Zoo News

Children with blue face paint have been banned from a zoo's tropical house - because it disturbs the monkeys.

Keepers noticed three marmoset monkeys fluffing up their fur and making warning calls for no apparent reason at Twycross Zoo, Warwicks. And they tracked down the cause to the paint.

The zoo's face painter now has to warn kids who want blue designs to avoid the attraction.

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The asian carp is an invasive species notorious for high-jumping and injuring boaters.

ST. LOUIS -- Voracious carp that can throw themselves into boats and pose a major ecological threat to Midwestern rivers and lakes could someday be a meal at the local zoo.

There's little profit for commercial fishermen in harvesting the fish. But the St. Louis Zoo may have a partial answer to that problem, as a team of researchers seeks to create a carp product to feed to animals.

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