50th Golden ZOObilee

Singapore Zoo celebrates its 50th year 

Happy ZOObilee

Wildlife Learning Centre

Art-zoo

Estuarine crocodile

It will lunge out of the water and slam its jaw shut on its prey, killing it instantaneously 

Asian small- clawed Otters

Pelicans are large birds with large pouch bills

Great white pelicans

Red-ruffed lemurs most beautiful of primates. Can see this endangered primate in the wild on Madagascar’s Masoala Peninsula

Malayan tiger

Tigers are apex of the food chain. These solidarity hunters can handle animal prey up to a ton in weight. 

Fewer than 300 Malayan tigers are left in the wild due to illegal poaching, habitat loss and human-tiger conflict.

Didn’t get to see the white tigers this time though🥲

Babirusa -  Babi, Rusa Malay translating to pigdeer

Alligator snapping turtle. Primarily carnivorous, eats fish, aquatic animals and vegetation. Found in freshwater habitats in United States

Eastern Grey Kangaroos, one of the largest kangaroo species, swims well and evades predators like dingoes by diving. They eat vegetable pellets.

Bouncy castle

🐘 revered in Hinduism and Buddhism. Largest living land animal. All are females and Sumatran elephants

🦧 largest tree dwelling mammals. orangutan island. They are apes which means they don’t have tails unlike monkeys. Found it Borneo and Sumatra. They have special feet with long toes for grasping branches and long limbs that can stretch out far so that they can move easily through the treetops.

🦛White rhinoceros are grass grazing giants. It has a wide mouth for ‘mowing grass’. Bacteria in their digestive tract helps them digest 60-80kg of vegetation they eat a day. They are fed pellets and leaves and given fruits as treats.

🦓 The ‘King’ of all Zebras- Grevy zebras, named after French President - Jules Grevy. Stallions of this species mark and maintain their territory using middens(dunk piles) only around 3000 left in the wild.

Meerkat - belongs to the mongoose family. Lives in Kalahari desert of Southern Africa. Babies are pups. Dominant female leader is call Matriarch.

Lionesses do most of the hunting, while the dominant male gets the lion share 🦁 

Lions live in social groups known as prides. Made up of one or more mature males several closely related females and their young.  Males roar and spray urine to mark territory to rivals. Females work in teams to take down prey. 

Lion

Giraffes

Peacock

Lemur

Python

The Rainforest fights back 12noon performance