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Mahali Grows in Confidence (16/4/2010)

Over the past few weeks we’ve noticed a big change in our youngest infant Mahali. He has started to branch away from his mum more and more, leaving her on one side of the exhibit while he’s off exploring his surroundings on the other side.

Tarongas Calf Is A Climber (14/3/2010)

The new calf took a walk down to the waterfall today, mostly tucked in tight under his mother, Porntip.

Making Friends with Barry (4/3/2010)

Barry the Pacific Baza is a stunning addition to our bird show.

Gentle Giants of the Jungle (23/11/2009)

In Year of the Gorilla Taronga Zoo has been helping these gentle giants of the jungle with a campaign called “They’re calling on you”.

Luk Chai Has Unexpected Swim (3/8/2009)

Luk Chai, the elphant calf, took a sudden swim in the main moat today while he has drinking. He was using his trunk to put water in his mouth when he bent down on his knees to get closer to the water and over -balanced. There was a splash as he fell right in. Mum, Thong Dee, and aunt, Tang Mo were right there with one of the keepers. Thong Dee started to step in but the keeper helped by guiding Luk Chai's trunk to steer him in the right direction towards the steps. Luk Chai struck out strongly, climbed up the steps and out of the water. Then he thought he'd try it again but decided against it at the last minute.

Calf Enjoys Water Games (30/7/2009)

Luk Chai shared mum’s drink of water this morning. Thong Dee was having a drink of water from the hose and Luk Chai thought it was a great game. He got really excited by the big drops of water falling onto his trunk and stood right under her chin to catch the drips. There was more water games later in the morning. After the warm baths in the barn he then had fun deliberately skating across the rubberised floor.

Now 122 Kilos! (29/7/2009)

Our little Luk Chai is putting on the kilos! We weighed him again today and in seven days he’s put on another seven kilos. He knows exactly what to do at the scales now. Tang Mo hopped on and Luk Chai waited patiently for his turn. Without help, he climbed on and got off to give mum a turn. He spent most of the day practicing his climbing abilities. Now that he can climb the logs and rocks he’s been focusing his attention on a tractor tyre. Today he had success and got all four legs in to the middle of the tyre. He’s learnt the technique of climbing this awkward shape so he can now climb in and out of the tyre fairly quickly.