up?

I mean, inconclusive at the moment. They still are awaiting results for a lot of

the tests, but he's healthy at least today.

Hi, buddy.

I grew up in the country and I always

loved being around animals.

My family is very outdoor oriented, so it's always been something that's

interested me.

It still feels a little bit swollen up here, so we'll see. That might come down

again. Okay.

When I was about 12, I realized that I wanted to be a wildlife vet, and that

that. She's still going to sleep, so it's going to be a while.

I'm really excited about being a part of the mission of Zoo Tampa and continuing

to do our work with the animals in our care.

Body condition still looks really good.

She's so pretty.

Every single animal here brightens my day, every single day.

Hi, buddy. Do you just want to lay down for your raps today?

So today we're going to get another round of radiographs on our male greater

-horned rhino, Johnny. We're hoping to see some contrast this time so we can

exactly how far down the crack that's in his horn goes.

There are so many things that it could be. It could easily just be a weird

fungal infection in his horn, or it could be something as extreme as a

underneath his horn. We really don't know until we get some concrete images

it.

This is just pressurized air, so essentially we just like to clean it

So if there's any dirt or debris, the pressurized air will just blow it out

top. I'm sure that tickles.

His horn is nice and clean today.

I am drawing up our contrast liquid, and that will light up on our

radiograph, and so we can really track down how far the defects go to make sure

that they're not getting all the way down to the bones.

Hi, this is the setup.

You ready for your close -ups?

And I have this part.

When I was in vet school, I got to do a research project working with the

greater one -horned rhinos at the Cincinnati Zoo.

I was obsessed with rhinos after that. And then when I eventually came here and

met Johnny, he kind of just, it was all over. He's the best animal in the world.

You are the most handsome and perfect angel that there ever was.

A little bit of lip movement, but his head was pretty still.

I think that might actually work.

Based on these radiographs with Johnny, we're cautiously optimistic.

We don't see any over -evidence of cancer, which is great news for Johnny.

It's just the greens making noise here.

So far, it seems like this is going to be a superficial infection just of the

horn that we're going to be able to manage just medically, mostly to clean

out every day, make sure that there's no debris in there, and it could cause an

infection. And it's going to hopefully just keep growing out, and we'll have a

normal horn.

We've got some really good information.

Thanks for being such a rock star, Beth.

You guys ready to go outside?

Are we ready for breakfast?

So it's a brand new day. The goal was to have everyone's exam done in one day,

but the painted dogs have definitely upped their game. We have one painted

complete, two more to go.

It is really important that we get the new implants in. The clock's ticking on

the old implants, and we don't want a gap there where they could potentially

breed. That would not be a good scenario.

So the game plan is I'm going to start off with Georgia.

She was digging right there, so it's not a bad thing if she just keeps digging

at that.

Yeah, it's like her butt was kind of angled towards me.

That was a great job, Lauren.

Thank you, guys.

First time around.

Thankfully, I'm successful.

Good job, guys.

You're good. All right, I'm going to start prepping for her implant side.

Sticking. It's a slow -releasing hormone that we expect can last about a year

that inhibits part of the normal cycling that these dogs have.

All right.

All right, I'll start getting loaded with the next one.

Great job, guys.

So our final patient today is Frida.

I'm pulled to get a nice close -range shot. I feel really good about

and I think we're going to be successful.

Here, Mike, I'm coming right in behind you.

You guys careful. Let me get her head.

It's really important when you're working with dangerous animals like this

they are properly sedated.

Frito waking up would be extremely dangerous, and that's something that we

not want to happen here.

All right, let's get her off the timeline.

You good, Mike?

Yep, I got her.

All right, pull her back just a little bit.

We've got control of her head. Watch out, watch out.

Here, Mike, I'm coming right in behind you.

You guys, you good, Mike?

Yep, I got her.

All right, pull her back just a little bit.

We've got control of her head. Watch out, watch out.

I'm going to give her some ketamine.

So when we go to get Frida, she has a little bit of a reaction.

She was not awake. She was not coherent.

But she had an involuntary muscle reaction on her body. But in this

just want to be extra cautious. I'm going to give her a safe supplement.

Let's get the sling right outside.

Pull her head the whole time.

All right, so we'll do the same thing. Tuck legs under, and we'll turn her to

the other way.

It feels awesome finally having all three dogs darted, and I'm super proud

our entire team to be able to make this all work.

We got everything on our checklist?

Yep. Perfect.

It definitely takes all of us to be able to make something like this successful.

Perfect. That's perfect, guys.

I can't wait until she's standing and bounding around, and then I'm ready to

relax a little bit, at least on this front.

Hi, pretty girl. There she is. All right.

Careful. Sweet.

Good stuff.

She's like, that was awesome.

Today, baby Gronk is going to get a new enrichment item. I'm super excited about

it. I hope it goes well.

It's one of those, like a weeble that has like weighted on one end so you can

push the top down and it pops back up.

Yeah, don't go in the pool.

So I'm really hoping he, like, unleashes on it and wants to spar with it and

kill it.

All right, what do we got today for our favorite mother -son duo?

We have a Weeble.

It's a brand -new toy for him, right? It's a brand -new toy for him, so I hope

he likes it.

I think it would be an absolute hoot having this thing popped back up and him

just sparring with it.

What do you think, buddy?

Good boy. Want to play on the new toy?

Oh, I love this little guy.

Gronk, he's fantastic.

Hopefully we'll see him really knock around and play with us quite a bit.

Maybe Jamie will get in there and have some fun, too.

All right, give it a good pop, Jenny.

See if it works.

Oh, you can do better than that. Come on. Oh, come on.

Oh, no. I broke it. No, pop back up.

Perfect. I don't know.

Something's wrong with the weeple.

You killed it. It's not popping up.

Uh -oh.

It does not wobble.

Stupid Weeble. I really wanted this to be a fun experience, and the Weeble is

broken. What do you think, Ange? Ready. Want to come out and play? Let's do it.

All right, buddy.

Go have fun.

He's going right out, too.

I hope so.

So brave.

So brave, is that what you think? I will think.

Because the weevil is going to be something new in the habitat, I think

he's going to be aware of its presence right away.

Great scratching post, if nothing else.

That's great.

Man, I really wish that wobble was working. I sure do, too.

You want to add new things to the lives of all these animals so as they grow up,

New things will come up. And just because it's new doesn't necessarily

bad. Oh.

Getting feisty.

Great.

So he got super excited. He played with it. He knocked it over.

His dad would be proud. He would be proud.

Good job, Gronk. Man, he's knocking around. He's really moving it.

Like, oh, yeah?

Oh, yeah? Here comes that energy, right? Yeah.

There he goes. There's Zoomy.

There's Zoomy? Yeah.

Get it, Gronk!

Doing okay.

Today is the big move for Tiga. It's sad to say goodbye, but it's also exciting

that Tiga will go on to be matched up and hopefully have babies.

We've got everything in place, ready to go.

The team has an incredible bond with Tiga. It's really evident when you're

watching them work with Tiga. And it also, on the flip side of that, makes

leaving that much more difficult for them.

Tiga's been a really special part of the zoo for the last few years.

It's like there are no other animals in the zoo but me.

It's going to be tough to say goodbye, but time to move on.

Not to like to change our minds, right?

Why Tinga? Does she make you the most emotional? I don't know. I don't usually

get that way over tapers leaving.

I don't want to talk about it anymore.

You know, I've worked with a good many tapers over the years, and, you know,

it's always hard when, you know, this animal grows up and you've been able to

see that happen.

But for some reason, I am a little bit more emotional about this particular

taper.

I'm really going to miss Tiga.

She's a really good little girl.

They're separated?

Yep. All right.

Okay. Here's some ladder.

Because this trailer is going to be new to Tiga, we don't know if she's just

going to walk in on her own. So what we're going to do is we're going to take

all these items that are special items to entice her to want to be in the

trailer and to realize it's not a bad place to be.

We're ready.

You ready?

This is your big shot.

You're going to do great.

Opening!

There you go, sweetheart.

What the? What is this strange thing?

Opening!

There you go, sweetheart.

You got this.

We put all of Tiga's favorite foods in the trailer, so we're about to see what

happens.

Everything's outside.

We're over here.

Hi!

What the? What is this strange thing?

I just saw her go around the corner, and now I'm really starting to get sad.

Two feet in.

She is very food motivated.

She's just perfect. Hang on just a sec. What?

Okay.

Literally, she just walked right into the trailer, and it couldn't have gone

better. Sweet.

Wow.

Very nicely done. She did great.

We owe it all to Tiga. Well, you couldn't make it any easier than that,

job. What a good girl. Yeah, she's awesome.

Best taper ever.

In the land.

Bye, Tiga.

Bye, honey.

Love you.

Bye, Tiga.

She's going to get lots of love where she's going.

All right.

Time for more taper, baby?

Yeah, I was going to ask you guys. You guys ready to make some more babies? I

mean, we're ready.

There she goes.

Good morning.

Hello.

So cute.

Hey, Brutus.

Johnny. Oh, John John.

I'm just here to check on Johnny and get a good recheck on him. In really good

news, that defect is growing in. The hole?

Yeah.

It's a very, very slow process.

The great news is it looks like everything's working, and we're actually

starting to see some growth of the normal horn tissue coming back up in

defect. Right here, this is starting, like you can feel the keratin pieces

starting to grow up.

So we need to keep it clean.

Okay.

They look way, way better.

Watch it, buddy.

How you put a divot in your horn.

So now we just have to be patient and let his body pump out a new horn and

going to look great.

Hi. Such a good boy.

He's a dad now. He's going to have his nice, you know, sunny summer and not

anything to worry about.

Oh, my gosh.

Hello.

Hello, Biko.

I got blood results back on Biko. We tested for a number of things.

Good news, they all came back negative. Liver values look good. So I think at

this point what we're going to do is just watch him closely.

Can you say hello?

Hello. Good boy.

So I don't know if you've seen any more episodes since then.

No, he's been good since.

That's awesome. Yeah.

I think we'll just chalk this off to a one -time event. Just keep an eye on

All right. So, yeah, let me know if anything pops up again.

But with that information, I think we just monitor for now.

Is that walnut good?

Mm -hmm.

It's certainly a challenge when you have these one -off events. There's some

really important diseases that can cause this type of presentation.

But it didn't happen again. I'm really thankful for that. So I'll just be in

close touch with the team and see if there's anything weird that pops up with

Biko again.

Want to go on a golf cart ride with Josh?

Always. Yeah, so to celebrate that he's completely cleared and good to resume

all of his normal fun activities, we're going to take him on a golf cart ride

through the zoo.

There he goes.

Are you ready?

Off the dog goes.

He hasn't had any more episodes.

He's been a happy -go -lucky bird.

Feeling the breeze.

Feathers blowing in the wind.

Where we going?

Look at this.

Hey, yeah. Look, you're excited.

I'm so excited.

So he's never had the opportunity to fly since he's been in a human care. So to

kind of simulate that, to get that flowing wind and breeze in his face, and

can kind of go at like a high speed, which is fun and exciting for him.

The boy, Biko.

Look at you, you're having fun, huh?

With Biko being around 30 or in his 30s, he still has a lot of life to live.

Macaws and most large parrots can live as long as people, and we're hoping that

he does live that life.

There you go.