Tokyo Friends of the Zoo
Animals and Zoos
Winter 2013 issue (No.689)
Animals and Zoos
Winter 2013 issue (No.689)
The cover features the Japanese striped snake, the zodiac animal for 2013.
In this article, we will introduce various tools used by animal keeper.
Topics include Asian Elephant "Asha" that bred at Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens, the "hibernation" of Japanese Pipistrelle at Tama Zoo, and the much talked about capture of the Cuban solenodon.
[cover]
Ueno Zoo 's Japanese Striped Snake Cover Description...Daichi Sawada
A variety of animal keeper 's tools -Ueno Zoo 's Vivarium
[Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens]
Asian Elephant Breeding - The Marriage of "Asha" and the Birth of "Patagonian Mara"... by Chihiro Suzuki
[Tama Zoo]
About rearing Japanese Pipistrelle and their condition in winter...Naoya Ohashi
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Monkey Mountain at Ueno Zoo...Kohei Aoki
Readers' Photo Exhibition
Successful capture of a large number of Cuban solenodons (alumiqui) and the results of the investigation: Aiming for the day when they will no longer be considered a "rare animal"... Satoshi Odate, Masaki Kita, Lázaro Echenique, Gerardo Beguet, and Takanobu Yasu
[Poetry and illustrations]
Black woodpecker...Poem by Ryo Kizaka, Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals]
Bats hibernating in the snow? ...Hirofumi Hirakawa
[From the zoo lecture]
Tackling the mystery of the "fish-watching room"... Nishi Genjiro
Zoo Topics - From Overseas / From Japan / From Tokyo
[Toyohashi Zoo and Botanical Gardens]
Asian Elephant "Patagonian Mara" 1st birthday party
others
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