1 00:00:11,370 --> 00:00:13,430 have favorites, but she's my favorite. 2 00:00:14,850 --> 00:00:20,170 As a zookeeper, it's hard to say what your favorite animal is, but you know. 3 00:00:22,490 --> 00:00:25,250 I have a lot of favorite patients, but he's like the best. 4 00:00:25,690 --> 00:00:26,950 Truly my favorite animal. 5 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,020 One of our 16 penguins loves to swim. They get their zoomies. They'll kind of 6 00:00:46,020 --> 00:00:49,520 jump in and out of the water and go back and forth really, really fast. So it's 7 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:50,520 a fun time for them. 8 00:00:51,260 --> 00:00:52,260 Tinkerbell, vitamin? 9 00:00:52,780 --> 00:00:57,980 I love our penguins very much. For as small as they tend to be, there's a lot 10 00:00:57,980 --> 00:00:58,980 personality. 11 00:00:59,660 --> 00:01:00,800 You just want to play, huh? 12 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:02,000 You just want to play. 13 00:01:02,060 --> 00:01:03,060 Come on. 14 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:08,360 We have one penguin right now, poor little guy, who can't swim because he is 15 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:09,360 sick. 16 00:01:14,890 --> 00:01:19,330 is 15 years old, and you really can't help but love him because he's just got 17 00:01:19,330 --> 00:01:23,190 this quirky little personality where he's like, are you going to feed me now? 18 00:01:23,290 --> 00:01:26,750 Because I really love some food. And then he's just kind of sassing us for 19 00:01:26,750 --> 00:01:27,689 nest box. 20 00:01:27,690 --> 00:01:28,930 There we go, Tyke. 21 00:01:29,310 --> 00:01:30,310 Good job. 22 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:32,590 Good boy. 23 00:01:32,830 --> 00:01:34,190 Is that it? Are you full? 24 00:01:35,010 --> 00:01:39,770 Tyke has been a really challenging case, both medically as well as for his 25 00:01:39,770 --> 00:01:42,430 caretakers. We developed really close. 26 00:01:43,229 --> 00:01:47,230 with the animals that are in our care, and he has been one that has been 27 00:01:47,230 --> 00:01:48,390 for such a long time. 28 00:01:49,210 --> 00:01:52,070 Good boy, Tyke. You're such a good penguin. 29 00:01:52,570 --> 00:01:56,950 A couple of months ago, we noticed that Tyke had a little bit of a bump on his 30 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,090 tail area. 31 00:01:58,330 --> 00:01:59,330 Here's your pitchfork. 32 00:01:59,730 --> 00:02:03,770 We worked him up a little bit and found out that his preen gland had actually 33 00:02:03,770 --> 00:02:05,950 become infected and ruptured. 34 00:02:07,570 --> 00:02:08,570 The preen gland. 35 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,360 allows them to grab oil and coat their feathers with it, and this makes them 36 00:02:13,360 --> 00:02:16,520 waterproof. I'm going to slide your nest box, my love. Hold on. 37 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:21,860 He actually had his entire preen gland removed because of the reoccurrence of 38 00:02:21,860 --> 00:02:25,700 the infection, and so he has another procedure tomorrow to try and help. 39 00:02:26,820 --> 00:02:27,820 Do you want to fish? 40 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,080 It's always rough when our animals aren't feeling well because we want to 41 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,340 much as we can for them. 42 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:38,560 This procedure that we're going to try on Tyke is definitely our last chance to 43 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,320 try and really help Tyke beat this infection that he's been dealing with. 44 00:02:42,820 --> 00:02:46,500 Hopefully this next procedure is the procedure that gets him going. 45 00:02:52,620 --> 00:02:54,100 Which one do you want? You want that big one? 46 00:03:07,180 --> 00:03:09,680 I think one of the most lovable primates that we have. 47 00:03:10,140 --> 00:03:11,800 Super sweet and they're adorable. 48 00:03:13,500 --> 00:03:16,440 They have so much energy and they're really, really fun to watch. 49 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,460 Seven months ago, we saw our female ring -tailed lemurs, Pinch and Scooch, 50 00:03:20,580 --> 00:03:21,660 breeding with our male Riley. 51 00:03:24,380 --> 00:03:26,580 It's not something we see very often with lemurs. 52 00:03:27,140 --> 00:03:29,360 Typically, they only breed one day of the year. 53 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,220 Breeding with ring -tailed lemurs is tricky because you only have that 24 54 00:03:34,220 --> 00:03:35,700 window for them to get pregnant. 55 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:40,320 So it's a 24 -hour period out of 365 days a year. 56 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,240 Their breeding season is just super, super, super short. 57 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:50,040 If we manage to breed these babies or breed these two, they will add to the 58 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:52,960 whole collection and to the whole genetic pool that we need, you know, 59 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,960 comes to ring -tailed lemurs. 60 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:57,940 That'll be cool, huh? Yeah. Are you excited? 61 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,260 Yeah. I hope they're pregnant. 62 00:04:01,220 --> 00:04:02,220 Cool. 63 00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:05,000 Can you take me inside and take a look at it? 64 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,180 Last year, the ring -tailed lemur girls kind of faked us out. We were really 65 00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:13,020 hoping they were going to be pregnant, and we ended up not having any babies. 66 00:04:13,020 --> 00:04:18,760 this year, we're cautiously optimistic, but after last year, not 100 % sure. 67 00:04:19,220 --> 00:04:21,040 Riley, you look the most handsome. 68 00:04:22,820 --> 00:04:25,120 I'm going to put some food over here for the girls real quick. 69 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:28,600 She really wants a much -out pinch. You can definitely tell that the ring 70 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:32,360 -tailed lemurs enjoy having us out there, so it's always a really happy 71 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:33,620 be out on the lemur habitat. 72 00:04:34,090 --> 00:04:35,690 So she's the one that we think is pregnant, right? 73 00:04:36,170 --> 00:04:38,570 Either of them could be pregnant. He's pregnant with both of them. 74 00:04:38,930 --> 00:04:42,350 She looks really big. So before you know it, there could be a baby hanging from 75 00:04:42,350 --> 00:04:43,390 her. I hope so. 76 00:04:43,730 --> 00:04:47,070 You know, hopefully this year is going to be the year where we're going to have 77 00:04:47,070 --> 00:04:52,050 some baby lemurs. But because of how short that breeding period is, you never 78 00:04:52,050 --> 00:04:53,190 know. You never know. 79 00:04:56,970 --> 00:04:58,190 Good job, buddy. 80 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,390 All right, you ready to feed Blitzen and Binti some breakfast? 81 00:05:14,010 --> 00:05:15,010 It'll be fun. 82 00:05:15,270 --> 00:05:19,690 Binti likes to play with everything that she's not supposed to do since she's 83 00:05:19,690 --> 00:05:20,690 still a baby. 84 00:05:20,970 --> 00:05:26,070 Here at Zoo Tampa, we're very proud of our three eastern bongos. We have a 85 00:05:26,070 --> 00:05:27,670 little trio, a little family right now. 86 00:05:28,370 --> 00:05:32,050 We'll let them out, and they'll have a wonderful, fun -filled day. 87 00:05:34,010 --> 00:05:38,530 Currently, we have our male Keto and our two females, Blitzen and Binti. Hello. 88 00:05:39,030 --> 00:05:40,030 You ready? 89 00:05:40,490 --> 00:05:43,770 They are very critically endangered in the wild. There's, like, less than 200. 90 00:05:44,570 --> 00:05:45,570 Good morning! 91 00:05:46,390 --> 00:05:47,410 He's like, what are you doing? 92 00:05:47,830 --> 00:05:50,090 Binti was the first bongo ever born at Zoo Tampa. 93 00:05:50,290 --> 00:05:53,550 Now she's around a year old, so she's becoming, like, a full -size bongo. 94 00:05:58,150 --> 00:06:02,010 Having a bongo born here at Zoo Tampa was definitely one of the highlights of 95 00:06:02,010 --> 00:06:06,530 career. I mean, all the benchmarks and milestones, and so exciting to watch. 96 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:10,240 She eventually will be getting a breeding recommendation of her own and 97 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:14,940 off somewhere else to continue to contribute to bongo conservation here in 98 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:16,000 America and worldwide. 99 00:06:17,100 --> 00:06:20,540 And overall, I mean, honestly, they're one of my top three favorite animals, 100 00:06:20,540 --> 00:06:22,220 they have such, like, cool personalities. 101 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:25,880 Good morning, guys. Good morning. 102 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:28,020 See, everybody's getting breakfast. 103 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,260 I can't get over how big Venti is. Oh, my gosh. 104 00:06:32,060 --> 00:06:35,180 She's honestly the cutest animal in the entire zoo. I'm sorry, Jembe. 105 00:06:37,580 --> 00:06:39,300 You guys ready for some exciting news? 106 00:06:39,700 --> 00:06:40,900 Yeah. Yeah. What? 107 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:42,960 Our bongo herd is growing by two. 108 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,020 No way. So we have a recommendation. 109 00:06:45,220 --> 00:06:48,220 You ought to get two more females from another Florida zoo, and they'll be here 110 00:06:48,220 --> 00:06:49,920 soon. Ooh, that's exciting. 111 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:52,740 And Blitzen's going to rule the roost. You're right, Jembe. 112 00:06:53,020 --> 00:06:54,020 No. 113 00:06:54,140 --> 00:06:57,700 She just kind of inserts herself in any conversation, I guess, huh? She's a 114 00:06:57,700 --> 00:07:00,340 great bird. You're a good bird. You're not a bongo, but you're a good bird. 115 00:07:03,460 --> 00:07:08,090 Now that Keto and Blitzen have bred and Binti is here, Now it's time to start 116 00:07:08,090 --> 00:07:11,910 growing this herd. We got the breeding recommendation to get two additional 117 00:07:11,910 --> 00:07:12,910 females in here. 118 00:07:13,090 --> 00:07:17,310 We're going to go from three to five overnight, and I can't wait. 119 00:07:22,650 --> 00:07:24,850 Hi, kiddo. I haven't seen you in a while. 120 00:07:26,090 --> 00:07:27,090 Gorgeous. 121 00:07:27,630 --> 00:07:28,630 All right. 122 00:07:29,110 --> 00:07:30,350 Enjoy. I know. 123 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:35,240 I love penguins because they have a lot of feline characteristics that I find 124 00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,240 very endearing. 125 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:38,600 They're the cats of the bird world. 126 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:43,600 Aviary 2 Hospital. 127 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,520 We are on our way with Tyke. 128 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:52,940 Tyke is a 15 -year -old African penguin with a multidrug -resistant infection. 129 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:55,000 Hi, Tyke. You ready? 130 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:59,540 His is resistant to at least 11 antibiotic choices. 131 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:00,920 You're such a good boy. 132 00:08:02,230 --> 00:08:05,130 Every time that I look at Tyke, the infection has spread. 133 00:08:05,530 --> 00:08:06,530 Hi. 134 00:08:07,490 --> 00:08:10,790 And so today we are trying a novel procedure. 135 00:08:11,610 --> 00:08:12,970 He's like, I'm back again. 136 00:08:13,250 --> 00:08:17,270 If this does not work, then we unfortunately will have to euthanize 137 00:08:18,270 --> 00:08:22,550 Before, Tyke was one of those penguins who spent more time with penguins. But 138 00:08:22,550 --> 00:08:27,130 since doing these procedures and doing checkups on him, through all this, we 139 00:08:27,130 --> 00:08:28,530 have formed a better relationship. 140 00:08:29,770 --> 00:08:31,350 He'll just kind of relax with me. 141 00:08:33,710 --> 00:08:38,450 Any procedure always makes me nervous just as a keeper, but I know Dr. Kendra 142 00:08:38,450 --> 00:08:41,590 knows what she's doing, so thanks and good hands. 143 00:08:44,130 --> 00:08:47,970 Before we go any further in his case, I'm going to take some x -rays. 144 00:08:48,970 --> 00:08:53,150 If infection eats any deeper into the muscle, then I do fear that it's going 145 00:08:53,150 --> 00:08:54,150 get into the bone itself. 146 00:08:58,220 --> 00:09:01,160 You know, the one thing that would make us not go forward with this procedure is 147 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,700 if the infection has gone into the spine. 148 00:09:04,340 --> 00:09:09,840 So these are his old ones, comparing them to the ones that we just took 149 00:09:14,340 --> 00:09:16,340 And it looks okay. 150 00:09:16,660 --> 00:09:17,660 Okay. 151 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:22,040 So, you know, that doesn't mean that it's not bad still, but it means that it 152 00:09:22,040 --> 00:09:26,060 hasn't gone into the bone. So we have a little bit more of a chance. 153 00:09:30,790 --> 00:09:31,790 Drape, please. 154 00:09:35,170 --> 00:09:39,690 So what we're using today is called Microlite, and it is a silver 155 00:09:39,690 --> 00:09:44,970 matrix. So think of like a rose trellis, where that rose needs that trellis in 156 00:09:44,970 --> 00:09:49,150 order to climb up. Your skin, in order to heal, also needs a trellis to climb 157 00:09:49,150 --> 00:09:53,590 up. This trellis happens to be silver -impregnated. Silver is probably one of 158 00:09:53,590 --> 00:09:57,110 the oldest antibacterial treatments that there is. 159 00:09:58,790 --> 00:10:02,490 The first thing that I'm going to do is take all of the infected tissue away and 160 00:10:02,490 --> 00:10:04,350 make it so that there's a clean bed there. 161 00:10:05,530 --> 00:10:10,610 And then I'm going to apply the microlight, and it should dissolve into 162 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:12,270 wound. It's very cool. 163 00:10:13,550 --> 00:10:17,270 So we're really hopeful that this silver matrix will help keep the infection 164 00:10:17,270 --> 00:10:18,490 from coming back. 165 00:10:19,470 --> 00:10:24,950 We are all a little bit nervous about this case. It has the potential to 166 00:10:24,950 --> 00:10:27,110 not go the way that we want it to. 167 00:10:32,420 --> 00:10:37,500 So I'm almost done removing the disease skin. It's going to be a pretty big 168 00:10:37,500 --> 00:10:38,500 area. 169 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:42,280 I think it's time for the stuff. 170 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:47,560 This is the first time that any of us have used microlight before. 171 00:10:47,860 --> 00:10:48,860 I'm going to grab Melissa. 172 00:10:49,300 --> 00:10:53,580 Anytime that we have the opportunity to use something that we haven't before, 173 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,400 all of us get excited about it. 174 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,340 Kendra is going all out for this little penguin. 175 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,520 We've never used this type of bandage before, so it's really cool to see it in 176 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:04,520 action. 177 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:08,620 It's definitely a very cool piece of technology that has a lot of promise, so 178 00:11:08,620 --> 00:11:09,920 we're hopeful that it's going to work for him. 179 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:15,760 This is kind of that moment for Tyke. It's either this works or, 180 00:11:16,020 --> 00:11:18,520 it doesn't, and he may not make it through. 181 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:21,360 It's kind of our Hail Mary. 182 00:11:29,230 --> 00:11:30,250 I want to see it absorb. 183 00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:32,710 I'm very excited. 184 00:11:32,990 --> 00:11:37,630 When Dr. Kendra pulled out the silver matrix, not going to lie, I was 185 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,690 that it wasn't actually silver. 186 00:11:39,070 --> 00:11:40,950 It's kind of a red -orange color. 187 00:11:43,230 --> 00:11:44,930 It's like saran wrap almost. 188 00:11:47,150 --> 00:11:51,190 Kendra trying out this brand -new treatment is something that now I can 189 00:11:51,190 --> 00:11:53,750 from and have this in my back pocket for future cases. 190 00:11:54,650 --> 00:12:00,020 And then as it touches and it warms up, So it's going to completely dissolve 191 00:12:00,020 --> 00:12:01,020 into it. 192 00:12:01,599 --> 00:12:02,620 Oh, my God, it's melting. 193 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:04,420 Is it, like, melting his skin? 194 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:08,760 But just the wound, see how, like, over here it's not? 195 00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:11,860 Yeah. So you can, like, make it this area. 196 00:12:12,220 --> 00:12:16,160 It's so cool. Oh, my God. As it contacts the wound, it kind of, like, pew. 197 00:12:16,740 --> 00:12:17,740 Yeah. 198 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,380 Super quick. 199 00:12:20,660 --> 00:12:21,339 I like it. 200 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:23,560 Cool. We always like to try new things. 201 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,960 The cool thing about medicine is that there are very few things that are 100 % 202 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,960 perfected at this point. You can always improve. 203 00:12:31,390 --> 00:12:32,730 It's very needy. 204 00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:34,530 Good job, buddy. 205 00:12:36,850 --> 00:12:37,850 You want to try? 206 00:12:38,230 --> 00:12:43,150 I am real hopeful that this will help Tyke. I've grown very, very close to 207 00:12:43,150 --> 00:12:46,870 penguin over the last couple of months through all the ups and downs with him. 208 00:12:46,970 --> 00:12:50,730 So I'm really hoping that Silver Matrix really pulls through for him and he 209 00:12:50,730 --> 00:12:52,090 starts to rebound. 210 00:12:53,370 --> 00:12:54,370 Tyke's a good boy. 211 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,620 Penguins in general are typically a little bit longer to wake up from 212 00:13:00,620 --> 00:13:01,900 than some of our other bird species. 213 00:13:02,460 --> 00:13:06,340 They are diving animals, and they have a dive reflex, and it just takes a little 214 00:13:06,340 --> 00:13:08,280 bit longer for them to breathe off everything. 215 00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:14,120 The microlight will stay active for three days, and it absorbs completely, 216 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,079 don't remove anything. 217 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:19,520 When we go back in to do a bandage change, we put a new one on top of it, 218 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:20,520 then we re -bandage it. 219 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,200 You did it! 220 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:24,760 All right, kiddo. Good job! 221 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,080 It just actually heals. 222 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:31,360 Tyke is definitely going on our wall of winners. This has not been an easy case. 223 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:33,380 And, yeah, if it goes well, we'll all be very thrilled. 224 00:13:34,620 --> 00:13:36,020 All right, you got it, kiddo. 225 00:13:40,860 --> 00:13:47,480 This is the stairway to heaven. 226 00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:49,880 We need a pulley system. 227 00:13:50,140 --> 00:13:51,059 We do. 228 00:13:51,060 --> 00:13:54,000 I'm putting that work order in. This is so freaking heavy. 229 00:13:54,970 --> 00:13:56,630 Oh, it's toasty up here. 230 00:13:56,970 --> 00:14:00,890 Today we're going to do a really fun enrichment for all the elephants in the 231 00:14:00,890 --> 00:14:02,350 yard. Let's see who's hungry. 232 00:14:02,730 --> 00:14:05,090 Okay, I don't even see them, so let's just see. 233 00:14:06,890 --> 00:14:07,890 Bombs away! 234 00:14:08,790 --> 00:14:10,190 We call it produce from heaven. 235 00:14:11,070 --> 00:14:12,290 It's just a lot of fun. 236 00:14:12,790 --> 00:14:18,190 Do they even see it? They're on it. The elephants, they're very smart, but they 237 00:14:18,190 --> 00:14:20,170 can't quite figure out where it's coming from. 238 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,740 All of a sudden, apples just start raining from the sky. 239 00:14:24,020 --> 00:14:25,020 Right down the middle. Woo! 240 00:14:25,780 --> 00:14:26,780 That was a good one. 241 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,140 A lot of our enrichment tries to encourage them to run around. 242 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,220 So it's kind of like an exercise session. 243 00:14:33,820 --> 00:14:37,940 The kids use their speed, and they run from spot to spot to spot, trying to 244 00:14:37,940 --> 00:14:39,780 steal from everyone. So they're funny. 245 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Oh! 246 00:14:43,380 --> 00:14:44,380 That wasn't great. 247 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:47,220 There's an apple on your head. 248 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:49,100 Now he sees us. 249 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,200 You're lucky you're cute, buddy. 250 00:14:54,340 --> 00:14:55,340 Come on out, bud. 251 00:14:56,240 --> 00:14:57,240 All right. 252 00:14:57,460 --> 00:15:01,020 Ready? You guys are seeing a pretty awesome training session. 253 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,940 Good girl. 254 00:15:04,260 --> 00:15:05,260 You want to go down here? 255 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:10,280 Silvio is one of our best ambassadors that we have on our team. And he is just 256 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:13,760 not only a team favorite, but a fan favorite, and everyone that comes to the 257 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:14,760 and meets him loves him. 258 00:15:20,540 --> 00:15:21,540 Hi. 259 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,080 How are you doing? 260 00:15:23,940 --> 00:15:25,520 Hi. Oh, hello. 261 00:15:26,620 --> 00:15:27,620 Yeah. 262 00:15:28,640 --> 00:15:29,640 There you go. 263 00:15:29,740 --> 00:15:32,040 You're crazy. 264 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,820 A tamandua is a type of anteater. They're also known as lesser anteaters, 265 00:15:39,820 --> 00:15:41,200 he's just a little anteater. 266 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:42,500 Well, got it. 267 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,040 There are animals that you work with throughout your career that kind of 268 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,600 it, and I'd say he's one. He's a very special animal to me. 269 00:15:50,760 --> 00:15:54,320 He is an 11 -year -old tomato, which makes him extremely old. 270 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:59,180 The concern we have today with Silvio is he has a lump right here on his foot. 271 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:03,020 It used to be about a pea size, and it's grown. It's probably closer to the size 272 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:04,020 of a grape now. 273 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,700 Silvio is one of my favorite animals I've ever worked with, so anytime 274 00:16:08,700 --> 00:16:11,760 anything's wrong with him, I definitely worry about him. 275 00:16:12,660 --> 00:16:16,000 And so I really want to get it checked out and make sure he's doing okay and 276 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 it's nothing serious. 277 00:16:17,620 --> 00:16:18,620 You want to go down here? 278 00:16:20,750 --> 00:16:24,390 I think that there's always a concern whenever we find a lump or a mass. 279 00:16:25,490 --> 00:16:30,410 Typically, we say if a lump changes, then we want to see what it's doing. 280 00:16:30,630 --> 00:16:31,630 What's it doing? 281 00:16:32,670 --> 00:16:34,550 What's this? It's going to be bright, okay? 282 00:16:35,130 --> 00:16:36,970 That's all right. I can hit a moving target. 283 00:16:38,550 --> 00:16:41,050 Silvio is an incredibly adorable animal. 284 00:16:41,430 --> 00:16:42,630 He just stops me. 285 00:16:42,850 --> 00:16:46,410 It does tickle. It tickles. He kind of wants to move around, check out the 286 00:16:46,410 --> 00:16:48,690 space, see what's going on. Wiggle worm. 287 00:16:49,290 --> 00:16:50,290 What a cutie. 288 00:16:51,150 --> 00:16:52,370 It's like, what are you doing? 289 00:16:53,430 --> 00:16:55,410 I think it's so cute when he pushes me away. 290 00:16:56,290 --> 00:16:59,230 It's kind of like a roly -poly and rolls around everywhere. 291 00:17:00,630 --> 00:17:02,830 Which can make examinations a little bit difficult. 292 00:17:03,890 --> 00:17:07,770 So he's had like a little bit of a mask there for probably over a year. 293 00:17:08,230 --> 00:17:12,750 Dr. Melissa had looked at it way back when we first noticed it, and I don't 294 00:17:12,750 --> 00:17:13,790 think anything came of it. 295 00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:21,440 But it definitely, like, kind of blew up recently into a way bigger size than 296 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:22,440 what we had ever seen. 297 00:17:24,079 --> 00:17:29,620 He is not reacting whenever I touch it or move his finger, so that tells me 298 00:17:29,620 --> 00:17:30,620 it's not painful. 299 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:31,800 Do you know what's coming? 300 00:17:32,460 --> 00:17:33,460 Don't do it. 301 00:17:33,520 --> 00:17:37,800 The fact that the mask is soft means that there is very likely liquid that I 302 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:41,220 take out and look at to tell me whether or not there's something in there that I 303 00:17:41,220 --> 00:17:42,220 need to be concerned about. 304 00:17:42,620 --> 00:17:47,620 If it was an infection, it would very likely be kind of green or yellow or 305 00:17:47,620 --> 00:17:48,620 white. 306 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:51,880 The liquid that came out was clear. 307 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:56,280 Anything that's cancer typically does not have clear liquid. 308 00:17:56,840 --> 00:17:59,680 I'm going to take a culture. It doesn't really look like it's infected either, 309 00:17:59,780 --> 00:18:02,500 but we'll just make sure that we cover all of our bases. 310 00:18:03,620 --> 00:18:04,620 You okay? 311 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:06,700 This is most likely a cyst. 312 00:18:07,060 --> 00:18:10,020 That means that it's unlikely to be cancer at this point. 313 00:18:13,639 --> 00:18:19,980 But during his exam, we found a new heart murmur. 314 00:18:20,880 --> 00:18:21,880 Significantly different. 315 00:18:22,980 --> 00:18:25,300 And that is of concern. 316 00:18:25,660 --> 00:18:27,040 Aw, are you okay? 317 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:36,340 He does have a murmur, which is not surprising given he's an 11 -year -old 318 00:18:36,340 --> 00:18:39,800 tomato. That's incredible. So that's new for him. 319 00:18:43,629 --> 00:18:48,690 So a heart murmur is just an irregular sound that your heart makes. It should 320 00:18:48,690 --> 00:18:50,290 make a nice lub -dub sound. 321 00:18:50,590 --> 00:18:52,070 His made a whooshing sound. 322 00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:55,910 I think that maybe taking a better look at his heart is going to be really 323 00:18:55,910 --> 00:18:59,750 important because if there is evidence of further heart disease, there are 324 00:18:59,750 --> 00:19:03,970 medications that we can use to make him feel a little bit better. A heart murmur 325 00:19:03,970 --> 00:19:04,970 can indicate heart disease. 326 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:06,930 All right, you want to go home? 327 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:12,260 So we want to take him to a cardiologist who is a veterinarian that specializes 328 00:19:12,260 --> 00:19:16,080 in the heart itself to be able to tell us whether or not his heart was 329 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:17,080 functioning appropriately. 330 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:18,360 You want to go back? 331 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,720 Oh, good boy. 332 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:24,340 You want some scratches up here? 333 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:26,440 Oh, my goodness. 334 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:28,800 There's my favorite boy. 335 00:19:41,710 --> 00:19:45,470 over matrix procedure, Tyke has perked up a lot. 336 00:19:47,130 --> 00:19:51,330 He's kind of back to his old Tyke -ness where he's really excited to see his 337 00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:55,030 food again. Every time we walk around with the bucket, he goes, oh, is that 338 00:19:55,030 --> 00:19:59,670 me now? So it's been really nice to see this positive change in Tyke. 339 00:20:00,750 --> 00:20:06,710 Very positive change, but until that wound is completely healed over, I am 340 00:20:06,710 --> 00:20:07,710 holding my breath. 341 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:14,500 He's become such a part of my daily routine, taking care of him, giving him 342 00:20:14,500 --> 00:20:15,500 own special treatment. 343 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:18,640 Are you done? 344 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:24,560 They love to sing to us in the morning, don't they? Every morning. 345 00:20:25,020 --> 00:20:26,820 Hi, penguins. Good morning. 346 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:31,720 Our penguins are chatty Nellies, 100%. 347 00:20:32,650 --> 00:20:36,850 When they call, it's called a bray, and these penguins are actually called a 348 00:20:36,850 --> 00:20:40,750 jackass penguin. It's one of their names besides an African penguin because 349 00:20:40,750 --> 00:20:42,310 their bray sounds like a donkey. 350 00:20:44,830 --> 00:20:48,390 This is all my morning is every single day, and I love it. 351 00:20:50,490 --> 00:20:56,650 So I am prepping Tyke's nebulization meds. He's being nebulized twice a day 352 00:20:56,650 --> 00:20:58,630 30 minutes each treatment. 353 00:20:59,350 --> 00:21:04,370 So nebulization is just aerosolizing medications and then having you breathe 354 00:21:04,370 --> 00:21:05,370 them. 355 00:21:06,570 --> 00:21:11,290 Tyke, unfortunately, in addition to his infection in his rear end, ended up 356 00:21:11,290 --> 00:21:14,010 getting an infection in his respiratory system. 357 00:21:15,130 --> 00:21:18,510 Tyke! Are you ready, Tyke? Or never. 358 00:21:18,850 --> 00:21:24,430 Good morning, Tyke! So in order to treat that, one of the best ways that we can 359 00:21:24,430 --> 00:21:26,570 do it is by nebulizing him. 360 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,340 I'm off to you. Come here, old man. 361 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:30,800 Feeling good? 362 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,220 This is his nebulizer box. 363 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:36,600 Here we go. 364 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,660 Now that Tyke is under all of these medical watches, we've definitely been 365 00:21:41,660 --> 00:21:45,540 to spend a lot more time with him, and so I think that he is just kind of 366 00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:48,780 wiggling his way deeper and deeper into our hearts with every day. 367 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,140 Oh, your toe is in the little hole, bud. 368 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:53,000 What's your toenail? 369 00:21:53,460 --> 00:21:55,020 All right, I'll get the timer started. 370 00:21:55,260 --> 00:21:56,260 Okay, thank you. 371 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,500 He'll usually lay down right by where the medicine is coming out and just kind 372 00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:03,300 of close his eyes and take a nap while he's in there. 373 00:22:05,140 --> 00:22:08,720 He's got that mist floating all around him. He looks like one of those mystical 374 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,280 beings just kind of floating around in the mist. 375 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:13,400 It's kind of like a sauna. 376 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:16,760 And he feels really good after he's done. 377 00:22:17,360 --> 00:22:20,460 He looks very calm and serene like he's at a spa day. 378 00:22:25,580 --> 00:22:26,580 Look at you. Hello. 379 00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:34,220 Oh, did you have a good time? 380 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:40,600 It's too soon to tell whether or not this new formula of silver is going to 381 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,060 with this infection near his tail. 382 00:22:43,960 --> 00:22:49,300 Because his infection is so resistant to everything, there is still a pretty 383 00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:53,020 good potential that this does not go the way that we want it to. 384 00:22:53,790 --> 00:22:55,550 But we all have our fingers crossed. 385 00:23:05,350 --> 00:23:07,530 So we're right there in the birth window. 386 00:23:07,750 --> 00:23:08,750 Yes, we sure are. 387 00:23:08,790 --> 00:23:14,730 About five months. Yeah, Dr. Nico came by, and he noticed Gooch. So that's a 388 00:23:14,730 --> 00:23:15,469 good sign. 389 00:23:15,470 --> 00:23:18,390 We saw the breeding, so the ball's in their court. 390 00:23:19,050 --> 00:23:21,790 All right, let's do it. Can you imagine if we went out? 391 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,680 And both of them had babies? We would have four lemur babies? That would be 392 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,680 nice. Possibly. 393 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,740 With ring -tailed lemurs, it's definitely a little bit harder to tell 394 00:23:30,740 --> 00:23:35,620 pregnant or not. The best way to actually check would be an ultrasound, 395 00:23:35,620 --> 00:23:37,920 girls are not ultrasound trained yet. Hi, everybody. 396 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:41,920 Hi. So today we're going to be getting an updated weight on Pinch and Scooch, 397 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,620 and we're hoping to see their weights go up. That would be a great indicator of 398 00:23:44,620 --> 00:23:45,900 pregnancy. You got my keys. 399 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:47,500 Oh, you're cute. 400 00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:48,700 Hi. 401 00:23:48,860 --> 00:23:51,680 We are working on scale training with our ringtails. 402 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:52,920 Good girl. 403 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,240 We started scale training last year because we were suspicious that our 404 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:58,120 might be pregnant, but they surprised us they were not. 405 00:23:59,120 --> 00:24:02,640 It's definitely tricky to get an accurate weight. We want that tail on 406 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:03,640 scale, too. 407 00:24:04,340 --> 00:24:05,700 Can you put your tail on here, too? 408 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,160 Can we work on that? 409 00:24:08,420 --> 00:24:12,640 Oh, there you go. There you go. 3 .7. That's her all the way on, tail up. 3 410 00:24:12,860 --> 00:24:14,680 3 .65. Well, that's higher. 411 00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:16,560 Gooch is up 0 .3 kilograms. 412 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,140 That's a little bit over half a pound. 413 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:21,800 So it definitely gives us some hope that she could be pregnant. 414 00:24:22,060 --> 00:24:23,640 That is a huge jump. 415 00:24:24,620 --> 00:24:26,160 Riley, are you ready to be a dad? 416 00:24:27,180 --> 00:24:31,200 Pinch. We're going to weigh pinch here. So we're going to hopefully have an 417 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,200 increase with her as well. 418 00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:33,860 Let's go. 419 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,020 Nice. 2 .8. 420 00:24:38,340 --> 00:24:39,340 Oh! 421 00:24:39,630 --> 00:24:44,410 Yeah, 2 .8 with the tail on. Pinch is up 0 .15, so not quite as high as 422 00:24:44,410 --> 00:24:47,450 Scooch's, but it's a good sign that we saw an increase in both girls. 423 00:24:48,130 --> 00:24:49,230 Your work is done, Riley. 424 00:24:50,570 --> 00:24:54,150 We're excited for you all. I definitely think Scooch's belly looks a little bit 425 00:24:54,150 --> 00:24:55,950 round, especially when she's sitting straight up. 426 00:24:56,950 --> 00:25:01,730 But it is possible that it could just be a belly full of bananas and not babies. 427 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,080 Wild Africa is home to quite a few species. 428 00:25:11,300 --> 00:25:16,700 There are duiker, there's malambongo, there's crown cranes, there's marabou 429 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:18,820 storks. Hi, Jembe. Good morning, Jembe. 430 00:25:19,220 --> 00:25:20,220 Jembe. 431 00:25:22,140 --> 00:25:23,140 Marabou in the middle. 432 00:25:23,540 --> 00:25:24,540 She's so much fun. 433 00:25:25,540 --> 00:25:30,640 You know, Jembe is one of a kind. She's stolen the hearts and the keys of many 434 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:31,960 people. Hi. 435 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:33,360 That was rude. 436 00:25:33,660 --> 00:25:35,820 Jembe likes to be up close and personal. 437 00:25:36,490 --> 00:25:37,710 She's got a lot of personality. 438 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:43,070 Sometimes she just kind of sneaks in and just all of a sudden she's there like a 439 00:25:43,070 --> 00:25:44,070 little ninja. 440 00:25:44,290 --> 00:25:47,310 Jembe was pulled from her nest at a young age because her parents weren't 441 00:25:47,310 --> 00:25:50,730 care of her. And because of that, the staff then had to hand raise her. 442 00:25:51,190 --> 00:25:54,910 She figured out that, hey, these people, they're the ones who are really feeding 443 00:25:54,910 --> 00:25:57,990 me. So these are the ones that I'm going to focus on. 444 00:25:59,910 --> 00:26:04,050 Jembe thinks she's a human. She does not realize she's a bird. She just wants to 445 00:26:04,050 --> 00:26:05,019 be with you. 446 00:26:05,020 --> 00:26:07,280 She's a very strong personality. 447 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,220 She is so sassy, but I love Jembe so much. 448 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:14,800 Just going for a walk with a marabou. 449 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:16,960 Everyday occurrence here at the zoo. 450 00:26:22,540 --> 00:26:23,640 Hi. How are you? 451 00:26:24,460 --> 00:26:25,460 I'm going to start moving. 452 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,880 Diane, I'm going to start opening this gate so we can start getting into 453 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:32,660 position. So today, we're looking forward to getting these two new bongo 454 00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:36,430 females. We have a breeding recommendation, which is sort of a 455 00:26:36,490 --> 00:26:40,690 It's sort of based off of genetics rather than whether, like, you know, you 456 00:26:40,690 --> 00:26:42,250 walks on the beach and pina coladas. 457 00:26:43,890 --> 00:26:49,130 And so we found two females in Jacksonville. That'll be a good pairing 458 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:50,790 Keto, our big bongo bull. 459 00:26:51,050 --> 00:26:55,690 They're coming to be a part of the species survival plan to bring these 460 00:26:55,690 --> 00:26:58,270 back up for the eastern bongos. Keep coming. 461 00:26:58,730 --> 00:27:02,270 Lottie and Maple are their names, two little girls. 462 00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:06,680 Right now we're just working on lining up the trailer and getting them 463 00:27:07,260 --> 00:27:08,260 Straight back. 464 00:27:08,780 --> 00:27:09,960 You're perfect right there. 465 00:27:11,860 --> 00:27:12,860 Perfect. 466 00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,620 They have hay on the back of the truck. Look at that. 467 00:27:18,940 --> 00:27:21,660 We took some of the diet that Jacksonville gave us. Yeah. 468 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,900 Making them as comfortable as possible. 469 00:27:24,460 --> 00:27:26,980 It's kind of like if you have guests coming over, you know, and this is sort 470 00:27:26,980 --> 00:27:28,720 no different. They're just going to be staying a lot longer. 471 00:27:30,980 --> 00:27:31,980 Definitely one. 472 00:27:32,270 --> 00:27:33,270 Right here. 473 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:36,130 All right, you're good. 474 00:27:36,770 --> 00:27:40,370 Francesca, you're ready? I'm coming. This is going to be our first look at 475 00:27:40,370 --> 00:27:42,010 in person, you know, besides a couple pictures. 476 00:27:42,510 --> 00:27:45,610 Can I fit in over there on that side? We good on this end? 477 00:27:46,670 --> 00:27:49,470 We take a lot of precautionary steps. 478 00:27:49,810 --> 00:27:51,170 You're going to stay behind the door? 479 00:27:51,510 --> 00:27:55,790 They're prey animals, so they tend to react. 480 00:27:56,130 --> 00:27:57,750 They're more flighty. 481 00:27:58,110 --> 00:27:59,110 All right, I'm set. 482 00:27:59,490 --> 00:28:00,479 You know. 483 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,020 The minute you think you know what you're doing is when the animals will 484 00:28:04,020 --> 00:28:05,660 you a curveball and do something different. 485 00:28:06,340 --> 00:28:07,560 All right, open it up. 486 00:28:12,860 --> 00:28:13,860 Come on, girls. 487 00:28:14,140 --> 00:28:15,540 All right, girls, you got to get up. 488 00:28:16,940 --> 00:28:17,940 They're both laying down. 489 00:28:20,780 --> 00:28:24,660 When I opened up the door to let them out, we got to see Chill. They were 490 00:28:24,660 --> 00:28:26,960 there, you know, which is great to see. They're very comfortable. 491 00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:28,800 That means that was a good transport. 492 00:28:31,120 --> 00:28:32,280 They're being very cute. 493 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:35,280 There's a little. 494 00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:39,300 There we go. Good girls. 495 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:41,880 Come on. 496 00:28:42,340 --> 00:28:46,100 They're amazing animals. They're, you know, for being sort of elusive out in 497 00:28:46,100 --> 00:28:49,520 wild, they're incredibly sweet. You know, they love to be hand -fed. They 498 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:50,520 to be scratched. 499 00:28:52,680 --> 00:28:54,240 They're just big, impressive animals. 500 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:57,560 There you go. 501 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:00,400 Graceful. 502 00:29:01,500 --> 00:29:04,480 They weren't, like, too nervous. They were just very curious about everything, 503 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:05,620 so. 504 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,380 There we go. Good girl. 505 00:29:12,220 --> 00:29:13,220 Good job. 506 00:29:13,740 --> 00:29:14,740 Nicely done. 507 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,480 Yeah? That went really smoothly. 508 00:29:16,820 --> 00:29:17,820 Yes, it did. 509 00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:22,060 We're just kind of giving them time to acclimate to the new noises and their 510 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,060 surroundings. 511 00:29:23,700 --> 00:29:28,660 We'll take normal protocol for quarantine to ensure the safety of not 512 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:31,220 new animals, but our animals that we already have in our collection. 513 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:34,500 Okay, let's get everybody on this side of the fence so we're out of quarantine 514 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:36,540 and we don't have to live here for 30 days. 515 00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:42,840 So they won't have any contact with any other animals other than humans, so we 516 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:44,180 don't cross -contaminate anything. 517 00:29:44,860 --> 00:29:49,340 And after that quarantine period, we'll slowly start the plan to introduce them 518 00:29:49,340 --> 00:29:50,340 to our group. 519 00:29:51,980 --> 00:29:55,560 It's all new to them, to us, so it's a lot of fun. 520 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,240 Things are always changing in the zoo world, and I'm relatively new here to 521 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,400 Tampa, but I've been in the animal care field for over 30 years. 522 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,260 As the general curator here at the park, I do morning rounds. 523 00:30:20,650 --> 00:30:23,830 Just making sure everything's where it needs to be and the animals are out and 524 00:30:23,830 --> 00:30:24,830 the displays look good. 525 00:30:26,750 --> 00:30:29,470 There's a little bit of a zen moment. You have this through to yourself. 526 00:30:31,950 --> 00:30:35,910 If you can't stand in the presence of a zebra, giraffe, or an elephant and not 527 00:30:35,910 --> 00:30:39,470 sort of feel something, there's probably something wrong with you. 528 00:30:42,130 --> 00:30:46,530 I was fortunate enough to grow up on a horse and cattle farm, so I was exposed 529 00:30:46,530 --> 00:30:49,090 to animals early and often. 530 00:30:50,110 --> 00:30:52,130 Got to appreciate working with them. 531 00:30:54,350 --> 00:30:57,190 Rhinos have always been my favorite animal, you know, ever since I was a 532 00:30:57,270 --> 00:31:02,610 And just to now work with white rhinos and Indian rhinos, it's just an honor, 533 00:31:02,630 --> 00:31:03,630 honestly. 534 00:31:05,030 --> 00:31:08,210 If you asked me when I was eight years old if that was going to happen, I'd 535 00:31:08,210 --> 00:31:10,530 been like, you've lost your mind. There's no way. 536 00:31:11,010 --> 00:31:14,510 It's hard not to have a good day when you get started off with something like 537 00:31:14,510 --> 00:31:15,510 this. 538 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,600 That is amazing. 539 00:31:24,620 --> 00:31:26,420 Oh, now he's peeing. 540 00:31:28,420 --> 00:31:32,680 Today I am joined by my friend Obadiah, the Great Plains Rat Snake. 541 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:33,959 He's cool. 542 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:35,420 He is pretty cool. I think he's awesome. 543 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,220 You going to go for a morning stroll? 544 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:41,440 Oh, my goodness. 545 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:43,120 Hi, buddy. 546 00:31:43,540 --> 00:31:44,540 Wow! 547 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,660 Yeah, so we're going to take Silvio to the hospital today. 548 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:52,060 We're going to get some pictures of your heart. 549 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:57,740 Yes, we are. This is just a pre -med for him mixed with his favorite treat, 550 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:58,699 which is honey. 551 00:31:58,700 --> 00:32:00,660 All right, buddy. We're going to figure this out. 552 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,040 All right. 553 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:07,580 On Silvio's last exam, we found a new heart murmur. We decided to reach out to 554 00:32:07,580 --> 00:32:12,480 cardiologist who is a veterinarian that specializes in the heart. And he's over 555 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,660 at a specialty hospital close by. 556 00:32:16,040 --> 00:32:19,400 When we get these images this morning, it'll just give us a little bit more of 557 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:22,800 an answer as to how we're going to move forward with this old man. 558 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,800 So we're just going to take a look at his heart and determine is there is or 559 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:29,880 there not an issue, and we'll go from there. Yep. 560 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:35,340 One of the coolest things about medicine is that we know a lot, and that means 561 00:32:35,340 --> 00:32:37,300 that one person can't know everything. 562 00:32:37,660 --> 00:32:38,660 Hey, bud. 563 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:43,620 And being able to reach out to those other specialists to complete the care 564 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:44,860 our animals is really important. 565 00:32:46,379 --> 00:32:49,080 Look at him. He's got little Popeye arms. He does. 566 00:32:49,340 --> 00:32:51,720 They're like his forearms are like legit. 567 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:53,700 Yeah. 568 00:32:54,740 --> 00:32:57,160 I'm strong. Uh -huh. But, man. 569 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,740 I know. Four and a half kilograms and he's winning. 570 00:33:00,740 --> 00:33:02,160 Ow. Yep. 571 00:33:02,460 --> 00:33:03,600 Sorry. Oh, no. 572 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,900 This is like, I was not expecting this. Me neither. 573 00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:12,200 No one tells anyone that this four and a half kilogram Tumandua got the best of 574 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:13,149 us. 575 00:33:13,150 --> 00:33:14,490 I'm going to get my workout on. 576 00:33:14,790 --> 00:33:16,730 All right, kid. 577 00:33:19,350 --> 00:33:23,610 Philvio does not like restraint, and he is definitely wiggly, trying to move 578 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:24,610 away from the probe. 579 00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:28,630 I don't want to overly stress him. We absolutely need to get this image. 580 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:38,460 It's nice to have a patient that there's no chance of being bitten. 581 00:33:38,740 --> 00:33:40,500 Exactly. Literally none. 582 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:41,720 Zero. 583 00:33:41,900 --> 00:33:42,900 Impossible. There you go. 584 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,960 Based on what Dr. Spears sees with Silvio's heart, we're going to be able 585 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:51,400 determine whether the heart murmur that we're hearing is something that we need 586 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:52,400 to be worried about. 587 00:33:52,700 --> 00:33:55,100 I know. You're going to be so mad at me. Sorry. 588 00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,640 Sorry. What if we don't restrain him? 589 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:03,300 What if? 590 00:34:03,720 --> 00:34:04,720 There we go. 591 00:34:06,639 --> 00:34:10,060 The way that we look at the heart is actually through the rib spaces. 592 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:14,900 So to be able to get a good image, that probe actually needs to see things 593 00:34:14,900 --> 00:34:18,460 through his rib spaces, and that's a very small window for us to actually 594 00:34:18,460 --> 00:34:20,540 through. So it can be difficult to get a good image. 595 00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:22,460 We can try that. 596 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:23,920 Okay. 597 00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:27,840 Nice. 598 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:33,219 We had to kind of adjust our plan and do a little bit more of a bribe to get him 599 00:34:33,219 --> 00:34:34,219 to stay still for us. 600 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:35,679 There we go. 601 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:37,679 He definitely has mitral regurgitation. 602 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,300 And he has some turbulence in his aorta, which is probably age -related. 603 00:34:41,699 --> 00:34:45,080 So the cardiologist was able to take a full -picture look. 604 00:34:45,360 --> 00:34:49,500 It took some patience, but we were able to get everything and determine that 605 00:34:49,500 --> 00:34:52,400 there is no functional change to his heart. 606 00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:56,000 All right, buddy, we're going to go home and take a nice long nap. 607 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:01,700 The murmur is secondary to just some age -related degeneration and shouldn't 608 00:35:01,700 --> 00:35:03,040 cause any issues long -term. 609 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:04,680 All right, bud. 610 00:35:05,580 --> 00:35:09,220 And in addition to that, we got the results back from the lab about the mass 611 00:35:09,220 --> 00:35:12,900 Silvio's wrist, and they did confirm that this is most likely a cyst. 612 00:35:13,180 --> 00:35:14,740 We can just let him live with it. 613 00:35:14,940 --> 00:35:15,980 He's like, I know you got it. 614 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,940 It's really good news that he kind of just gets to live out his life as a 615 00:35:19,940 --> 00:35:22,440 Tamandua and have every day be the best day ever. 616 00:35:23,300 --> 00:35:24,300 Where are you going? 617 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,100 So this should be fun. Hopefully they don't melt too quick. 618 00:35:33,300 --> 00:35:34,300 Yeah. 619 00:35:34,830 --> 00:35:36,290 We've had fun. Thanks for you. 620 00:35:36,570 --> 00:35:37,570 Good morning, everyone. 621 00:35:37,830 --> 00:35:40,930 Today, for the first time, we're going to be doing some large ice pop 622 00:35:40,930 --> 00:35:44,310 with the baboons to kind of beat the heat and cool down a little bit. 623 00:35:44,690 --> 00:35:46,470 Oh, my gosh. It's raining. 624 00:35:46,690 --> 00:35:48,030 The weather is crazy today. 625 00:35:48,370 --> 00:35:51,470 It's a very enriching activity for them because it's changing up their 626 00:35:51,470 --> 00:35:53,110 environment. It's stimulating them. 627 00:35:54,050 --> 00:35:55,870 It's raining, but also sunny outside. 628 00:35:56,130 --> 00:35:59,410 So it's a perfect day for the ice treats because it is pretty hot today. 629 00:36:00,230 --> 00:36:01,230 Oh, boy. 630 00:36:01,610 --> 00:36:02,610 Opening hat fall. 631 00:36:08,209 --> 00:36:12,250 The baboons are super fast. They waste no time when we ship them out. So they 632 00:36:12,250 --> 00:36:15,650 always run right on habitat to see what we put out there for foraging or for 633 00:36:15,650 --> 00:36:16,650 enrichment that day. 634 00:36:20,810 --> 00:36:22,390 Oh my gosh, she's running with it. 635 00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,460 But those pads, they shouldn't feel anything. Yeah, that's true. 636 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:32,220 Baboons, the pads of their hands and their butt actually is built to like sit 637 00:36:32,220 --> 00:36:35,340 really hot rocks. So I think that actually worked to their advantage with 638 00:36:35,340 --> 00:36:37,340 ice trees to be able to carry them for a lot longer. 639 00:36:44,500 --> 00:36:48,920 Maple and Lottie, the two new girls joining our Fongo family have officially 640 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:49,920 cleared quarantine. 641 00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:51,920 And this is really exciting for us because now. 642 00:36:52,460 --> 00:36:54,180 We're ready to get this bongo herd together. 643 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:58,080 Yeah, I think they'll be really eager to get out there with the other two, 644 00:36:58,220 --> 00:36:59,420 Blitzen and Binti. 645 00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:02,560 It'll be exciting to see how they all interact with each other. 646 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,020 I'm so excited. Me too. 647 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:05,680 What are they doing? 648 00:37:06,260 --> 00:37:07,260 Just chilling. 649 00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:11,300 No, I think the plan for today is going to be to get them out and introduce 650 00:37:11,300 --> 00:37:13,300 Binti and Blitzen. 651 00:37:13,640 --> 00:37:16,160 And Binti's going to get some friends for her age, so it'll be nice. 652 00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,060 All right, let's do this. 653 00:37:18,260 --> 00:37:23,530 Okay. Wild Africa is filled with palm trees and a lot of thick undergrowth, 654 00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:26,930 pretty similar to the dense forested regions that these animals are going to 655 00:37:26,930 --> 00:37:28,210 found. They're going to love it. 656 00:37:28,630 --> 00:37:31,670 And we'll just go ahead and let Maple and Lottie out. Maple's coming. 657 00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:36,270 We'll let them settle in, and then we'll go ahead and invite Binti and Blitzen 658 00:37:36,270 --> 00:37:39,450 to the party and get everybody introduced and show them their herd 659 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:40,690 She's coming. 660 00:37:41,490 --> 00:37:42,490 Let's go. 661 00:37:42,850 --> 00:37:43,850 There she comes. 662 00:37:44,750 --> 00:37:45,970 They're both out. 663 00:37:46,790 --> 00:37:48,670 Hi, Lottie. Hi, girls. 664 00:37:53,530 --> 00:37:57,450 So on the other side of the habitat, we have Binti and Blitzen. And you can 665 00:37:57,450 --> 00:37:59,990 actually see them looking through the fence, wondering when it's going to be 666 00:37:59,990 --> 00:38:00,990 their turn to come out. 667 00:38:01,470 --> 00:38:04,950 Let the three of us actually just come over here in the corner. I mean, anytime 668 00:38:04,950 --> 00:38:07,870 we introduce animals, we understand that there's some risk associated with that. 669 00:38:08,030 --> 00:38:09,310 Just want anybody to feel like they're stuck. 670 00:38:11,570 --> 00:38:14,870 And we've managed every variable that we possibly can, but now it's time to let 671 00:38:14,870 --> 00:38:16,370 the bongo be bongo. 672 00:38:19,740 --> 00:38:20,740 Hi. 673 00:38:22,380 --> 00:38:23,380 Are you our mom? 674 00:38:25,240 --> 00:38:28,660 Blitzen is the largest animal out here. You know, she's the queen out here, and 675 00:38:28,660 --> 00:38:30,040 they're part of her herd. 676 00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:32,140 And now we'll see what happens. 677 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:44,840 Yeah, see, there we go. 678 00:38:49,020 --> 00:38:50,020 Come on, girls. 679 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:55,060 Maple and Lottie got to learn how to be a bongo, and their bongo coach is 680 00:38:55,060 --> 00:38:56,060 Blitzen. 681 00:38:57,180 --> 00:38:58,180 That's so cute. 682 00:38:59,460 --> 00:39:00,460 They're coming back around. 683 00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:02,960 Always a little sniffing's got to happen, too. 684 00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:06,720 Blitzen's just setting boundaries, so. 685 00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:11,260 You're okay. 686 00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:14,140 You guys think Blitzen, like, is just thinking how she's going to have to be 687 00:39:14,140 --> 00:39:16,900 babysitter for the next, you know, foreseeable future? It's just, ugh. 688 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,620 She's like, Binti was challenging enough, and now I've got two more. 689 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:22,880 A little play date for everybody, and they enjoy the rest of the day. 690 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:25,920 Yeah, no, they look really good. I can see Keto in the background. 691 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:28,080 He's interested in coming out. 692 00:39:30,780 --> 00:39:34,280 It's hard not to sort of think about a year from now or two years from now when 693 00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:39,180 there will be three or four or six babies on the ground all running around, 694 00:39:39,180 --> 00:39:40,180 it started today. 695 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:43,900 And when you have a critically endangered animal like the eastern bongo 696 00:39:43,900 --> 00:39:45,640 we're able to be part of that breeding program. 697 00:39:46,160 --> 00:39:49,200 It's really important to us. That's what gets us coming back every day. 698 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:54,200 I think that's perfect for the first day, you know. Now it's time to put some 699 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,080 more baby bongos on the ground. I don't know who doesn't look forward to that, 700 00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,320 but that's the next chapter in this story. 701 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,180 tipping tubes for our ring -tailed lemurs. 702 00:40:36,380 --> 00:40:40,020 They have to tip the tubes over. I think Scooch is going to demonstrate for you 703 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:42,100 guys in order to get the treats out of it. 704 00:40:43,900 --> 00:40:47,220 This is some of our ring -tail's favorite enrichment to interact with. 705 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:53,000 At this point, we're past the birth window for the lemurs, so we're almost 706 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,340 sure that they are not pregnant. 707 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:58,640 So, pretty bummed, but at the end of the day, it's out of our hands. 708 00:40:59,260 --> 00:41:01,020 I was honestly kind of disappointed. 709 00:41:01,300 --> 00:41:05,260 It's not what Like, I thought it was going to be, so I have my expectations 710 00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:05,999 too high. 711 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,580 Riley, is it you or is it them? 712 00:41:08,580 --> 00:41:10,240 I know you'd be such a great dad. 713 00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:12,760 Riley's perfect, so it's not him. 714 00:41:13,260 --> 00:41:14,560 We'll get there one day, hopefully. 715 00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,960 You two are so cute. 716 00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:19,520 Tip away, Scooch. 717 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,440 In the meantime, we're going to continue to spoil our ringtails. 718 00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:26,280 And we're hopeful in the future the ringtails will figure it out and they 719 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,020 actually have babies to help with conservation. 720 00:41:29,340 --> 00:41:30,340 I see you. 721 00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:31,560 Want an apricot? 722 00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,580 He's been getting his bandage changes every three days, and the last time that 723 00:41:53,580 --> 00:41:56,080 we changed it, it's starting to look really, really good. 724 00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:01,820 We are all definitely hoping that his wound looks good and that he can spend 725 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:02,820 some time in the water today. 726 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:04,940 How is Tyke this morning? 727 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:06,419 He's doing good. 728 00:42:06,420 --> 00:42:07,620 He's ready. 729 00:42:08,200 --> 00:42:11,320 He knows what day it is. He's excited for some swim time. 730 00:42:11,580 --> 00:42:14,380 He's going to be excited for that. He's been waiting. 731 00:42:14,700 --> 00:42:15,700 He's gotten. 732 00:42:17,970 --> 00:42:18,970 fragrant recently. 733 00:42:19,130 --> 00:42:21,270 It's definitely time. Just a little bit. 734 00:42:24,270 --> 00:42:29,070 Swimming is incredibly important for the penguin, not only to catch their food 735 00:42:29,070 --> 00:42:32,510 out in the wild, but to keep their feathers clean and in pristine 736 00:42:32,790 --> 00:42:37,370 Hey, little buddy. As a penguin, he really wants to be in the water, but we 737 00:42:37,370 --> 00:42:40,990 to make sure that everything is staying nice and dry for that area to heal. 738 00:42:42,650 --> 00:42:43,650 That's great. 739 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:49,240 Oh, okay. 740 00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:54,320 So it's looking really, really good. It's starting to get even more 741 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,660 and the start of skin renewal over the top, which is really great. 742 00:42:58,960 --> 00:42:59,960 You're right. Yeah. 743 00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:07,080 Oh, you're not me. Okay. I know you're right. His wound has been 744 00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:11,300 getting better and better. His appetite has been through the roof. He's so 745 00:43:11,300 --> 00:43:14,520 hungry all the time. We walk in with a bucket and he's like, what are you 746 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:16,340 What's in that bucket? I know it's fish. 747 00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:26,230 This was definitely a life -saving treatment for Tyke. This was kind of our 748 00:43:26,230 --> 00:43:28,650 thing we could really try to help him out. 749 00:43:28,950 --> 00:43:31,050 I'm so excited that he's improving. 750 00:43:31,650 --> 00:43:32,650 Yay, Ty! 751 00:43:32,830 --> 00:43:33,830 Yay, Ty! 752 00:43:34,630 --> 00:43:36,390 I love you, bud. 753 00:43:36,730 --> 00:43:37,730 Oh, my goodness. 754 00:43:39,790 --> 00:43:40,790 Make him swim. 755 00:43:41,790 --> 00:43:44,870 He'll be beautiful and handsome later. 756 00:43:46,710 --> 00:43:47,710 Oh, no! 757 00:43:48,530 --> 00:43:49,550 Tyke, good job. 758 00:43:55,859 --> 00:44:00,860 As soon as he's dry, just give us a call, and one of us will come and re 759 00:44:00,860 --> 00:44:01,819 -bandage him. 760 00:44:01,820 --> 00:44:03,100 Really do some deep cleaning. 761 00:44:05,140 --> 00:44:06,780 That feels so good. 762 00:44:07,020 --> 00:44:08,020 No kidding. 763 00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:12,220 Without jinxing it, I can see the finish line for him, and I'm really excited. 764 00:44:13,660 --> 00:44:14,660 He's going to have a fun time. 765 00:44:15,140 --> 00:44:16,420 I'm glad he's enjoying himself. 766 00:44:17,460 --> 00:44:19,220 He's like, I'm glad too. Yeah, right? 767 00:44:19,900 --> 00:44:21,320 All right, great. Thanks, you guys. 768 00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:22,700 Bye. 769 00:44:22,750 --> 00:44:27,300 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0