Bongos, bears, and tiny snails were just some of the animals having their vital statistics recorded at Whipsnade Zoo’s annual weigh-in on Wednesday, as the conservation zoo got more than 10,000 of its residents on the scales.
The event at the Bedfordshire conservation zoo helps keepers and vets keep track of the health and well-being of all the animals in their care.
From the smallest to the tallest, all the animals’ weights and measurements are recorded on a shared database, through which zookeepers around the world can compare important information on thousands of threatened species.
![Zookeeper Lucy Herbert prepares to weigh a Partial Snail](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/08/21152245/90e3bcfc-d61c-416e-a4ee-0d28c0f0def6.jpg)
![A Vampire Crab is weighed in a measuring spoon](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/08/21155424/3e638af5-986b-4fec-84f5-bb3da542f187.jpg)
![Zookeeper Lucy Herbert prepares to weigh a Panther Chameleon](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2024/08/21152943/59e1c62c-1456-4d87-abae-51f9280f18f9.jpg)
![Redbilled hornbill Mali is weighed by a keeper](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/69b4e878351675873e92a12edfb65842Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI0MzIzMTE0/2.77197337.jpg?w=640)
![An aardvark named Doby is weighed by a keeper](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/0e97371b1a491be36327c3176dfbade9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI0MzI0NDc4/2.77197492.jpg?w=640)
![A bongo named Pembe is weighed by keepers](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/8461afa44a9d88911b5fad4c2240e887Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI0MzI1Mjgz/2.77197499.jpg?w=640)
![A European brown bear during the annual weigh-in](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/32180aa25815d1db9b3b42e3cc492f5dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI0MzIzNzg0/2.77197449.jpg?w=640)
![Reticulated giraffes are measured at the annual weigh-in](http://image.assets.pressassociation.io/v2/image/production/cadf629eb8f7dfb55093b80e836a0bd4Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzI0MzI1Mjgz/2.77197496.jpg?w=640)
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