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That's normal, he is a kid. \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Zoo visitor\u003cbr/\u003eThe communications chief at the privately funded zoo explains the key to the zoo's  success.\u003cbr/\u003eAbove all, a  firm commitment to study, reproduce, keep and fight for the defence of  animals.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jorge San Jose, head of communications Madrid Zoo\u003cbr/\u003e350 animal species inhabit the zoo's 40-acre compound on the outskirts of Madrid.\u003cbr/\u003eThe zoo has always achieved high rates of reproduction.\u003cbr/\u003eBut this year's been exceptional - 299 animals have been born and the zoo keepers  claim this puts them ahead of every other European zoo.\u003cbr/\u003eExperts put the surge in fertility down to the hot weather the Spanish capital has  enjoyed this year and which has benefited species adapted to hot climates.\u003cbr/\u003eZoo staff say the skill and dedication of the six-member veterinary team has also played  a part.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of the vets are so attached to their work they sometimes even take it home with  them!\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Spanish)\u003cbr/\u003eA lot of time, yes, and nights also sometime. This one for example I had to bring home.  It is a passion.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Maria Delclaux, Veterinarian\u003cbr/\u003eA keeper pastes up a \"do not disturb\" sign outside the cage where Negrita, a six-day- old Muller's gibbon, is being nursed by her mother.\u003cbr/\u003eMeasures like this one are essential for the well-being of parents and offspring alike.\u003cbr/\u003eThe kangaroos were one of the zoo species to react to the hot weather with a baby  boom.\u003cbr/\u003eAnother success story has been the successful birth of a calf to a rare pair of European  bison.\u003cbr/\u003eThe zoo was less fortunate with their dolphins - two pups died inexplicably shortly after  birth.\u003cbr/\u003eThe nearest stretch of coast is more than 200 miles away, so it was quite a challenge  to set up this massive salt water aquarium.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite being far from their native habitat, these ocean murenas have a healthy  appetite.\u003cbr/\u003eThe sting rays managed to hatch out their young in a tank they share with fearsome  brown sharks.\u003cbr/\u003eThe biologist in charge of the three (m) million litre aquarium says so far he has  managed to prevent the fish eating each other.\u003cbr/\u003eWe have not had any accidents with the sharks, and hope we won't have any. But we  have to be on guard, especially with the brown sharks.\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Pablo Areito, Veterinarian\u003cbr/\u003eA healthy respect for these potentially lethal predators is essential for a man who has  to immerse himself in the tank three times a week to clean it out.\u003cbr/\u003eBut like all the other zoo keepers working here, he's taken to his job like a fish to water.\u003cbr/\u003eMadrid, August 20, 1996\u003cbr/\u003e1.    overall view of the zoo entrance\u003cbr/\u003e2.    visitors at zoo\u003cbr/\u003e3.    visitors in electric cars\u003cbr/\u003e4.    SOUNDBITE: visitor\u003cbr/\u003e5.    gorilla\u003cbr/\u003e6.    SOUNDBITE: Jorge San Jose\u003cbr/\u003e7.    catching a baby Nile crocodile\u003cbr/\u003e8.    green mamba\u003cbr/\u003e9.    migala crawling on human hand\u003cbr/\u003e10.   rare lemurian\u003cbr/\u003e11.   SOUNDBITE: Maria Delclaux\u003cbr/\u003e12.   Putting up a poster warning off visitors\u003cbr/\u003e13.   Muller's gibbon\u003cbr/\u003e14.   Visitors\u003cbr/\u003e15.   Kangaroos\u003cbr/\u003e16.   Visitors\u003cbr/\u003e17.   European bison cub with mum\u003cbr/\u003e18.   Visitors watch dolphins through glass windows\u003cbr/\u003e19.   Dolphins dancing rock-n-roll\u003cbr/\u003e20.   Giant murena eating\u003cbr/\u003e21.   Baby sting ray frolicking\u003cbr/\u003e22.   Mother sting ray with sharks\u003cbr/\u003e23.   SOUNDBITE: Pablo Areito\u003cbr/\u003e24.   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