Zoo Tales

All Episodes

  • Ended
  • 30m
  • Documentary, Reality
Almost ten million people visit Australia's zoos every year, but this series, hosted by Melissa Doyle, reveals what these visitors never get the chance to ordinarily see. We take a behind-the-scenes look at some of Australia’s finest zoos. Experience the drama, joy, danger, compassion, exhilaration and heart-ache of life inside these remarkable animal sanctuaries.

11 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

Series Premiere

1x01 Episode 1

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Go behind the scenes as Zoo vets race to keep the three rarest and newest additions alive. Find out what happens when a Suri, a 200 kilogram African Lion has a toothache and if a pair of pygmy hippos find love.

1x02 Episode 2

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Watch as Zoo vets save an out-of-place Lion Seal from the Australian shoreline. Also; witness the miracle of life as a baby zebra is born and what happens when the world's biggest bird of prey takes off in flight?

1x03 Episode 3

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After a tragic accident a circus elephant is relocated to the zoo. Witness as the vets get a gentle giraffe ready for an operation and another birth, this time by a binturong.

1x04 Episode 4

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Watch as one of the world's most endangered animals, the african rhino, gets prepared for the first surgery of its kind. Also a new mom, a gorilla, wows the zoo staff and people who are afraid of snakes come face to face with their greatest fears.

1x05 Episode 5

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A freak event lands three seals in the hospitals that put the staff at a difficult decision. Watch as a young giraffe is relocated and another birth happens at the Zoo.

1x06 Episode 6

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What happens when new male meerkats are introduced to some female meerkats in the zoo? A black bear is scheduled for a dentist appointment after breaking his tooth and see the trials and tribulations of a human being trying to raise Jenny the Kangaroo.

1x07 Episode 7

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Watch as a Silverback Gorilla gives birth on television for the first time. A lion has to undergo a surgical process and two australian sea lions are introduced in the hopes of them mating.

1x08 Episode 8

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The first artificial insemination of an elephant in Australia has been five years in the making. Moving a huge leopard seal is a harrowing day at the zoo and the first appearance of a newborn monkey changes the whole family dynamic.

1x09 Episode 9

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The race to save Tazmanian devils is on. Also a lion cub is treated for an injury and is not waking up from the effects of the tranquilizer. Two white rhinos go head to head. Are they fighting or mating?

1x10 Episode 10

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Two cheetah cubs fight for life as their mother has orphaned them. A pair of chimps are separated from their group for a medical procedure. Find out what happens when they are brought back into the fold. The zoo's newest additions, veiled chameleon babies, are born.

1x11 Episode 11

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The survival of pygmy hippos in Australia all hinge on the pregnant hippo at the zoo. It would be the first birth in 20 years. A tiger needs a critical dental operation and a hyena cub is relocated.

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