I’m going to be a volunteer today.
I’m very excited about that. I get to be up close with the animals and it’s a great opportunity.
I’m doing this because I love animals
and also it’s a great opportunity to actually be behind the scenes.
One of the most important things again that we need to do every day is have a good look at our animals
and a good way of doing that is to come up and give them a little something to eat.
And that then gives us the opportunity
to just get in close and have a good look and make sure they’re all healthy. It’s got very nice fur.
Oh, they’re lovely and soft.
So we’re just going to feed out Priya. If you want to grab some of these branches. Yep, sure.
So we bring them in new food every single day. Is there any reason why the entire branch is being brought in or?
They’re really fussy so they like to pick and choose which of the leaves they want to eat.
So they’re much better at telling apart which ones are good for them and which ones aren’t,
so we tend to leave the choices to them.
They’re much better at telling apart which ones are good for them and which ones aren’t,
so we tend to leave the choices to them. And they are quite picky.
So there’s about 800 different kinds of eucalyptus. They only eat about 60 of those.
And of all the leaves on this they only really like those nice fresh tips at the top there.
This tree kangaroo is the Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo.
They’re a kangaroo that has evolved to live up in the trees.
They’re a kangaroo that has evolved to live up in the trees instead of on the ground.
Basically they have been hunted in their native habitat for their beautiful coat.
Today’s trip to the zoo was absolutely wonderful.
I’ve had so much interaction with the animals and I didn’t expect to work so close with the animals.
I got to pet them, I got to feed them and it was just absolutely amazing.
Coming to Taronga Zoo has just been such a wonderful experience and I’ll never forget it.