London Zoo
Adress: Regent's Park, London (Nordöstra delen), map |
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Like all major cities, even London has a zoo. London Zoo opened back in April 27, 1828 but then the idea was that it would be used for scientific studies. But finally opened its doors to the public in 1847. 1938 opened the children's zoo. Today there are over 750 different animal species and about 17,000 animals. 1991, London Zoo threatened with closure due to poor economy, but because people wanted the zoo left of visitors began to increase and even donations. Today is also the London Zoo participates in preserving and propagating different kinds of animals.
Come and look at lions, tigers , gorillas , snakes, giraffes, zebras and much more .
You can get here easily by public transport such as bus or subway (Camden Town station) with the Northern Line. From Camden Town it is easy to walk to London Zoo in approx 15 minutes.
 Tiger Territory
March 20, 2013 opened the London Zoo's new Tiger Territory. Here lives the two Sumatran Tigers Jae Jae and Melati. Sumatran Tigers are endangered and today is said to be only about 300 left in the wild. Jae Jae and Melati are paired, from two different parts of the world to hopefully reproduce. Any hope for small tiger cubs shortly.
The former tiger country has been rebuilt and expanded. Now they have about 2,500 square meters to move on. It has designed the fence so that it will fit tigers need to move, climb, and they've also got their own pool. Tigers are probably one of the most beautiful felines, so come and see them eye-to-eye.
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 Gorilla Kingdom
Here can visitors view gorillas both outdoors and indoors in Gorilla Kingdom. Gorillas are also threatened with extinction. London Zoo participates in programs to preserve services include lowland gorillas in Gabon (Central Africa) and mountain gorillas in Congo.
Here you will meet the gorilla Zaire who came to London Zoo in 1984. She is playful and do not always do as her attendants want. Here is also Mjukuu and Effie.
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 Aquarium
Since 1853 the London Zoo had an Aquarium. Here you can visit the 3 halls with the sea's all sorts of colorful and strange fish. The aquarium has also taken care of the public's fish that they first enjoyed as pets, but which since have grown so large that they didn´t wanted to have them home any longer.
Here you can also view stunning coral and together with corals also live most colorful fish. There is also the beautiful sea horses. A seahorse can change color and adapt to the environment to become more severe as seen. Seahorses are also threatened and London Zoo participates in the i the. Project Seahorse. Working to conserve seahorses and make sure it announced fishing ban on seahorses in some ocean areas in the world.
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