Taronga Zoo – Visit on 5 December 2017

Another pleasant day at the Zoo. I had heard about a new baby Chimpanzee – that was something to look out for. But on the day was being able to get some reasonable photos of a playful Platypus in the Blue Mountains section.

The platypus in that section are normally shy and hide from visitors. On my visit there was a Platypus in the large lower pool – and it was active – swimming about and climbing out the sides a bit from time to time. Here are a few of my photos – 

Another bonus in the Blue Mountains section was seeing one the rock wallabies with a very young joey.

And a few more photos from the Blue Mountains section –

Now some photos from the bird show –

And I did see the new Chimpanzee baby –

A few general photos –

And I finished off in the Nocturnal House –

The highlight here was seeing the new Long Nosed Echidna. These animals are only found in New Guinea and they are huge compared to the Echidna was see locally.