The zoo, which is nearly two centuries old, performs the nearly week-long formal tallying early each January, with several new additions already proving to be the highlights.
"We've had some really successful breeding successes over the last year," animal operations manager Dan Simmonds told AFP, listing the 11 penguin chicks, three Asiatic lion cubs and two baby gorillas born in 2024.
The zoo also rescued from Chile 53 Darwin's frogs, which are among so-called Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) species... Читать дальше...