My zoo and aquarium pics

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Very nice visit to Artis royal zoo, a zoo where I have very good memories. The shine of a sun conure, the innocence of a young Nile goose, the laziness of a Brazilian tapir, the smart look of a fennec, the pride of a bull California sea lion, the sunbathing time of the capybaras, the gaudy colors of a lilac-breasted roller, the always interesting lowland anoa (I have pending to take a good photo of this species, since the ones I have are bad), the inquisitive look of the Diana monkey (probably he's thinking about why he should be the standard measure for comparing scales of other animals haha), more Nile geese and the exciting ocellated turkey, an elegant young great kudu, a fluffy superb starling, the strong family bond of mommy ground hornbill with its son, the Northern gannet that live in the jackass penguin enclosure (one of the most interesting animals at Artis! I never saw gannets in any other zoo), the freenzy of a three-banded armadillo, the Chinese muntjack trying to hide behind a dry bush, sleepy red ruffed lemur (these are free-ranging without any enclosure!), hygiene time for the Temminck's tragopan, a wild visiting young grey heron, mom and baby elephants wishing a for a big pool instead a muddy soil, the avocet congregation, the patience of a girdled lizard, the unbeatable elegance of a scimitar-horned oryx (when will brands produce antelopes with enough thin horns? ), and the modesty of the dull female of Palawan peacock-pheasant.

For me, the best highlights of Artis were: the mouse lemurs, Japanese macaques, Thomson's gazelle, margay, grey partridge, northern gannet, ocellated turkey, red-billed curassow, false gharial, painted river terrapin, electric blue gecko and splitfin flashlightfish. Biggest misses were the Congo peafowl as well as lowland anoas and springboks. I enjoyed overall a lot in the aquarium. It's a good zoo, but I think Micropia should be included in it with the same entry, as Micropia requires a separate entry as expensive as the own zoo! (and it's not worth for me, certainly).

Pardofelis wrote:

Very nice visit to Artis royal zoo, a zoo where I have very good memories. The shine of a sun conure, the innocence of a young Nile goose, the laziness of a Brazilian tapir,  the smart look of a fennec, the pride of a bull California sea lion, the sunbathing time of the capybaras, the gaudy colors of a lilac-breasted roller, the always interesting lowland anoa (I have pending to take a good photo of this species, since the ones I have are bad), the inquisitive look of the Diana monkey (probably he's thinking about why he should be the standard measure for comparing scales of other animals haha), more Nile geese and the exciting ocellated turkey, an elegant young great kudu, a fluffy superb starling, the strong family bond of mommy ground hornbill with its son, the Northern gannet that live in the jackass penguin enclosure (one of the most interesting animals at Artis! I never saw gannets in any other zoo), the freenzy of a three-banded armadillo, the Chinese muntjack trying to hide behind a dry bush,  sleepy red ruffed lemur (these are free-ranging without any enclosure!), hygiene time for the Temminck's tragopan, a wild visiting young grey heron, mom and baby elephants wishing a for a big pool instead a muddy soil, the avocet congregation, the patience of a girdled lizard, the unbeatable elegance of a scimitar-horned oryx (when will brands produce antelopes with enough thin horns? ), and the modesty of the dull female of Palawan peacock-pheasant.

For me, the best highlights of Artis were: the mouse lemurs, Japanese macaques, Thomson's gazelle, margay, grey partridge, northern gannet, ocellated turkey, red-billed curassow, false gharial, painted river terrapin, electric blue gecko and splitfin flashlightfish. Biggest misses were the Congo peafowl as well as lowland anoas and springboks. I enjoyed overall a lot in the aquarium. It's a good zoo, but I think Micropia should be included in it with the same entry, as Micropia requires a separate entry as expensive as the own zoo! (and it's not worth for me, certainly).

Thank you. The problem was my time. I was alone in the zoo and my family was shopping. I believe i have seen all, but i can not remember me of the species that you wrote. But it could be, that some houses was closed by Covid.

Artis park Less than three hours from my home

And I never went there

I will have to trap my family with a "fabulous week-end in Amsterdam" next year

Thank you for the pics, Andreas and for the explanation Pardo

Bergzoo Halle

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Kikimalou wrote:

Artis park Less than three hours from my home

And I never went there

I will have to trap my family with a "fabulous week-end in Amsterdam" next year

Thank you for the pics, Andreas and for the explanation Pardo

A good idea with a weekend Amsterdam trip :)

Lovely shots of all these wonderful animals! The stripes of the zebra are really beautiful, and so are the ducks with the reflections of the water!

Thank you Bonnie

A nice zoo as it seems Alas too far from me this time

Kikimalou wrote:

A nice zoo as it seems  Alas too far from me this time

I hope to see the Paris Aquarium next month :)

Hurghada Aquarium again

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Curious for an aquarium to have ostriches.

Pardofelis wrote:

Curious for an aquarium to have ostriches.

Thats right

Amazing fishes ! It must be huge fish tanks, except for the poor little sea horses !


What does one do in Hurghada ? I just found it in Google Maps, and it seems to be nothing but sand
And sea, of course

SUSANNE wrote:

Amazing fishes ! It must be huge fish tanks, except for the poor little sea horses !


What does one do in Hurghada ? I just found it in Google Maps, and it seems to be nothing but sand  
And sea, of course

Sun sand and sea- Snorkeling and visit the Aquarium.

Amazonas Park Neapoli / Crete

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For being an Amazonas park, it have a bit of fixation for Australian birds hehe

Pardofelis wrote:

For being an Amazonas park, it have a bit of fixation for Australian birds hehe

Oh yes, but the bird lives free there. I dont know the reason.

I assume you mean the kookaburra, since the other birds, either Australian and South American, are clearly inside netted enclosures. I guess the kookaburra is an occasional escape or instead is used in a free flight demonstration and just waiting for be recovered.

Pardofelis wrote:

I assume you mean the kookaburra, since the other birds, either Australian and South American, are clearly inside netted enclosures. I guess the kookaburra is an occasional escape or instead is used in a free flight demonstration and just waiting for be recovered.

No demonstration. A member there told me its normally. I also think he was fly away but there was nothing about a kookaburra in that park. Who knows.

Aquaworld Chersonissos /Crete

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My favourite photo is the python head, wow, amazing! But my favourite species is the magnific Brown Ray, a species I never saw!

Pardofelis wrote:

My favourite photo is the python head, wow, amazing! But my favourite species is the magnific Brown Ray, a species I never saw!

Thank you. The ray was only a gueat there. Fishermans bring injured animals to this place and the people help for the cure. The ray was one example for that. But so it was a chance to see a specie that is very rare in zoos and aquariums.

Cretaquarium Heraklion / Crete

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Zoo Hagenbeck Hamburg

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