Bad weather has been blamed for a spike in deaths of animals at Dublin Zoo.
A number of endangered species were among the 83 animals that died at the Phoenix Park attraction in 2018, which amounted to a 53% increase on the previous year's deaths.
Among those on the endangered list that died were two white-naped mangabeys and one of the zoo's three okapis, which are also known as zebra giraffes.
Three grey wolves died at Dublin Zoo in 2018, as did a female ostrich.
Another creature that perished during the year was a male Rodrigues flying fox - a rare type of bat that is "critically" threatened with extinction.
Other protected species which died included three slender-tailed meerkats, two of the zoo's five eastern bongo antelope and a female ring-tailed lemur, of which there are fewer than 2,000 left in the wild.
A spokesperson for Dublin Zoo said that 40 of the 83 deaths were in birds. He added: "This increase could have been the result of adverse weather conditions after hatching."
2018 saw severe storms batter the county, with Storm Emma and the Beast from the East seeing all flights in and out of Dublin Airport cancelled and schools and supermarkets closed.
