With the cold weather biting, chimps and Macaws are being kept warm by a number of novel means.
Warm cooked potatoes, hot juice and even a simple cwtch - or cuddle - are some of the approaches being used to keep animals warm at a Welsh zoo.
amid a number of yellow weather warningsKeepers at the Welsh Mountain Zoo in Colwyn Bay, Conwy, have been concerned about the effect on its animals.Image caption,The chimps are chomping on warm cooked potatoes, whilst the Macaws are slurping warm juice and other animals are simply cuddling up to each other.
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