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Chester, 07.

A flattering shot of Chesters RRH.

Onager and Camel Paddock feeder.

Chester, Summer 07. Looks like good fun to me.

Taken 07, anyone want to name the individual?

Male Mbenji Island Mbuna (Pseudotropheus lombardoi) from Lake Malawi.

Lake Victoria Cichlid (Haplochromis riponianus)

Frontosa Cichlid (Cyphotilapia frontosa) a peaceful fish from Lake Tanganyika.

Someone placed this amusing sign alongside the construction site for the Chimpanzee House which opened in 1989.

Blue and Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) in the ibis aviary at Chester Zoo

A Yellow-footed (Chelonoidas denticulata) Tortoise was on its back, which seemed to worry the watching visitors more than it did the tortoise. He (or she) was back on his (or her) feet within a few minutes.

A good view of the old Elephant exhibit

Chester Elephants in their old exhibit

The elephants go for the foliage around their exhibit

A better picture of the elephants going for the foliage around their exhibit, than the one I uploaded earlier

An elephant in their old enclosure, eating the flowerbed, as was commonplace at the time. This is likely to have been taken between 1990 and 1994, but my knowledge of the zoo can't place it specifically.

The small mammal house at Chester Zoo was built in 1960 and demolished in 1998 to make way for an extension of the elephant enclosure. The Rhinoceros House can be seen on the left. The concrete enclosures stood either side of the entrance, and when the house was refurbished they were replaced...

The small mammal house at Chester Zoo was built in 1960 and demolished in 1998 to make way for an extension of the elephant enclosure. In 1983 the rear of the house was converted into a small nocturnal exhibit.

Several cages were built in 1967 to the south of the cat house, to house the jaguars which were thought unsuitable to be housed in the main cat house. They were demolished in 1985 to make way for the Axis Deer Enclosure.

Bull Nilgai (Boseleaphus tragocamelus)