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One of our zoo’s popular attractions is the Butterfly Garden. The seasonal showroom is usually open for visitors from the end of May. We start this season with 21 tropical butterfly species and six hundred specimens.
On Wednesday May 22, the day began with an unusual breakfast with the gorillas. The members of the gorilla team shared their breakfast at "common table" with friends and colleagues of our Zoo, drawing attention to recycling mobile phones.
Voting for the name of the three-banded armadillo pup has closed. Out of the four possible names, the most votes were cast for Taco, so this was the name also registered in the official documents as the name of the already one and a half month-old animal.
In the framework of our rescue work we help one and a half to two thousand animals a year. Most animals that we receive are birds, but the species with the highest number of specimens is the hedgehog.
Three young capybaras are growing in the South America enclosure. This species, considered as the largest member of the rodent family, regularly reproduces in our Zoo.
In early February we already reported on the joeys growing in the pouch of the Red-necked Wallabies. The three babies have grown a lot since and reached the age when they can leave the pouch. In the meanwhile two new joeys looked out of the pouch.
The cameras installed in the wombats’ den recorded joyful images recently. A joey is peeking out of the pouch of the mother animal, Molly.
In the recently opened Shark School, visitors can get to know the wonderful world of sharks. But how true are the stories of how dangerous sharks are?
In the framework of their rescue work in 2018, our colleagues assisted 1807 animals of 108 protected or specially protected species.