How Do You Weigh Animals at the Zoo? | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/news/how-do-you-weigh-animals-zoo
Keepers can learn a lot about an animal’s needs just by monitoring its weight. But how do you weigh a wiggly ferret or get a full-grown elephant onto a scale? Find out in this update from primate keeper Erin Stromberg.
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