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London Zoo began its annual animal weigh-in on Monday (August 24), recording measurements used by keepers and veterinarians to monitor health, development and possible pregnancies across its collection. - REUTERS

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00:09So I think lightest of the day is probably going to be one of our critically endangered
00:13or in some cases extinct in the wild animals like our parched of the snails coming in probably
00:18around just a gram go all the way to the other end of the spectrum it's definitely going to be
00:22either a bactrian camel at about 650 kilos or a giraffe probably coming in I'm going to say
00:30wilf the giraffe is probably going to come in at close to 700 kilos today. Understanding the
00:37weights of penguins here helps us manage our projects in the field to understand what should
00:44be the weight of a wild penguin we can look at that compare that to zoo-based penguins it helps
00:49us understand the threats if weights are going up and down what's the right reason for that so all
00:55of these kinds of things feed into whether it's conservation or science it's all got a much bigger meaning
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