Valentine’s Day is going down well with critters large and small at DZG.

First to receive a treat was birthday girl, spider monkey, aptly named Valentine, who turns 15 today that’s her on the right.
Then it was over to Lower Primates where Trainee Keeper Shaun Crompton handed out red roses to the ladies in his life – seven female chimpanzees!
Shaun, pictured below, said: “The chimps love being given treats and enrichment, but they don’t often get flowers.
“They handled them in their usual way taking a good look before eating the whole thing, flower and stem. Thankfully, I’d taken off the thorns!”
Elsewhere on site flamingos proved a popular choice for Valentine’s adoptions as did our cheeky lemurs!
Over in the Tecton Reptiliary enclosure there was a delivery for our mischievous meerkats a large box bearing the words Be My Valentine kept the mob busy as they tried to get to the treats inside!
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Sumatran tigress Daseep had a special delivery of her favourite food plus card from an admirer . . .
. . . and over at Penguin Bay two loved-up Humboldts celebrated poolside!

HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, EVERYONE!
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First to receive a treat was birthday girl, spider monkey, aptly named Valentine, who turns 15 today that’s her on the right.
Then it was over to Lower Primates where Trainee Keeper Shaun Cro