The BEST episodes of Secrets of the Zoo season 2

Every episode of Secrets of the Zoo season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Secrets of the Zoo season 2!

With more than 10,000 animals in their care and over 2.4 million guests welcomed a year, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium and The Wilds have many compelling stories to tell. Over the course of the last year, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium staff and documentarians at Nat Geo WILD have been working together to share a glimpse into the incredible bonds between caretakers and animals at the Zoo.Secrets of the Zoo also focuses on the Columbus Zoo’s incredible conservation work, including an in-depth look at The Wilds, one of the largest conservation centers in North America at 10,000 acres, and home to rare and endangered animals from around the world.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: Nat Geo WildStatus: Continuing
Later, Gator!
star
7.09
11 votes

#1 - Later, Gator!

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/23/2019

Heidi Rose, a sloth bear brought in from Europe, shows signs of a limp, but Priya and the team discover her lungs are in even worse condition. Girl, the alligator, breaks out of her restraints during her annual exam. Gouda the loris is pregnant, so now it's up to her keepers to pick the perfect "cheesy" baby name. At the Wilds, the team races to cool down an African painted dog who overheats during a lengthy procedure.

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Baby Watch
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7.00
14 votes

#2 - Baby Watch

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/16/2019

Everyone at the zoo is waiting for the birth of Zuri's baby, which will be the first giraffe birth at the Columbus Zoo in more than twenty years. But Zuri isn't the only resident in need of the zoo's attention, there are horses that need pedicures and a bunch of penguins who need to get their annual exams, if the keepers can catch them!

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Welcome to the Family
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6.83
18 votes

#3 - Welcome to the Family

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 6/9/2019

The staff at the Columbus Zoo can hardly contain themselves as they prepare to make a home for an orphaned baby gorilla. A longtime resident at the zoo named Annyeung has lost his voice and out at The Wilds, a pregnant giraffe named Lulu keeps the keepers on the edge of their seats as they anxiously await the birth of their newest member.

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A Serval Star is Born
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6.77
13 votes

#4 - A Serval Star is Born

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/28/2019

A silverback Gorilla named Oliver gets his annual exam, and baby pronghorns meet their adult roommates for the first time. Keepers try to figure out why Gobi the Bactrian Camel has been mysteriously gaining weight, and a Serval cat named Kenya gets stage fright when she performs in Jungle Jack Hanna's anniversary show.

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Penguin's New 'Do
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6.57
14 votes

#5 - Penguin's New 'Do

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/2/2019

Dr. Priya calls in a human heart specialist to help with Lady, a Bonobo chimpanzee with a life- threatening heart condition. Barry, a penguin stuck in molt for almost a year, has hopefully seen the last of his bad hair days, and the zoo also welcomes their newest veterinarian, Dr. Katie Seeley. Out at The Wilds, Dr. Jan and her team anxiously await the birth of resident cheetah Wangari's cubs.

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Baby Elephant Watch
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6.54
13 votes

#6 - Baby Elephant Watch

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/11/2019

The entire zoo is on baby watch as Phoebe the Elephant goes into labor. It could be three days or 30 days before the big event, but Phoebe's keepers aren't going anywhere until she delivers. A dentist makes a house call to perform a root canal on Aurora the Polar Bear, and a family of flying foxes, better known as bats, gets its annual exam.

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Love is a Cheetah Cub
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6.50
12 votes

#7 - Love is a Cheetah Cub

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/2/2019

Three adorable new cheetah cubs capture the hearts of Dr. Priya and Suzi, and the curiosity of the zoo's cheetah companion dogs. Finnick, a Langur monkey and favorite resident at the zoo, needs life-saving emergency treatment for a urinary tract obstruction that won't seem to go away, and an aging and sick arctic fox named Anana has emotions running high for her keeper Josh, as Dr. Priya and her team fight to keep her alive.

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Baa-Baa-Bad Teeth
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6.50
14 votes

#8 - Baa-Baa-Bad Teeth

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 8/4/2019

A mandrill named Tatu has keepers working around the clock in a life-or-death struggle to save her life. Cedric the Anaconda hasn't eaten in three months, but no one knows the reason; a blue-eyed goat named Talula has a date with the dentist but only if her keepers can catch her.

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Polar Bear Express
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6.45
11 votes

#9 - Polar Bear Express

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/18/2019

An orphaned 600-pound manatee named Agua has been at the Columbus Zoo for years, but now it's time for her to join her cousins in the wild off the coast of Florida. A polar bear named Lee becomes the zoo's newest resident, and an Oryx Antelope named Ruth needs an emergency mani-pedi.

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Otter-ly Ridiculous
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6.33
9 votes

#10 - Otter-ly Ridiculous

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/14/2019

Unga, a special bonobo who has overcome a stroke, gives the vet team a scare on the way to her annual exam. Yin and Yang, two Asian small clawed otters show off their x-ray training skills. Raymer, an elderly Bactrian deer, appears skinny and frail, prompting a field procedure at the Wilds, and Ginger, a 41-year-old white-naped crane keeps on defying the odds.

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Febreze, Please
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6.30
10 votes

#11 - Febreze, Please

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 7/7/2019

A Muntjac deer name Chowlie suffers from mysterious seizures, but the keepers will need to catch him first before they find out why. An adorable tiny Loris named Colby has an abscess dangerously close to the brain and goes in for a CT scan. Jessie the cougar needs to see the dentist, and Febreze the Skunk sees a heart specialist.

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Polar Bear Palooza
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6.17
12 votes

#12 - Polar Bear Palooza

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/2019

The staff throws a polar bear "bon voyage" party celebrating their polar bears Neva and Amelia Gray before they head off to the Maryland Zoo. Priya gets to work with her husband on a shark exam. Brie the kangaroo visits the dentist, and an unlikely friendship is formed at the Wilds between Albert the baby takin and Elmur Fudd the baby camel.

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