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Plantastic Audrey becomes Tropical World’s new big cheese: Audrey at Tropical World-2

05 Jun 2025

Plantastic Audrey becomes Tropical World’s new big cheese

A gigantic jungle plant which has been growing in Leeds for more than half a century has found the perfect new home after a monster move to Roundhay’s Tropical World.

The huge monstera, popularly known as a cheese plant, has been a resident in a stairwell at Leeds General Infirmary’s medical school since the 1970s, where staff affectionately named her Audrey.

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Surprise meerkat pups welcomed at Tropical World: Meerkat pup

19 May 2025

Surprise meerkat pups welcomed at Tropical World

A meerkat surprised staff at the Leeds zoo with two little babies last month and keepers are saying mum is keen to show them off to the world.

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Five giant tortoises find shell-ter in Leeds: Sulcata tortoises

05 Mar 2025

Five giant tortoises find shell-ter in Leeds

A Leeds zoo has welcomed five giant tortoises this week after they grew too big for their previous home.

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Big butterfly fever at Tropical World this summer: Tropical World Butterfly Count 1

10 Jul 2024

Big butterfly fever at Tropical World this summer

Visitors can make some fluttery friends this summer and learn all about beautiful butterflies at Tropical World as they join in the Big Butterfly Count.

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