Vienna: elephants, tigers, polar bears, giraffes and pandas
Posted by Jola
Mama Tonga with Mongu
Updated! The visit on Christmas Day in the Tiergarten Schönbrunn was beautiful and eventful. Besides the happy pandas (see>> panda news), we have satisfied giraffes and lions, a small partner in the house of strife cheetah, tiger baby playing in the water and around the polar bear twins observed (see video). In conclusion, we could randomly in the elephant house, the procedure when you open the door on foreign investment witness. Fascinating, well-behaved and disciplined as the gray giant behaved itself and to the commands of the animal nurse heard. And when there were Draufgabe elephant house-cat-stroking 
Pandas
See article with photos and video on>> panda news.
Giraffes
The giraffes were in the Well-House with the giraffes Fressen employed. Giraffes Akasha child grows and grows and learns how impractical long legs might be:
Long legs can be quite inconvenient!
The small pure Rothschild giraffe bull came on 12 September 2007 in Vienna Zoo at the world. Immediately after his birth Akasha stumbled around with wobbly legs and crashed on the rain made the ground muddy. When he is despite great effort, does not himself back on the legs could make, he was by his Pfllegern into the inner plant brought dry grated and veterinary supplies. It then recovered to about 70 kg and about 1.90 m wide baby giraffes Hopsten fairly quickly and after a few days with his (half-) sister, Rita, born 2005, and Mama Karla, born 2000, in foreign investment around . Rita and Karla are from the Czech Dvur Kralove Zoo and arrived in October 2006 on transfer of giraffe breeding program of the European zoos in the Tiergarten Schönbrunn. Akasha is the father of Kimbar, born 1998 in the Netherlands Emmen Zoo, the many years in Tiergarten Schönbrunn lives.
Lions
Leo took a family nap in their indoor facility, where a nap on the soil temperature was certainly more pleasant than about 1 ° Celsius outside temperature. In 2002, the Lions facility rebuilt. The interior has since been with a floor heating, the room at 10 ° to 15 ° Celsius warm.
Lion family in the inner enclosure, 25 December 2008
Tiger
Tiger Mum Tania seemed pretty annoyed when Herumspazieren their twins (if the two have got a name, I unfortunately still do not) cheeky as ever. Papa Ivan was nowhere to be seen:
Tiger Mum Tania, 25 December 2008
One of the twins, 25 December 2008
The twins are grown, 25 December 2008
Polar Bears
For the 13-month-old polar bear twins Arktos & Nanuq today was probably the most ideal weather for the polar bear romp in the water:
Arktos and Nanuq, 13 months old, 25 December 2008
Arktos and Nanuq, 13 months old, 25 December 2008
Cheetah
On the way back we stayed briefly at the cheetahs are. Both animals were together gekuschelt indoors. One schleckte the others before it - after cat - a wicked high Gefauche existed. Immediately on hearing the Abschlecken, arms, totally geschreckt, drew the paws and kuschelte be cautious on the other cheetahs ...
Cheetah at cuddling, 25 December 2008
Appends the wrong house blessing?
Elephants
In the elephant house, the building is actually called "Elephant Park", we were already many years more. Could we not remember how it looked indoors.
Entrance to the elephant park, 25 December 2008
Decorated Christmas tree in the park elephants
Since the outside plant, except the elephant bulls in the back Jambo severed part was nobody to see, we went into the house inside. We were next to a mom with a child in the pushchair, the only visitors, so it was quiet inside and it was the sounds of the elephants hear well. The two elephant ladies Drumbo and Tonga, mama elephant girl Mongu, ate sufferings before then. Mongu walked around and disappeared in the rear of the building. Some nurses plying the outer gate to the plant around. Once the sound of the door opening was heard, ran over and Mongu pleased ranks brav between Drumbo and Tonga.
Before the elephants were allowed into the open, there were some Naschis and a short training with "lift" and "stay". It was fascinating to observe that each of the commands only once and where the animals were immediately responded to. Even the "small" Mongu in the May 6 years old will be followed easily.
Suddenly I heard "There's a cat!" Behind me. First thought I had, I would be in the wrong movie, but lo and behold, the house and the elephant park Hofkatze walked through the house. A tortoise with a beautiful shiny coat and - how could it be otherwise - she came to us and settled stroke:
(Photos and videos; C. Belik, J. Belik)
Keywords: Akasha, Arktos, Drumbo, polar bear babies, elephants, cheetahs, giraffes, Karla, Kimba, lions, Mongu, Nanuq, Pambo, pandas, Rita, Schönbrunn, Tania, Tiger Baby, Tonga