Finally for tonight - more photos from the rest of my trip to come tomorrow - another one of the ibex, because I felt those horns merited an extra look.
Feeding time for the chimps; they seem to have a good rapport with the keepers, one of whom was sitting outside the fence passing them apples and other fruit. One of the chimps was off to the side a bit, having noticed that one of the tourists was also eating an apple and that, obviously, for an apple to be in the vicinity but not the possession of a chimpanzee is an unacceptable state of affairs.
Giraffes.
The antelope house at Berlin Zoo was one of the few exhibits that was rebuilt following the war, rather than replaced, and in addition to the giraffes and some species of antelope, houses a small exhibition about the history of the zoo, including some of its less savoury periods. Its old director Lutz Heck was just a flat-out Nazi.
A selection of hoofstock.
Penguins!!
The king penguins and rockhoppers have their own refrigerated house, compared to the other penguins which live outside; presumably Berlin gets much hotter than Edinburgh in the summer.
The kiwi habitat was too dark to really take photos. Or at least good photos; to the left is my one attempt, in which you can make out a few ferns but can’t tell which of the vague round shapes at the back is a kiwi and which is a rock. So I took a picture of the information board instead.
Stachelschwein!
Taking both weight and wingspan into consideration, the Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world. It’s also one of the wrinkliest, but they probably don’t think much of our looks either.
Arctic wolves, although so fluffy at the moment that the casual observer may mistake them for Samoyeds. They’re probably due for a moult.
AMERICA
(I wasn’t finished posting zoo photos, my tea was just ready.)
Big friends
At the top and at the bottom is Victor, the bull; I can’t remember the names of all the cows, as there were quite a few of them.
More gorillas. I like gorillas - they’re pretty chill - but I can’t help but notice that the one on the right looks like she’s making a rather rude gesture.
This is Fatou, the oldest gorilla currently in captivity (and so probably the oldest in the world).
Interesting creatures, orangutans. Excellent librarians.
I’m pretty sure these monkeys are in either an Eastern European boy band or a monastic order.
Boss Mandrill.
It looks like there’s a reflection on the glass around his neck, but that’s actually just what colour his fur is there.