About 11,000 animals are weighed to monitor their health and wellbeing.
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More than 11,000 animals have been lured on to weighing scales at a zoo to monitor their health and wellbeing.weighed butterflies, lemurs and bears on Monday, as the site carried out its annual weigh-in. European brown bears Minnie and Mana were encouraged using a dash of honey and the lemurs were tempted by their favourite food of sweetcorn.The eight-foot bears weighed 148kg and 174kg respectively.The annual stocktake includes every animal, with all other British zoos required to do the sameAn endangered blue-throated macaw named Stilton weighed 782g on specially designed perch scales
Their weight and vital statistics were recorded on the shared Zoological Information Management System database, to help zookeepers worldwide compare information about threatened species. Mr Savage said the information helped improve "the husbandry and welfare standards of all the animals we look after".
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