Tokyo Friends of the Zoo

Animals and Zoos
Spring 2021 issue (No.722)

In this breeding report, we will introduce the breeding record of Black-faced Spoonbill that have been kept at Tama Zoo for 30 years, as well as our efforts at "combined chick rearing."
Other articles include the breeding of King Penguin at Kasai Tokyo Sea Life Park, behind the scenes at Tama Zoo 's large greenhouse, and a look at the ground pecking of the Okinawa woodpecker, a type of woodpecker that lives in Okinawa.

[Cover] Black-faced Spoonbill at Tama Zoo
Cover description...Yasuo Yoshimura
[Ueno Zoo] Baby Asian Elephant elephant born
[Tama Zoo] Breeding Black-faced Spoonbill: Techniques tailored to the species' characteristics
...Junko Ishii
[Tokyo Sea Life Park] 10th anniversary of King Penguin arrival at Tokyo Sea Life Park!
Breeding History....Uchiyama Yuki and Nojima Daiki
[Tama Zoo] Behind the scenes of the large greenhouse where butterflies fly all year round...Akemi Ishijima
The endangered Noguchi's woodpecker: The secret to a happy marriage is the male's pecking at the ground
...Nobuhiko Odaka
Readers' Photo Exhibition
[Poetry and Illustration] Pacific Bluefin Tuna...Poetry by Ryo Kizaka Illustration by Yoshifumi Hasegawa
[Talking about humans and animals] The tough and fun days of filming...Yusuke Abe
The melancholy of the unknown rare species, the Ogasawara Greenfinch...Kazuto Kawakami, Tairo Kawaguchi
Zoo News from Tokyo / Japan / Overseas
Book Reviews Animal Books
[Ueno Zoo] Hoppy Bornean Orangutan

others

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