Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2015 issue (No.698)

The Jellyfish Rider is a fan shrimp that rides on a jellyfish and eats it.
We will introduce the challenges of raising these animals at Tokyo Sea Life Park.
"What is Zoology?" discusses the broad academic field required for zoos and the academic foundations needed to meet visitor expectations.
We explore the Naked Mole-rat of naked mole rats, which are unusually long-lived for a rodent, with an average lifespan of 28 years, and do not develop cancer.

[cover]
Robin at Inokashira Park Zoo Cover description...Junichi Asami
Are they really that different? Adults and children - Sea creatures
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
Simultaneous display of all stages of the fan shrimp's life cycle - attempting to raise jellyfish riders... Mayuko Muramatsu
Readers' Photo Exhibition
What is "Zooology"? -- Its results for the benefit of animals and people... by Koichi Murata
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Wild Bird Forest at Inokashira Park Zoo...Junichi Asami
The mystery of Naked Mole-rat who live long lives and don't get cancer... Kyoko Miura and Yoshimi Kawamura
[Poetry and illustrations]
Asian Black Bear...Poem by Kizaka Ryo/Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
Zoo Maniac Birth Memories of the Zoo Hall...Washiotoshiko
[Zoo Trivia Exploration (1)]
Ueno Zoo 's "Main Gate"... Kazuo Kobayashi
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo]
This is Asahi, a southern tamandua
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.