Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo
Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo: Season 5

Air Date

November 13, 2024

Episodes

10 episodes

Taronga: Who's Who In The Zoo

Season 5

Episodes

Lion Toothache

1. Lion Toothache

November 13, 2024

Lioness Maya has a fractured tooth, which could lead to a potentially life-threatening abscess. Will entering the Lion's Den for some dentistry improve the sassy outlook of Taronga's Queen?

Saving Koalas

2. Saving Koalas

November 20, 2024

Joining forces to save an Australian icon, Senior Taronga Vet Larry and the team go out on Ngarigo land in New South Wales to assess the health of koala populations as part of the Koala Sentinel Project.

Raising Gracie

3. Raising Gracie

November 27, 2024
60 min

Stealing the hearts of all who meet her, abandoned koala joey Gracie proves to be the cutest possible housemate to foster mother and keeper Annii, who has taken on her 24-hour care with maternal flair.

Healing Hippos

4. Healing Hippos

December 4, 2024
60 min

Keeper Carolene shares a special bond with hippo Nile. Carolene notices a cloudiness in Nile's eyes, prompting urgent investigation. Platypus Mackenzie is being prepped for relocation to a Platypus Rescue HQ Facility in Dubbo

Platypus Emergency

5. Platypus Emergency

December 11, 2024
41 min

An insight into Sydney's Taronga Zoo and its conservation success story. Over a century old and nestled in Sydney Harbour, Taronga's home to more than 5000 creatures and hundreds of keepers

Chimp Challenge

6. Chimp Challenge

December 18, 2024
43 min

In one of the biggest undertakings ever attempted at the zoo, the vet team must complete health checks on all twenty-one chimpanzees.

Carnivore Galore

7. Carnivore Galore

January 2, 2025
43 min

Time for the male chimpanzees to receive health checks. In Dubbo we look backstage at 'The Sanctuary'. Keeper Molly introduces the less imposing members of the carnivore habitats

Breaking the Ice

8. Breaking the Ice

January 9, 2025
44 min

From the seaside savannah of Taronga zoo to the wilds of Dubbo, keeper Jacob heads to Taronga's Western Plains to learn how his colleagues manage their mixed species exhibit.

Little Penguin Rescue

9. Little Penguin Rescue

January 31, 2025
44 min

We follow the journey of a vulnerable little penguin through her progression from tiny to mighty. The monitoring systems that protect Taronga's fence lines have been triggered.

Episode 10

10. Episode 10

February 7, 2025
44 min

A keeper detects a potentially dangerous lump in a juvenile gorilla. In Dubbo, Seven Asian elephants and their enclosure receive a thorough cleaning.