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Check out these adorable animals on weighing day at London Zoo

Keepers at London Zoo weighed thousands of animals across 800 species during its annual weigh-in.

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It was a day of reckoning for the animals of London Zoo as they braved the scales for the annual weigh-in.

More than 19,000 had to be coaxed to stand still long enough so keepers could take their height and weight.

The exercise required more than a little bribery – especially those who thought it was all a big game.

Two squirrel monkeys had a wonderful time with the weighing bucket while the rest of the troupe looked on in fascination.

London Zoo annual weigh-in
Squirrel monkeys mess around instead of getting on the scales (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
London Zoo annual weigh-in
Extra treats make a giraffe stretch to her full height (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
London Zoo annual weigh-in
A Humboldt penguin puts two happy feet on the scales (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
London Zoo annual weigh-in
Slippery customer: a zoo keeper prepares to weigh a Giant African Land Snail (Dominic Lipinski/ PA)
London Zoo annual weigh-in
Standing still is all in a day’s work for a meerkat (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
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