Lately we saw some Talk about real Zoos and i thought, why not expand it to just visits in particular?
The reason is that i traveld across germany to berlin and ended my trip by visiting the zoo Berlin today.
And it was great!
I havent even Seen everything, some things were Not viewable because of corona reasons, Most of the things were sad but fine, but the one True disapointment was that i couldnt See the Kiwi because of that. Ngl pretty bitter.
But thats not the only reasons, as my friend Who doesnt really care about zoos was so Kind to visit the zoo with me, but after 5 hours He really did Not feel like watching the outdoor monkey enclousures, meerkats and porcupines.
We also did a Lot of breaks, as He isnt used to walking around a lot, but actually that was the Best thing ever.
New protipp i have learned today:
Its much better to spend a Lot of time at a few habitats then spending everywhere just a Bit because you want to See everything. Visiting the Zoo is an experience, Not a checklist.
But talking about breaks, we did our longest ones at the okapi and the seal habitat with each atleast 20 mins. And thank we did that, because the first 5 or so at the okapi was just staring at its butt from a distance, but then it Put on a real show!
It started walking around, eating from some bushes, moving over to a hanging feeder and the best thing stretching to its full hight and beautifully standing in the Middle of its habitat, just about what fealt like a few meters away from me.
It was truly great and my appreciation for the okapis and the also very active bongos in the background rose imensly.
Another stand out Show was what i got from the pandas. Im honnest, i didnt really like pandas but damn are they cute. Its Hard to dislike them when i saw 2 young playing and cuddling in a hammock, while Another was Sitting happily eating in a pile of bamboo.
They were some of the first animals i saw at the zoo and when we came back before leaving they were all peacefully sleeping and just adorable.
My favourite habitat was the walkthrough habitat for snowy owls, northern hawk owls and great Grey owls.
Besides Being very pretty the owls wernt shy at all and it was one of the few habitats were my friend paid full attention.
In particular one great Grey owl was Sitting on a dead tree next to the path on eye level, posing for photos, while one snowyowl was sitting next to the path, half hiding under a fern and watching and reacting to us by head tilting and bobbing. The bravest though sat on the stones that marked the path and was activly watching me, and startet hissing the secound i turned my back to it, selfie With the owl still was nice though (it wasnt because of flash or anything, it was deactivated, probably a distaste for me squating next to it).
The thing i appreciated most though were the future building plans, as the apehouse was the only place were i fealt kinda bad for most of the animals, but the Zoo agrees and even had all the information for their plans With nice education boards. Right now they are building new habitats for their indian rhinos and some matching SEA animals like tapirs, as well as demolishing the old cat house and building newer, nicer and more natural habitats for their Big cats, but when these two big Projekts are done the apehouse will be the next Big step and they are allready collecting the funds to Do so
So yeah that was my visit in the Zoo Berlin and it was honestly amazing, especally in ways i least expected.
I cant wait to visit the Zoo again, probably next year when the big cat center will be finished and i hopefully will have enough time to also visit the aquarium and maybe even the tierpark
The reason is that i traveld across germany to berlin and ended my trip by visiting the zoo Berlin today.
And it was great!
I havent even Seen everything, some things were Not viewable because of corona reasons, Most of the things were sad but fine, but the one True disapointment was that i couldnt See the Kiwi because of that. Ngl pretty bitter.
But thats not the only reasons, as my friend Who doesnt really care about zoos was so Kind to visit the zoo with me, but after 5 hours He really did Not feel like watching the outdoor monkey enclousures, meerkats and porcupines.
We also did a Lot of breaks, as He isnt used to walking around a lot, but actually that was the Best thing ever.
New protipp i have learned today:
Its much better to spend a Lot of time at a few habitats then spending everywhere just a Bit because you want to See everything. Visiting the Zoo is an experience, Not a checklist.
But talking about breaks, we did our longest ones at the okapi and the seal habitat with each atleast 20 mins. And thank we did that, because the first 5 or so at the okapi was just staring at its butt from a distance, but then it Put on a real show!
It started walking around, eating from some bushes, moving over to a hanging feeder and the best thing stretching to its full hight and beautifully standing in the Middle of its habitat, just about what fealt like a few meters away from me.
It was truly great and my appreciation for the okapis and the also very active bongos in the background rose imensly.
Another stand out Show was what i got from the pandas. Im honnest, i didnt really like pandas but damn are they cute. Its Hard to dislike them when i saw 2 young playing and cuddling in a hammock, while Another was Sitting happily eating in a pile of bamboo.
They were some of the first animals i saw at the zoo and when we came back before leaving they were all peacefully sleeping and just adorable.
My favourite habitat was the walkthrough habitat for snowy owls, northern hawk owls and great Grey owls.
Besides Being very pretty the owls wernt shy at all and it was one of the few habitats were my friend paid full attention.
In particular one great Grey owl was Sitting on a dead tree next to the path on eye level, posing for photos, while one snowyowl was sitting next to the path, half hiding under a fern and watching and reacting to us by head tilting and bobbing. The bravest though sat on the stones that marked the path and was activly watching me, and startet hissing the secound i turned my back to it, selfie With the owl still was nice though (it wasnt because of flash or anything, it was deactivated, probably a distaste for me squating next to it).
The thing i appreciated most though were the future building plans, as the apehouse was the only place were i fealt kinda bad for most of the animals, but the Zoo agrees and even had all the information for their plans With nice education boards. Right now they are building new habitats for their indian rhinos and some matching SEA animals like tapirs, as well as demolishing the old cat house and building newer, nicer and more natural habitats for their Big cats, but when these two big Projekts are done the apehouse will be the next Big step and they are allready collecting the funds to Do so
So yeah that was my visit in the Zoo Berlin and it was honestly amazing, especally in ways i least expected.
I cant wait to visit the Zoo again, probably next year when the big cat center will be finished and i hopefully will have enough time to also visit the aquarium and maybe even the tierpark
