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Chester Zoo will open their (virtual) gates to the public for a second time tomorrow (Friday, April 3).

It follows the huge success of last week's first virtual tour which saw people from all over the world logging on to catch a glimpse of the animals as they went about their routines.

Keepers also gave insightful facts about each animal and explained their typical day.

And whereas last week the stream was only available on the zoo's Facebook page, this time it can also be watched on the Chester Zoo Youtube channel.

Tomorrow's tour will focus on animals that the public didn't get to see - starting with meerkats and ending with okapi (a forest giraffe).

The zoo have released the schedule for tomorrow as follows:

10am - Meerkats - with the possibility of new babies! There may be new babies!) 11am - Eastern black rhinos

12pm - Beautiful birds

1pm - Poison dart frogs

2pm - Jaguars

3pm - Okapi

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The zoo wrote on Facebook: "A little birdie told us you quite enjoyed your last virtual trip to the zoo…

"So, as you're not able to come and see us in person right now, we’re once again bringing the zoo to you!

"Join us live on our Facebook or YouTube pages from 10am when we'll be throwing open our 'virtual gates.' Enjoy a whole day of animal antics, live from your sofa!"

Running order may be subject to change- and there may be some surprises throughout the day, staff hinted.