The BEST episodes of The Zoo (2017)
Every episode of The Zoo (2017) ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Zoo (2017)!
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#1 - Bears Will Be Bears
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2018
The brown bears keep tearing up their exhibit, leaving zoo staff scrambling for a solution; Armani, the aardvark, gets treated for a tooth infection which has dampened her enthusiasm for digging; and a group of burrowing owls prepare to move.
#2 - A Star Is Born
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/2017
The birth of a little blue penguin causes a sensation at the Bronx Zoo. The veterinary team scrambles to figure out what is wrong with Snowball, a beloved snow leopard. And the exhibits team designs a home for the newly arrived blue iguana.
#3 - The Great Gaur Move
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/30/2019
Keepers introduce three gaur - a large, skittish species of cattle - to the rest of the herd. A sickly Sambar fawn is rushed to the health center. And, the bird department excitedly prepares for the arrival of great hornbills.
#4 - A Warthog Named Peaches
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/24/2019
Peaches, a 2-month-old warthog, charms his keepers while training to become an animal ambassador. A nervous one-horned rhino adjusts to her new exhibit. And Willow, a red panda, shows signs of being pregnant.
#5 - Training Dragons
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/5/2018
The squirrel monkeys play hard-to-get with the Children’s Zoo’s keepers; a pair of Komodo dragons meet for the first time, with explosive results; and the Inca terns prepare for their first big flight.
#6 - Kangaroo Dave
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/10/2018
In the Season 2 premiere, a kangaroo suffering from chronic arthritis tries cryotherapy; a large group of rambunctious gharials are trained to patiently wait for their food; and a tiny pygmy marmoset gives birth to an even tinier baby.
#7 - Back to Africa
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/4/2017
A journey to eastern Africa is undertaken to return thousands of toads to the wild that were rescued from extinction. Also: A giraffe tries out a new piece of equipment; the avian department works to save the lives of millions of birds.
#8 - A Sea Lion Pup Grows Up
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/16/2019
Zoo staff face unexpected setbacks weaning a bright sea lion pup off her mother's milk. The bird team steps in to support a rejected curassow chick. And, a squirrel monkey pays a visit to the dentist.
#10 - Andre the Baby Goat
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2019
A markhor goat gives birth to Andre, the biggest baby of the year. A baby bat requires human care before it can be reintroduced to its colony. And, confiscated lizards destined for the pet trade require urgent medical attention.
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#11 - The Tiger's Dance
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2018
Keepers struggle to introduce two tigers as mates; a pair of African porcupines require delicate handling; and a pregnancy check on a 3000-pound rhino calls for some highly specialized equipment.
#12 - The Eagle Has Landed
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/21/2018
A pregnant African wild dog has the staff anxiously preparing for the big day; zoo director Jim Breheny steps in to help a keeper learn how to handle a golden eagle; a new tree in Jungle World gives the gibbons a new world to explore.
#13 - Grumpy Cats' New Digs
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/2019
Iray, a red ruffed lemur, is rushed to the health center when keepers discover a wound on his leg. A new exhibit is built for the Pallas's cats, the original grumpy cats. And, seven baby turtles join the zoo's colony of an endangered species.
#14 - Moving Day
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/22/2017
The Zoo's huge male sea lion is in rut, and staff need to move the young males before he becomes territorial. The vet team come up with an ingenious solution to repair Dinky the Flamingo's broken ankle. And feeding a rock python proves challenging.
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#15 - Walk on the Wild Side
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/4/2017
The future of the American Bison depends on a high-stakes race across the country. The reptile staff have their hands full with a diamond rattlesnake that needs to be medicated orally. And a pair of cheetahs are trained to walk the grounds.
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#16 - Bouba's Back
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/2019
Andean bear Bouba returns from the National Zoo in Washington D.C. to reunite with his loyal mate Nicole. Vets exercise the utmost caution in treating a venomous king cobra. And Blanche, a feisty female alpaca, is due to give birth at any moment.
#17 - The Kings of Queens
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/16/2019
A trio of new penguin chicks are introduced to the pool for their first swim. Family dynamics change when the mandrill monkey troop welcomes a new baby. And a pair of king vultures are prepped for their big debut at the Queens Zoo.
#18 - A Gorilla With Heart
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/12/2018
Surgery on a silverback gorilla's broken canine reveals a more serious medical issue; love develops between two birds-of-paradise; dozens of venomous tarantulas keep the staff on their toes.
#19 - Otter Under the Weather
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/2/2019
A 14-year-old otter is not its usual, energetic self; staff at the New York Aquarium move their sharks to a new exhibit; quirky capercaillies need help producing healthy chicks.
#20 - Giraffe in the City
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 4/20/2019
A giraffe named Mashengo journeys from the Indiana Zoo to his new home in the Bronx; keepers hand-raise endangered ducklings and release them at the Central Park Children's Zoo; love is in the air for a pair of cloud rats.
#21 - A New Reality
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/9/2021
The zoo's medical team must perform critical surgery on a bison calf born with a bowed leg. Three lynx kittens are ready to explore their exhibit, and the first known US case of COVID-19 in animals is confirmed when Nadia the Malayan tiger tests positive.
#22 - The Marvelous Mott Mott
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/10/2019
Max, a beloved camel, develops a large abscess on the top of his head. An adorable marmot prepares for her first classroom visit as an ambassador animal. And, a peregrine falcon found at the base of skyscraper is bought to the zoo for a health check.
#23 - Love Shack
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/25/2017
To help love bloom between two kiwis, zoo staff build an elaborate hut into which they introduce a pair of potential mates. When a King Cobra arrives at the zoo, keepers have their hands full training him to move from the exhibit to a holding pen.
#24 - An Elephant's Trust
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/31/2018
Trust and experience are put to the test when an elephant requires delicate veterinary treatment from her keepers; endangered pink pigeons need all the help they can get to produce offspring; Monty the otter needs to visit the dentist.
