Visit London Blog » gorillas http://blog.visitlondon.com Enjoy the very best of London Fri, 17 May 2013 11:59:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Bristol Zoo’s Wow! Gorillas Outside City Hall in London http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/09/bristol-zoos-wow-gorillas-outside-city-hall-in-london/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/09/bristol-zoos-wow-gorillas-outside-city-hall-in-london/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:11 +0000 Hannah Collingbourne http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=22883

These handsome gorillas arrived outside London’s City Hall today. Part of Bristol Zoo’s Wow! Gorillas project, they’ll be on display until 22 September, before being sold by auction in aid of Wallace and Gromit’s Grand Appeal.

]]> http://blog.visitlondon.com/2011/09/bristol-zoos-wow-gorillas-outside-city-hall-in-london/feed/ 2 The Annual Animal Count at London Zoo http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/01/the-annual-animal-count-at-london-zoo/ http://blog.visitlondon.com/2010/01/the-annual-animal-count-at-london-zoo/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:12:01 +0000 Hannah Collingbourne http://blog.visitlondon.com/?p=5261 Meerkats with Keeper Lucy Hawley Penguins with Keeper Tim Savage Giant Galapagos tortoise with Keeper Seb Grant

Today the keepers at ZSL London Zoo had the huge job of counting every single animal as part of the zoo’s annual stocktake.

With more than 750 different species – including gorillas, tigers, giant tortoises, meerkats, penguins and spiders - the keepers had their work cut out as they braved the wintery weather with clipboards.

Last year’s count revealed a total of 14,567 animals, including:

  • 259 mammals
  • 5,570 fish
  • 680 birds
  • 7,510 bugs
  • 341 amphibians
  • 207 reptiles

There are even more heads to count this year: the zoo has welcomed lots of new inhabitants, including lion cubs, a baby mangabey, a komodo dragon, a pair of aardvarks, a pack of coatis and some porcupines.

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