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.
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#2 - Penguins In Love
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/13/2020
Seven "Little Blues" join the penguin exhibit and are quick to mingle with the rest of the colony. When a honey-loving grizzly slows her step, the staff grows concerned. A turtle can't seem to get along with the alligators, and a nyala calf is born.
#3 - Mending Willow
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/4/2019
A team tests the problem-solving skills of lions against those of snow leopards; Willow, a young red panda, is having mysterious foot problems; the bird department awaits the gender reveal of two new adjutant stork chicks.
#4 - Snow Monkey Social
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/11/2019
A new bison calf has a hard time keeping up with his mom; the bird department prepares a group of Von der Decken hornbill chicks for their move to the Minnesota Zoo; keepers at the Central Park Zoo hope the female snow monkeys accept a new male.
#6 - Tigers Day at the Dentist
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/11/2020
The staff is hopeful for a successful breeding season when Mshango the giraffe meets the females of the herd. Power tools are needed for an Amur tiger's root canal, while Louie the swan falls ill, jeopardizing his release with his partner-in-crime.
#7 - The Great Turtle Comeback
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/4/2020
A charismatic ostrich named Olga works to be reunited with her flock. Buster the squirrel monkey is introduced to the Zoo's troop of feisty females. A functionally extinct species of turtle finds new life and everyone's favorite warthog is back.
#9 - Wallaby in the City
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/25/2020
A rowdy, young markhor is injured and vets must treat his infected hoof. The TAB staff head to Manhattan to rescue a wallaby living in an apartment, while a fruit bat discovers how to spread her wings, and a trio of alligators move into their summer home.
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#10 - Cougar Cub Rescue
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/2/2020
A trio of abandoned puma cubs arrives at the zoo, while the staff grows concerned that Ella, the oldest rhino, is not acting herself. Meanwhile, a Caribbean flamingo is born at the zoo after nearly two decades, and Otto the stallion makes his debut.
#11 - Velcro the Incredible
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/9/2020
An okapi called Magani is ready to breed and is paired with veteran Kweli to learn the ropes. Lola the blue iguana plays hard-to-get when introduced to a potential mate, and anteater Velcro shows off her talents with a new tool.
#12 - New Chick on the Block
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/16/2020
A popular sea lion falls ill after ingesting a foreign object. The avian team devises a plan to increase the cock-of-the-rocks population. Endangered snakes are coupled for breeding, and Andean bear cubs meet their fans.
#13 - Fawns Become Friends
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/23/2020
Two sickly newborn fawns form an unbreakable bond while they are hand-reared by staff. Leopard Khazo gets a surprise that enhances her life, and tensions run high as the reptile staff attempts to collect blood from Cuban crocs.
#14 - Porcupine Blind Date
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/30/2020
The zoo opens an endangered turtle species facility, while Malayan tigers Suhanna and Rimba struggle to breed, because Rimba seems disinterested. Needles the porcupine gets a new mate, and the Guar herd eagerly await the arrival of new calves.
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#15 - A Rare Egg
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/6/2020
It's a series of firsts when the Central Park Zoo welcomes its first-ever Atlantic puffin chick. A rhino called Penny undergoes a series of allergy tests, while an endangered species of gecko welcomes her first hatchling.
#16 - Taming of the Shrew
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 4/27/2019
Cardiologists try to determine why the geladas are experiencing a life-threatening heart condition; Nile crocodiles are shifted off exhibit for a maintenance project; the elephant shrews are breeding.
#17 - Great Snakes!
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/20/2020
After more than 100 venomous snakes are taken from a private home, it's up to the zoo to care for them. Two Pronghorn fawns make their debut, but problems arise that have keepers concerned, while a device is built for a Red River hog needing a challenge.
#18 - Wild Dogs on the Move
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/27/2020
A trio of rare Dhole canines are prepared to make their cross-country journey to the zoo, and keepers anxiously await their arrival. A tinamou chick must be hand-reared, while a specialized tool is welded to extract a tusk from a charming Babirusa.
#19 - 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.
#20 - Bouncing Troody
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2021
A keel-billed toucan confiscated from smugglers begins a new life at the zoo. Meanwhile, Troody the young red kangaroo has big shoes to fill, a herd of Bactrian fawns prepares to go on exhibit, and the gorillas enjoy a new form of entertainment.
#21 - New Cats on the Block
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2021
Rescued harbour seal pup Sydney finds a new family at the New York Aquarium; zoo staff are challenged when a skittish Amur tiger struggles to adjust to her new home.
#23 - Giraffe Dance
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2021
When Kip the young silver langur falls ill, he must be nursed back to health. Cora the white-naped crane chick is relocated and introduced to her potential mate, giraffes Jigsaw and Zizi are paired for breeding, and mini donkey Big Man gets a new toy.
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