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During a visit in December of the city of Edessa (mostly known about the waterfall), I unexpectedly saw a sign pointing to an Aquarium-Reptile park with the images of a couple of snakes and that of an iguanna. Of course I was certain to use some of the free time we were given in order to visit...

Good news for a species down to around 600 animals, a new colony of Mediterranean monk seal has been discovered in undisclosed location, somewhere in Greece. BBC - Earth News - Rare monk seal colony found in the Mediterranean

A bit of news from this largely unknown collection. In November 2004 the zoo received a pair of pygmy hippo, 0.1 from Edinburgh and 1.0 from Aalborg, and since then 2.0 have been born to this pairing, the first male born was sent to Zurich in December 2008, and the latest male was born last...