Adelaide Zoo description and photos - Australia: Adelaide
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Adelaide Zoo description and photos - Australia: Adelaide. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Adelaide Zoo. Photo and DescriptionThe Adelaide Zoo, founded in 1883, is one of the oldest zoos in Australia. Today, on an area of 8 hectares, you can see almost 300 species of local and exotic animals (more than 1800 individuals in total), including rare ones - for example, the Sumatran tiger. Animals are united according to the principle of similarity of their living conditions and are kept in close to natural conditions. Moreover, the management of the zoo is trying, if possible, to do without gratings - instead of them glass or natural fences are used. So, baboons live on a plateau surrounded by artificial rocks with large windows for spectators. And the tiger has a private pool with a waterfall, its own piece of the jungle and a cliff for an afternoon break. In addition, social groups natural for animals are supported here: paired animals live in twos, ungulates live in small herds, primates live in families, lions live in prides.There are a lot of all kinds of birds here, but the flamingo exposition, opened in 1885, is of particular interest. It originally contained 10 birds, but most of them died during the drought of 1915. Today in the exhibition you can see two flamingos that are over 70 years old! But, perhaps, the favorites of the public are two giant pandas - Wang-Wang and Funi, which were transferred to the zoo for 9 years by the PRC government in 2009. And in the Botanical Garden of the zoo there is a large-leaved ficus planted back in 1877! Connoisseurs of architecture will certainly not ignore the buildings of the zoo, some of which are included in the list of National Treasure of Australia, for example, the former Elephant House (Elephat House). And one more interesting detail - the zoo operates on a non-profit basis.
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