paris

Anyone know what fish species this is? Took this at Palais de la Porte Doree Aquarium in Paris France

Following up from the Visiting London advice thread from a while ago and given the recent flurry of similar threads, I figured I might as well give a bit of advice on another city that I've been lucky enough to get to know really quite well over the years. Paris is, in my humble opinion, the...

After making a similar thread for the Berlin zoo, I am also wondering about this very interesting zoo. I have seen may of the pictures and reviews here on ZC, but I was wondering a much more simple question: What is it like? it does not have to be a full review, but rather, a general overview of...

Recently, I have been somewhat obsessed with assembling a species list of the specimens held at the Paris natural history museum. Having been multiple times, I have assembled a decent library of photos but couldn't remember many additional species. I have posted my list as complete as I can get...

My first time seeing this species.

I recently created a scale model of Zoo de Vincennes's famous bull elephant Siam, deceased in 1997. This isn't exactly memorabilia but I thought some people might find it interesting. I didn't get a chance to see this animal in person but I gathered whatever images I could find from the...

Nénette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I've just had my attention drawn to this documentary about Bornean female orangutan, Nenette, at Le Jardin des Plantes, Paris. You can see a trailer here: Nenette - Movie Trailers - iTunes

Andean marsupial treefrog (Gastrotheca riobambae) Taken in Menagerie du jardin des Plantes (France)

African false-gharial (Crocodylus cataphractus) Taken in Aquarium de la Porte Dorée (France)