250,000 crickets in a single room

Behind the scenes, lots of hard work goes on to provide the highest quality food for our animals as sustainably as possible.

Our invertebrate farm feeds animals across the Zoo and drives wildlife conservation success with some of the most endangered species on earth.

From providing giant African land snails to our Philippine crocodiles to providing monkeys live insects, this huge operation helps fulfil all kinds of specialist diets.

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