A Day At the Zoo

[rainmaker]

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I visited Kristiansand Zoo last week, which is Norway's largest zoo.

Beautiful place!

from their site:

Kristiansand Zoo (Dyreparken) is Norway`s most frequently visited attraction covering an area of 150 acres of wild Nordic terrain. It is totally different from other European zoos, which are characterised by bars and heavy padlocks. In Dyreparken, the animals have wide open spaces in which to roam - however, the visitors are still able to get up close to observe some of the most beautiful animals - like the red panda, which is threatened by extinction.


Some pictures I took

 

[chayton]

wow, everyone was totally posing for you! Especially the meerkat!

EDIT: No pics of the red pandas?

 

[rainmaker]

wow, everyone was totally posing for you! Especially the meerkat!

EDIT: No pics of the red pandas?

I did not see any Red Panda

I actually did not know they had a Red Panda until I saw it on their site yesterday (large area, so probably missed a few animals).

Shall take a picture of the Red Panda next year if I am revisiting hehe

 

[chayton]

Those are some awesome pics, the animals almost don't look real, like they're stuffed or something! Tell the truth Rainy, you were at a taxidermist shop!

EDIT: Look at the size of the feet on that last kitty...what is it, a bobcat or lynx or something? Thing has feet like baseball gloves!

 

[Tirilej]

EDIT: Look at the size of the feet on that last kitty...what is it, a bobcat or lynx or something? Thing has feet like baseball gloves!

It's a Lynx. Thanks for teaching me another English word

Great pictures Rainy. Pleased to see you got outside for a day

 

[Balthazar]

I was wondering what was up with that moose (looks weird to me!) so I googled it and I learned that European moose have different antlers than North American moose.

 

[dunover]

Did they get the b*stards that shot the tiger?