Hungry mouths pose big challenge

(13 Apr 2015) SHOTLIST AP Entertainment Lima, 8 April 2015 1. Zoo workers preparing food for zoo animals 2. Worker chopping fruit for animals 3. Containers with mixed fruits and vegetables for animals 4. Chart on wall detailing quantities of meat for different animals 5. Worker cutting meat 6. Worker weighing meat in scales 7. Workers packing large containers into truck to be delivered to each section of zoo 8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Erika Zapater, nutritionist at Park of The Legends zoo: "A (typical) day at Park of The Legends is really hectic. It starts really early to begin preparing meals for all the animals. We use between 1.5 to 2 tons of food daily." 9. Workers loading truck with food containers for zoo animals 10. Truck driving off with food 11. Worker carrying wheel barrel with food for giraffe 12. Worker placing green leaves for giraffe 13. Zoom in of people watching giraffe at zoo 14. Two hippopotamuses grazing 15. Hippopotamus eating greens 16. Worker hosing turtle 17. Turtle eating lettuce 18. Worker sorting out food in container 19. Two bears approaching food container, one bear grabs a carrot in its mouth 20. Bear with carrot in mouth and walking 21. Woman looking at tiger 22. Worker brining buckets of meat to feed tiger 23. Various of worker feeding tiger 24. Tapirs eating 25. Zoo visitors walking by enclosures 26. Various of monkeys eating 27. People watching monkey eat 28. Parrots eating 29. Penguins in water, worker bringing buckets of food 30. Penguins being fed fish 31. Worker placing fish in bucket for sea lions 32. Worker feeding sea lions 33. Sea lions eating IT'S FEEDING TIME IN LIMA'S PARK OF THE LEGENDS ZOO Workers in Lima's Park of The Legends zoo undertake a monumental task each morning to feed the nearly 2,000 animals in one of the largest zoos in South America. Zoo employees must wash, cut and measure the amount of fish, meat, fruit and vegetables to meet the dietary needs of each of the animals. During a recent tour of the zoo, large hippopotamuses grazed on green leaves, while a giant tortoise feasted on lettuce. One tiger was hand-fed pieces of meat by a worker. Part of the entertainment for some visitors was watching the animals enjoy their meals. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/c5e0f9624ab624db596e1df66e9be3ea