With temperatures set to soar into the thirties this week, the expert zoo team at Chessington World of Adventures Zoo are working hard around the clock to ensure their animals are kept cool and looked after during the heatwave. But how do they do it?

Not wanting to miss out on ice-cream weather, some of the zoo’s residents including Bolivian squirrel monkeys, Rothschild’s giraffes, California sea lions & Ring-tailed coati have even been treated to refreshing animal-friendly ice lollies made from fruit and vegetables including beetroot, carrots, spring greens and watermelon. With the resorts California sea lions enjoying mock-‘fish’-tails as part their enrichment programme.

With the sun high in the sky, one of Chessington’s majestic Amur tiger takes a dip, whilst the resorts new Humboldt penguin chicks make a splash in their bay area