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The great apes at Berlin Zoo are planning a big operation today! Cockroach control is on the agenda and for this, humans and animals have to move out for a day. This complex measure is carried out regularly to prevent the small pests from settling in the indoor enclosures. For the gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos, this means two nights outdoors and breakfast in the open air. For the keepers, too, everything is different on a day like this. Since they are also banned from the great ape house, they work as building cleaners instead and use the time to clean the bearded macaque enclosure and the baboon rock. At the forefront: district manager Christian Aust. Before going to bed, the bonobos are given jute sacks and wood wool, because despite summer temperatures, they need to be particularly warm in the outdoor enclosure. District animal keeper René Walther from the zoo also has his hands full. First action of the day: hoof care for female golden takin Cadence. To do this, the powerful animal with its massive horns must first be put under anesthesia by Dr. Strauß. Golden takins are so-called even-toed ungulates, which normally simply wear off the calluses that grow back on their feet on hard ground. But nobody really knows why this doesn't work for Cadence. First broadcast: 2015 --- "Animal things going on!" here in our channel for animal videos from fluffy to shaggy and scaly to feathery. We publish informative and entertaining animal videos several times a week, all about the Berlin Zoo and from the Tierpark Berlin. The videos are mostly based on the series "Panda, Gorilla & Co.", which was broadcast on rbb between 2006 and 2016. The stars are the cute animals from the capital's zoos and their animal keepers. --- #ZooBerlin #PandaGorillaundCo #Animalthingsgoingon