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London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828, and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was opened to the public in 1847. Today, it houses a collection of 673 species of animals, with 19,289 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom.

As well as being the first scientific zoo,London Zoo also opened the first reptile house, first public aquarium , first insect house and the first children's zoo.

ZOO

The zoo is divided into five paths:

ZOO

- Land of the lions, is an enclosure for ZSL London Zoo's Asiatic lions. The enclosure is 2,500 square metres in size. The exhibit, demonstrates how the lions' natural habitat overlaps with the local urban environments

- Butterfly paradise, which includes numerous species of butterflies from the Americas and Africa

- Gorilla Kingdom, is home to a group of 20 western lowland gorillas, and consists of a moated island with an indoor gym for the gorillas to use

- The reptile house, one of London Zoo's most well-known buildings opened in 1927

- Giants of the Galapagos, the exhibit features a large indoor area, with a heated pond and underfloor heating, while the outdoor paddock has been designed to mimic the tortoise's natural environment and features two heated pools, one of which is a naturalistic clay wallow.

AQUARIUM

There was an aquarium at the zoo from 1853 until 2019. The zoo's first aquarium was also the world's first public aquarium, and was created and stocked by Philip Henry Gosse who coined the word "aquarium".

The aquarium was separated into three halls, each home to different types of fish and other aquatic wildlife. The first hall primarily contained freshwater species involved in various conservation projects and captive-breeding programmes.

The second hall displayed various species of coral reef fish from around the world.

The third hall housed species native to the Amazon River.

As well as the three halls, the aquarium also featured the "Big Fish Tank", which contained large fish species that were all former pets, and had to be rescued because their owners did not have the proper equipment or understanding to look after them.

The aquarium closed on 22 October 2019.

ATTRACTIONS

ATTRACTIONS

Animal Adventure opened in 2009 and is an area aimed primarily at children, featuring playgrounds and a water fountain.

Many of the animals in Animal Adventure are domestic animals, such as sheep, donkeys, llamas, alpacas, goats and ferrets, as well as rare breeds such as silkie chickens, rex rabbits ...

Exotic species on display include yellow mongooses, crested porcupines, aardvarks, prairie dogs, ring-tailed coatis and one of the zoo's two groups of meerkats (the other group live in an enclosure next to the Rainforest Life building). The meerkat enclosure features a tunnel that children can crawl through until they reach a see-through dome that allows them to see directly into the enclosure.

At approximately 6 am on Saturday 23 December 2017, a large fire started at Animal Adventure. It was brought under control by 9:30am after spreading to the cafe/shop there, three quarters of which was estimated to have been severely damaged. A nine-year-old aardvark named Aisha was pronounced dead, and four meerkats were declared unaccounted for and presumed dead.

The zoo reopened on Christmas Eve.

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This huge park is divided into two parts:

the ZooSafari and Fasanolandia, an amusement park.

The Fasano ZooSafari is the second largest wildlife park in Europe; it's very special zoo that contains many different species of animals, from the terrestrial to the aquatic ones.

Safari

ZOO SAFARI

The zoo is divided into four paths:

-Safari, which is a route that you do with your own car and allows us to visit the animals of the savannah, such as the lion, the tiger, zebras and giraffes.

-Pedestrian path, which allows us to see very closely gorillas, baboons and monkeys.

-Metrozoo, is the lake of the great mammals, you visit on a train that takes us to this lake where there are islands and waterfalls with inside polar bears, seals, hippopotamuses and brown bears.

-Reptilian aquarium, where large reptiles and small reptiles are present in one room in their own cases. Here we find both poisonous and non-poisonous snakes, crocodiles, spiders, fish, turtles, lizards.

FASANOLANDIA

To enjoy an unforgettable day, after visiting the Zoo Safari, you can't miss the area dedicated to fun.

Fasanolandia is a perfect amusement park dedicated to adults and children where you can have fun on the many attractions, where you can attend Fantasy Theater shows specially for the children and observe exhibitions including that of dinosaurs.