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🦁 Animal world πŸ”Ž Meet the animals

The zoo

The zoo

πŸ“– In short

A zoo is a place we visit to see animals from all over the world: lions, giraffes, elephants, monkeys, bears, colorful birds, reptiles and even fish. There we get to know animals we don't see in everyday life.

🀩 Did you know?

  • One of the oldest zoos in the world is in Vienna, Austria, and opened more than 270 years ago.
  • Dublin Zoo in Ireland opened in 1830.
  • Some big zoos have thousands of animals of hundreds of kinds.
  • Some zoos have a special corner where children can touch tame animals like goats and rabbits.

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🌟 Homes like the wild

Modern zoos try to give each animal a space like its natural home: rocks and trees for monkeys, cold water for penguins and wide grassland for giraffes.

πŸ” Who looks after the animals?

At the zoo, keepers feed the animals and clean their enclosures, vets treat them and scientists study how they live.

πŸ’‘ Protecting rare animals

Zoos help protect endangered animals by caring for them so they breed, and sometimes releasing some back into the wild.

🎯 Zoo manners

When you visit the zoo, don't tap on the glass, don't throw food to the animals and don't shout, because animals are bothered by noise.

πŸ“Έ More pictures

The zoo
The zoo
The zoo

🧩 Test yourself

1 Why shouldn't we throw food to animals at the zoo?

2 Who treats sick animals at the zoo?

3 One of the oldest zoos in the world is in Vienna, Austria, and opened more than ?? years ago.

4 Which picture shows β€œThe zoo”?

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πŸ“· Picture sources: Wikimedia Commons