Penguins, capybaras, lemurs and more being weighed at zoo

Cute footage shows penguins, capybaras and lemurs being weighed at London zoo

Cute footage shows penguins, capybaras, giant tortoises and more being weighed in an annual zoo tradition.

Penguins, capybaras, lemurs and more being weighed at zoo

The zoo regularly weighs and measures its animals to monitor their health and to identify pregnancies.

London Zoo animals hit the scales on weigh-in day

London Zoo in Regent's Park holds its annual animal weigh-in, with zookeepers weighing and measuring over 10,000 animals to monitor their health and wellbeing.

London Zoo animals step onto scales for annual weigh

From giant tortoises weighing over 200 kilos to tiny snails just a few grams, animals of every size lined up this week for London Zoo’s annual weigh-in.

Capybaras, penguins and giant Galapagos tortoises lured on scales for weigh-in

There are more than 10,000 animals at the zoo across 4,000 species.