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Whipsnade Zoo tickets up for grabs

WIN TICKETS TO WHIPSNADE ZOO (4 tickets, at least one person must be an adult)

The annual weigh in has been taking place at Whipsnade Zoo, with all creatures great and small having their vital statistics recorded. That's over 11,000 animals, including lemurs, bears and chameleons, being coaxed onto the scales. Find out why it's so important in our video below, and guess what's heavier to win tickets to the zoo!

A two part question for you, which are the heaviest from each group of Whipsnade Zoo residents?

  • Brown Bear

  • Hippo

  • Ring-Tailed Lemur

  • Bactrian Camel

  • Spiny Turtle

  • Millipede

  • Pantha Chameleon

  • Blue-Throated Macaws

Which is the heaviest out of these four? *
Which is the heaviest out of these four ? *
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11,000 animals step onto the scales for the UK’s largest Zoo’s Annual Weigh In. A huge scale operation has started at Whipsnade Zoo, as keepers began coaxing thousands of animals, including lemurs, bears and chameleons, onto the scales for the Zoo’s Annual Weigh. 

Richard joined them and here asks Zoo Keeper, Tim Savage, why they carry out an annual weigh in.

Explore a world of wildlife like never before at Whipsnade Zoo, the largest zoo in the UK.
Enjoy a full day of adventure making incredible memories. Experience thousands of amazing animals and learn how, as a ZSL conservation zoo, they are protecting their future.

* T&Cs The prize is valid for four tickets, which needs to include at least one adult. Tickets must be redeemed by end of October 2023. Prize can not be exchanged for cash, and is non-transferable. Standard Bucks Radio terms and conditions apply. Employees, volunteers, contractors, agents, or anyone else who represents either Bucks Radio or ZSL, and their families, are not eligible to enter. Further Whipsnade conditions Ticketing and Special Events terms and conditions | Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

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