For two days, maths became a priority at London Zoo. Here, according to tradition, the new year begins with counting pets. Keepers are armed with notepads and pens and are available to search for animals.
Large zoo inhabitants are the easiest to count. For example, all Sumatran tigers are visible at once. There are four of them: Asim and Gaisha, as well as their children Zach and Crispin.
There are no problems with counting the slow-moving Galapagos skulls. There are three of them in the zoo. These are the sisters Polly, Dolly and Priscilla. I am less than 30 years old, but they can live up to 150.
But the publication’s favorites are Humboldt penguins. Counting them is a more serious task. This year there are eleven more birds in the colony.
Three Chapman’s zebras live in this enclosure – two females and a male.
When counting, the keepers do not include anyone, not even ants. They are considered colonies. Small and active pets are photographed and only then counted.
In total, London Zoo houses 14,000 animals of 300 species. After counting, the information will be posted in databases that are available to zoos around the world.
