The beast guys. Tour of the Berlin Zoo
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Perhaps a more entertaining and informative excursion than this is difficult to offer.
Walking around the zoo at any time of the year is a pleasure in itself, but even more so, accompanied by interesting stories about its inhabitants, their behavior and character.
For example, did you know that the longest-necked animal has as many vertebrae as you and I? The sloth, on the contrary, has two more. Therefore, he is one of the most flexible animals in the world, only uses it very slowly and rarely. In a word, a sloth!
The Zoologischer Garten is the oldest zoo in Germany and the largest in terms of animal species in the world. All these 1,444 species are difficult to see in one visit. I will tell you where and who lives, and which of the local celebrities should definitely visit. Fatu is the world’s oldest gorilla. This year she turned 60 years old! You can not miss rhinos and penguins, elephants and giraffes, lions and tigers. And be sure to go to the okapi - a miracle beast, at the same time similar to a giraffe and a zebra.
Some animals you will find here as monuments. For example, the legendary hippopotamus Knauchke - one of the few animals that survived the Second World War, but died in a men's duel for his beloved woman. It is immortalized near the house of hippopotamuses, where today its direct descendants live in sanatorium-resort conditions. On a live hippopotamus to sit on horseback will not work, and on bronze – please!
Monuments during life, of course, deserve many employees of the zoo. Some of them are awarded honorary orders and awards for self-denial and love for their pets, which they sometimes replace parents. With these truly special people, you can meet and communicate, for example, by the time of feeding monkeys or seals. Sometimes this activity turns into a whole performance and is remembered as one of the most fun moments of walking around the zoo.
You will find interesting zoology and a lot of positive emotions. And it is very likely that after getting acquainted with the animal world, the whole world will seem to you better and kinder.