Photos: Penguins line up to be counted while tiger cub plays as London zookeepers perform annual census

Around 300 species logged, recorded as part of the zoo's annual license requirement

Published: January 04, 2024 13:05 Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor and with inputs from AP

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London: A sign directed the animals to line up to be counted and several of the 74 Humboldt penguins did just that, waiting patiently Wednesday to be tallied in the London Zoo's annual census. Image Credit: AFP

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Not all the animals were as obedient. Image Credit: AFP

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Crispin, an endangered Sumatran tiger cub, treated a chalk board like cat nip, gnawing on it playfully in its powerful jaws while being counted with three others. Image Credit: AFP

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Over two days, about 14,000 animals will be accounted for — everything from alpacas to zebras — as a requirement of the zoo's license. Image Credit: AFP

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Information from the count will be shared with zoos around the world to help manage breeding programs of endangered species. Image Credit: AP

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A Northern white-cheeked gibbon. The count will note some of the new additions to its menagerie in the past year: a little two-toed sloth and 17 chicks hatched in its birdhouse that included six Socorro doves, which are extinct in the wild. Image Credit: AP

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“The keepers have got lots of tricks up their sleeve to be able to count these animals,” zoological operations manager Dan Simmonds said. Image Credit: AFP

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Kim Carter had no trouble registering Priscilla, Polly and Dolly, Galapagos giant tortoises. Image Credit: Reuters

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Becca Keefe added zebras Kabibi, Kianga and Spot to the list. Image Credit: AP

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Sam Aberdeen showed off a Seychelles giant millipede wrapped around his hand — lucky to be counting only the critter and not its many legs. Image Credit: AP

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