Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Fall 2016 issue (No.704)

The first part of the magazine introduces two Tasmanian Devil that have come to the zoo from Australia.
We will tell you about the history of Przewalski's Horse horse breeding and how to keep them in a herd.
"Special animal keeper 's Guide" is Ueno Zoo Medical Center.
We will unravel the mystery of Giraffe 's unique first thoracic vertebra.

[cover]
Tama Zoo Tasmanian Devil Cover Description...Noriko Nagata
[Tama Zoo]
Tasmanian Devil has arrived!
[Inokashira Park Zoo]
Zoo Trivia Exploring ⑥ Inokashira Park Zoo: Past and Present...Kanehara Isao
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Tama Zoo]
About breeding and herding Przewalski's Horse 's horses...Seiya Nomura
[Tokyo Sea Life Park]
The deep-sea fish, the dream scorpionfish, is not ovoviviparous... by Ryosuke Mimori
[Special animal keeper Guide]
Ueno Zoo Animal Medical Center... Shoji Toyoshima, Yuzo Hirano, Naoko Koike, and Emi Hayashi
Giraffe 's eighth "neck bone"... Megu Gunji
[Poetry and illustrations]
Salmon...Poem by Kizaka Ryo, Illustration by Hasegawa Yoshifumi
[Talking about humans and animals]
Living in the Miracle Forest of Yanbaru... Michio Kinjo
[From the zoo lecture]
Unraveling the evolution of animals: Genetic diversity among animals living in urban areas... by Ryuichi Masuda
Zoo News: From Tokyo, Japan, and Overseas
Book ReviewsAnimal Book "Let's Find and Observe Dragonflies: Where and How Do They Live?" by Kazuo Matsuki
[Ueno Zoo]
Rock Ptarmigan is growing well
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.