Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Summer 2009 issue (No.675)

The cover features a mother and baby Black Rhinoceros at Ueno Zoo.
We will introduce the detailed story of how Chimpanzee came to use "empty can recycling machines," the actual training of African Bush Elephant to carry them out, the differences in the skeletons of African Bush Elephant and Asian Elephant elephants, and right-handed (!) snakes.

[cover]
Cover description of Ueno Zoo 's Eastern Black Rhinoceros...Kazumi Tada
[Ueno Zoo]
Baby black Black Rhinoceros born
[Tama Zoo]
"Mil" Chimpanzee who uses an empty can recycling machine
[Tama Zoo]
Until African Bush Elephant "Ai" was transported out: African Bush Elephant and Asian Elephant from a skeletal perspective... Shinichiro Kawada
[Ueno Zoo]
"Aye-aye Forest" is now open!
The body and life of a right-handed snake: Why the Iwasaki snake has different numbers of teeth on each side...
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Tama Zoo]
Since the wolf pack was formed
[Ueno Zoo]
Madagascar - A Lost Item from Gondwana
[Poetry and illustrations]
Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Various animals and various people...Masumi Mitani
[Tama Zoo]
Future Workshop held
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
Library News from Akio Niizuma
[Ueno Zoo]
Asian Elephant training fence completed
others

"Animals and the Zoo" is the magazine of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. It is published four times a year and delivered to members.
For more information, please see the Friends of the Association membership request page.

Back issues can be viewed at Ueno Zoo reference room. If you would like to view them, please check the reference room's usage guide.

We are looking for photos to submit

In the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" section, we are accepting animal photographs taken at zoos and aquariums by members of Tokyo Friends of the Zoo. Both color and black-and-white photos are welcome.

Please send your submissions to the editorial department's email address, henshubu@tokyo-zoo.net, with the subject line "Readers' Photo Exhibition," and include your address, name, membership number, the name of the zoo/aquarium and animal photographed, and a short note about your work (up to 10MB, 3 photos per submission). For further details, please see the "Readers' Photo Exhibition" page in the magazine.

We will send a small gift to everyone whose submission is featured.