The Secret Life of the Zoo

Season 1

2016 · 6 episodes · 4h 42m in all · 7.5/10

Episodes

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   1. Episode 1

   2 Feb 2016 · 47 min · 8.0/10

   Grumpy elephant Thi is expecting a baby. The chimps battle for dominance. Red panda Nima gives her partner Jung the cold shoulder. And the meerkats prove they're not as loveable as they first seem.

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   2. Episode 2

   9 Feb 2016 · 47 min · 8.0/10

   Inseparable penguins Rud and Spike have been a couple for 15 years. But Rud's arthritic hip could be affecting his quality of life. The tigers move house, and a tarantula risks his life to reproduce.

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   3. Episode 3

   16 Feb 2016 · 47 min · 8.0/10

   The giraffe family have a new arrival. Frog keeper Pip creates a love den to try to get endangered frogs in the mood to lay eggs. And the aardvarks wreak havoc by night.

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   4. Episode 4

   23 Feb 2016 · 47 min · 7.0/10

   A potentially deadly virus hits the elephant house. Will Chester's female zebras be interested in new stallion Mac? Plus: the bizarre world of the naked mole rat.

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   5. Episode 5

   1 Mar 2016 · 47 min · 7.0/10

   Boris the chimp takes a moorhen chick hostage. French crocodile François turns his snout up at British food. The keepers try to spark romance between turtles Raja and Aris. Plus: young penguins.

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   6. Episode 6

   8 Mar 2016 · 47 min · 7.0/10

   Female rhino Kitani is introduced to her new mate, Magadi. But rhino mating is a risky business. There's a surprise birth in the orangutan house. Plus: fruit bats, macaques and young jaguars.