The WORST episodes of Secrets of the Zoo
Every episode of Secrets of the Zoo ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Secrets of the Zoo!
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.
#1 - 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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#2 - 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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#3 - Mandrill of the House
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/12/2020
A mandrill shows its true colors during a dental exam; a gigantic female bison gets a checkup; a young Pronghorn deer's leg injury gets attention; a mother Oryx and her newborn calf seek refuge; and a warthog plays his trainer like a fiddle.
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#4 - 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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#5 - 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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#7 - 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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#8 - 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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#10 - 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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#12 - Rhino-mite!
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/12/2018
A white rhino ultrasound shows surprising results, and a sick guinea fowl becomes an emergency. From Florida to California, the zoo team hits the coasts, returning two rescued manatees to their native waters, and transporting four wild cats to Los Angeles for an appearance on "The Late, Late Show With James Corden."
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#13 - 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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#14 - A Cheetah's Greatest Race
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/10/2020
A beloved cheetah fights for its life against a mysterious and debilitating illness. Meanwhile, an elephant undergoes artificial insemination, and the vets hope to bring another Asian elephant into the world. Lastly, two baby deer must prove that they have what it takes to be a part of the herd.
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#21 - 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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#25 - 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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