On a Saturday in late February, just as the weather was starting to warm
up a bit, the family went to Nepal's only zoo. It is located quite close to home and was begun as a private zoo
in the early 1930's. Opened to the public in the mid 1950's, it is now run
by The National Trust for Nature Conservation. It exceeded my rather
low expectations.
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| driving in from the main street |
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| waiting our turn to enter |
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| an endangered gharial crocodile |
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/reptilesamphibians/facts/factsheets/gharial.cfm
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| White Pelicans |
http://www.kidsbiology.com/animals-for-children.php?animal=Great%20White%20Pelican
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| The woman in the kirta is holding a fish, probably a carp, in her hand. The pelican on the right has a fish in its pouch. |
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| Blue Bulls |
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| Black Buck Antelope |
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| Barking Deer? fauns |
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| A tool to chop straw for the animals |
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| And an even bigger tool for chopping straw and corn stalks |
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| Royal Bengal Tigers waiting for dinner |
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| The greater one-horned rhinoceros |
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| Definitely an herbivore |
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| Mr. Crow |
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| Hummm...Himalayan Black Bear feet with claws |
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| Rides are available from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. |
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| Assamese Macaque |
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| Giant Aldabra Tortise from the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles lives 100-250 years. |
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| The Nepalese hobby horse |
It was a lovely family day.
