The WORST episodes of The Secret Life of the Zoo
Every episode of The Secret Life of the Zoo ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Secret Life of the Zoo!
Chester Zoo is the most popular zoo in Britain. This observational documentary series uses micro-rig camera technology to capture, in incredible detail, the remarkable behaviour of the animals there.
#4 - Protecting 007
Season 10 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/10/2021
Keepers are curious when Margery the Malayan tapir is suddenly eating for two; a deadly virus is suspected of being the cause behind a female hyacinth macaw's untimely death, her partner James Bond must undergo total isolation.
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#5 - Bongo love story
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/31/2021
Newcomer Safi, a rare bongo antelope from the mountains of Kenya, is giving enthusiastic breeding partner Moti the runaround. Very soon the keepers realise why - it seems she may be about to give birth earlier than expected. Sunda gharial crocodiles Frank and Frankie need to have their blood tested - but taking a sample from one of the world's largest and most dangerous reptiles is easier said than done - and George the giant rat needs to have surgery after an X-ray pinpoints a huge lump of hard faeces in his stomach.
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#6 - First-time mom
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/2018
Bert and Terrance, the Radiated Tortoises, are competing over female, Smooth Sides. K'tusha the Okapi is about to give birth to her first baby and Eurasian black vultures, Eric and Ethel, who haven't mated yet, may need to be separated.
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#8 - The disappearance of the warty Pig
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2019
Wendy, the Visayan Warty Pig, manages to escape from her enclosure, causing an emergency. Young Giraffe, Narus, is moving to a zoo in the Netherlands. Keepers try to get Pinstripe Dambas, Noel and Frida, to mate.
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#9 - The Bermuda Skink shuffle
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/27/2020
Adolescent babirusa Tolo has a hoof problem. Rock hyraxes Daissie and her partner Nungu are expecting their eighth litter. At the reptile house, the Bermuda skinks have a ferocious approach to mating as Poptart meets Sharkface.
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#11 - Wishing for a Meerkat miracle
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/20/2020
Hornbills survived a fire that swept through their home, but it may have derailed their plans for chicks. Meerkat matriarch Huskie seems to have lost her breeding instincts. Sun bear Milli has her paws full bringing up her daughter Kyra.
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#12 - Difficult parenting
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2016
Grevy's Zebras, Florence and Nadine, are about to give birth so the keepers are keeping a close eye on both. Meanwhile, warthog dad Magnum is feeling the pressure of parenting. Two of his older children are becoming increasingly hard to control.
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#15 - A deer Family Welcome
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/13/2020
As the documentary series following life at Chester Zoo returns, on Chimpanzee Island the younger males test the pecking order. And there's a fish out of water at the aquarium. Deer couple Serena and Odin welcome their second doe.
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#18 - Cheetah Brothers
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2019
Elderly Cheetah, Matrah, develops a limp and is examined by the vets. Young Sumatran Orangutan, Tuti, needs to prove that she's responsible enough to look after her new sister. Rare Babirusa piglets arrive, but there are concerns for the runt of the litter.
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#19 - High risk pregnancy
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/2018
Asian Elephant, Thi, is pregnant again, but keepers are worried for both her and her unborn calf. Male Clownfish Polo, is injured while fighting with the other males for the attention of dominant female, Rosie. A new male Giant Anteater arrives as a potential mate for Bliss and Giraffe, Meru, is on a mission.
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#20 - Fledgling Penguins
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/2016
Humboldt Penguin chicks are introduced to the main pool. Two Sunda Gharial Crocodiles arrive from France, but refuse to eat. Boris the chimpanzee takes a wild Moorhen chick hostage and keepers try to figure out why two Bornean River turtles aren't breeding.
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#25 - Tough love
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2019
Keepers think that two-toed sloth, Tina, may be pregnant. A young new male is introduced to the mandrill group. Keepers find a new mate for South American blue poison dart frog, Big Bertha, who loves to wrestle and try to get Asiatic Lions, Kiburi and Iblis, to mate.
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