Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Winter 2012 issue (No.685)

The cover Polar Bear from Ueno Zoo 's new facility, "Polar Ber and Seal Oceans."
It's a shot from a new perspective.
We will introduce the initiatives being undertaken at the zoo, including Asher, who was born at Asian Black Bear Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Asiatic black bears breeding in hibernation, and reindeer breeding.

[cover]
Ueno Zoo Polar Bear cover description... Waka Otsu
[Ueno Zoo and Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens]
Japan's fourth Asian Elephant is born! - "Asha" gives birth
[Ueno Zoo]
Asian Black Bear black bears breeding during hibernation.... Daiki Nojima
[Tama Zoo]
Reindeer Reproduction: Pregnancy Detection Using Sex Hormones in Feces...Natsumi Uno, Yuki Shimokawa, and Mariko Yoshida
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Polar Ber and Seal Oceans at Ueno Zoo... by Waka Otsu
The ingenious egg-laying behavior of the spider-parasitic wasp, Ichneumon nigricans...Keizo Takasuka
Seahorses have bones - the strange insides of their bodies and how they are formed... Yoko Takada
[Poetry and illustrations]
Whale shark...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Recommendation of barnacle detector...Urara Kuratani
[From the zoo lecture]
Thinking about the evolution of living things at the zoo...Masataka Watanabe
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo]
Polar Bear underwater exhibit
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.