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London zoo
London zoo is located in regents park and is the oldest zoo in the world. Many species have been kept at the zoo over it’s long history, but now the zoo has decided to go from quantity to quality. They have moved their Black footed penguins from the Lubetkin pool into a naturalistic pebble beach. Most of the larger species have now moved to Whipsnade, where they can have more space and live a higher quality of life. The elephants are a good example of this. Their two emales moved over to mix in with the herd at whipsnade, which is something that London could never have achieved. The old Elephant house did not go to waste however, now there are bearded pigs and Bactrian Camels living in here.
The most recent exhibits at London zoo are the Gorilla kingdom and the clore rainforest lookout. The gorilla kingdom offers the animals a lot of space, but it is debated about how much the animals will actually use. They spend most of their time asleep on their island. Gorillas are a species which like to climb so to have a large proportion of the gorillas area flat and grassy is actually not that good!
The clore rainforest lookout houses London zoo’s large collection of small mammals. There are Marmosets, Titi monkeys, Red footed tortoises and Aracaris living free in the main section of the building, while around the edges there are numerous enclosures for rodents and other small mammals, the most unusual of which is the Panay cloud rat, or cloudrunner, which London bred for the first time outside of the Philippines. Near this exhibit is a nocturnal house for Aye Ayes and Madagascan jumping rats
Most of the larger animals are kept in an area called Into Africa. There are Giraffes, Okapi, Hunting dogs, Zebra, Red River hogs and Warthog. Also, bizarrly, there are Malayan Tapirs!
Bears at London are represented in the form of the Sloth bear, the only group in the country. They will also be moving to Whipsnade soon and their exhibit will; be used to house some Australian species.
The bird collection at London is based around the Bird house and the walk-in African aviary. The bird house, when it was last open, housed blue crowned and Black winged lories, Hooded pittas, Montserrat orioles, Toucans, Socorro doves, Tarictic, Sulawesi, Black and Black and white casqued hornbills, Palwan Peacock phesasnt and Bali mynah. This house, as mentioned above, is not open at the moment as it is being redeveloped. It will be called Blackburn pavillions and will open in early 2008 containing the only Hummingbirds in the UK.
The walk-in African aviary has lots of species and is centered around a wetland theme with Woolly necked storks, comb ducks and Black necked stilts. There are also Turacos and von der decken’ hornbills.
London’s Invertabrate collection is housed in a big building called B.U.G.S. right next to the giant anteaters!
The reptiles at London zoo are very exotic with Black Mamba, Gaboon viper, Komodo dragon and peach throated monitors all being displayed. One of the newer species is the Philippine crocodiles. Not yet on display, the pair at london are two of four in the U.K.
Rare species
Congo peafowl, Montserrat oriole, Komodo dragon, Tarictic hornbill, Panay cloud rat, Bearded pig, South sulawesi hornbill, Black Mamba, Woolly necked stork, Aye Aye, Sloth bear and Philippine crocodiles.
London zoo is located in regents park and is the oldest zoo in the world. Many species have been kept at the zoo over it’s long history, but now the zoo has decided to go from quantity to quality. They have moved their Black footed penguins from the Lubetkin pool into a naturalistic pebble beach. Most of the larger species have now moved to Whipsnade, where they can have more space and live a higher quality of life. The elephants are a good example of this. Their two emales moved over to mix in with the herd at whipsnade, which is something that London could never have achieved. The old Elephant house did not go to waste however, now there are bearded pigs and Bactrian Camels living in here.
The most recent exhibits at London zoo are the Gorilla kingdom and the clore rainforest lookout. The gorilla kingdom offers the animals a lot of space, but it is debated about how much the animals will actually use. They spend most of their time asleep on their island. Gorillas are a species which like to climb so to have a large proportion of the gorillas area flat and grassy is actually not that good!
The clore rainforest lookout houses London zoo’s large collection of small mammals. There are Marmosets, Titi monkeys, Red footed tortoises and Aracaris living free in the main section of the building, while around the edges there are numerous enclosures for rodents and other small mammals, the most unusual of which is the Panay cloud rat, or cloudrunner, which London bred for the first time outside of the Philippines. Near this exhibit is a nocturnal house for Aye Ayes and Madagascan jumping rats
Most of the larger animals are kept in an area called Into Africa. There are Giraffes, Okapi, Hunting dogs, Zebra, Red River hogs and Warthog. Also, bizarrly, there are Malayan Tapirs!
Bears at London are represented in the form of the Sloth bear, the only group in the country. They will also be moving to Whipsnade soon and their exhibit will; be used to house some Australian species.
The bird collection at London is based around the Bird house and the walk-in African aviary. The bird house, when it was last open, housed blue crowned and Black winged lories, Hooded pittas, Montserrat orioles, Toucans, Socorro doves, Tarictic, Sulawesi, Black and Black and white casqued hornbills, Palwan Peacock phesasnt and Bali mynah. This house, as mentioned above, is not open at the moment as it is being redeveloped. It will be called Blackburn pavillions and will open in early 2008 containing the only Hummingbirds in the UK.
The walk-in African aviary has lots of species and is centered around a wetland theme with Woolly necked storks, comb ducks and Black necked stilts. There are also Turacos and von der decken’ hornbills.
London’s Invertabrate collection is housed in a big building called B.U.G.S. right next to the giant anteaters!
The reptiles at London zoo are very exotic with Black Mamba, Gaboon viper, Komodo dragon and peach throated monitors all being displayed. One of the newer species is the Philippine crocodiles. Not yet on display, the pair at london are two of four in the U.K.
Rare species
Congo peafowl, Montserrat oriole, Komodo dragon, Tarictic hornbill, Panay cloud rat, Bearded pig, South sulawesi hornbill, Black Mamba, Woolly necked stork, Aye Aye, Sloth bear and Philippine crocodiles.
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