Just a mother wildebeest with her calf today. Despite her appearance, do you know that wildebeests are not cows at all, but antelopes? Those live in the Beauval zoo in France.
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This white tiger lives in the zoo of Beauval in France. White tigers are very rare in the wild. The last one that was observed was in the 50’s in India. (only white Bengal tigers have been observed, not other species) All white tigers […]
I hadn’t posted an animal picture in quite a while, so here is one. It’s an Indian Rhinoceros, and like many other pictures of wild animals on this blog, it was taken at the Beauval Zoo in France, one of the best zoos I have ever been to. […]
White tiger in the Beauval Zoo in France. White Tigers, while a source of obsession and veneration by Japanese school boys, is not a real species and doesn’t exist in the wild. They are the result of selective breeding and are often heavily inbred and suffer from various […]
If you want to see koalas up close and personal, and you don’t live in Australia, but in Europe, may I suggest the Beauval zoo?
An okapi chilling in Beauval Zoo. Okapis are some of the strangest mammals I have ever seen. By the way, don’t let the stripes fool you, they are related to giraffes, not zebras.
Am I the only one who thinks that giraffes are some very weird looking – albeit fascinating – animals?
