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The Secret Life of the Zoo Season 6 Episodes
Season 6 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Documentary following the day to day lives of the animals at Chester Zoo, through their interactions together and with the caretakers.
Episode 1
Episode 1
Wed, Oct 31, 2018 60 mins
The keepers think that pregnant elephant Thi is three months overdue. Rampant giraffe Meru relentlessly chases the females in his herd. Plus: anteaters and clownfish.
Episode 2
Episode 2
Wed, Nov 7, 2018 60 mins
This week, there's a new arrival in the chimp group at Chester, when Zee Zee gives birth to a daughter, Stevie. But the rest of the group are restless, so keepers are hoping the new arrival will have a calming influence on the others.
Episode 3
Episode 3
Wed, Nov 14, 2018 60 mins
Pregnant rhino Asha goes into labour at night and there's a surprise waiting for the keepers when they arrive at work the next morning.
Episode 4
Episode 4
Wed, Nov 21, 2018 60 mins
Young meerkat couple Beagle and Huskie become parents for the first time. When their four pups are born the hard work is only just beginning... Fairy bluebirds Terang and Bulu would make perfect parents. They can lay eggs but they never successfully hatch into chicks, so the keepers arrange an egg swap.
Episode 5
Chimp Turf War
Wed, Nov 28, 2018 60 mins
Bush dog Mana is pregnant. There's a power struggle on chimp island. Otter Wallace is struck down by a mystery illness. And is romance in the air for wattled cranes Wilma and Ivan?
Episode 6
Episode 6
Wed, Dec 5, 2018 60 mins
Young meerkat parents Huskie and Beagle have a new baby, called Junior. But Junior is smaller than the other young meerkats in the mob and is struggling to get his share of the food. Then he falls gravely ill, and the keepers have to step in.
Episode 7
Episode 7
Wed, Dec 12, 2018 60 mins
It's mating season at Chester Zoo. And it's essential that the zoo can successfully breed critically-endangered species to ensure their future survival. Beautiful six-year-old okapi K'Tusha is nearing the end of her first pregnancy. The keepers hope that her first baby will help to conserve this highly-endangered species.
Episode 8
At Christmas (2018)
Fri, Dec 28, 2018 60 mins
It's the festive season at Chester Zoo and the keepers are giving gifts to everyone from meerkats to miniature monkeys. Christmas comes early with the birth of Kyra, the UK's first ever surviving sun bear cub, but the rare new bear proves a little over-adventurous and gets stuck up a tree the first time it ventures outside.