They make a long list.

The lion "Bhanu" prowls in front of the list counting all the other lions at London ZSL Zoo. (AP)
A zoo keeper counts and feeds penguins at London ZSL Zoo. (AP)
A Mexican red- kneed spider sits on the hand of a zoo keeper at ZSL London Zoo. (AP)
A zookeeper counts and feeds the squirrel-monkeys. (AP)
A zoo keeper sits in an observation window as he counts penguins. (AP)

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Do you like to make lists? Workers at the London Zoo do.

They make a list of all the zoo’s animals. It is very long. Why? Thousands of animals live at the zoo.

READ MORE: The London Zoo counts its animals every year. Zookeepers need to keep track. How many animals are there? Are they healthy? The zoo’s two camels are Noemie and Genghis. They are easy to count. How do the workers count scurrying spiders and wiggly worms? They take pictures. The zoo count is a census for animals. A census is an official count. Moses obeyed God’s command in Numbers 26:2. God said, “Take a census of all the congregation of the people of Israel.”