Pictures from the Héféi Zoo

The Héféi Zoo [合肥野生动物园, Héféi Yěshēng Dòngwùyuán] is located near the 合肥蜀山烈士陵园管理处 (Hefei Shushan Lieshi Cemetery Guanlichu) and features a large collection of animals from sea lions, deer, elefants to panda bears and white tigers. The zoo is quite large and capable to deal with many visitors. Well, it has to, as you can see in my photos below. Anyway, even though there are many people, the zoo is quite clean, tidy and quite nice. Most of the cages and enclosures, with a few exceptions, are quite large, too.

Visit at the International Labor Day (2010-05-01)

1. Many people. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

2. The sea lion doing tricks with a volleyball. (Notice the umbrellas in the audience: these are common utilities for sun protected in China). Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

3. More of the sea lion 1 (check full-sized image for better view). Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

4. More of the sea lion 2 (check full-sized image for better view). Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 3 MiB.

5. More of the sea lion 3 (check full-sized image for better view). Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 3 MiB.

6. Deer. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 6 MiB.

7. More deer. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 5 MiB.

8. A goat. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

9. Some pigs. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

10. A camel. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

11. The huge bird area from the outside: large nets. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

12. Bird areal inside: ducks and swans. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

13. Some small, newborn birds. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

14. Some other birds. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

15. Yet other birds. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 3 MiB.

16. And another bird. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 4 MiB.

17. A vulture. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 6 MiB.

18. Another vulture. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 4 MiB.

19. Hippopotamuses (or is it hippopotamusae, or hippopotamae?). Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

20. The same hippopotamuses 1. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

21. A warden scratching the hippopotamus. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

22. The same hippopotamuses 2. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

23. The chimps relaxing in their hut. Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 5 MiB.

24. Some giraffes and zebras in the distance (on the full-sized image you can actually see them). Full image: 1944×2592 pixels, 4 MiB.

25. People on the bridge over the big lion, bear, and wolfe enclosures. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 3 MiB.

26. Same bridge (neither lions, bears, nor wolfes intended to pose apropriately for a photo for me today :-/). Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.

People, however, were much easier to spot, which is not surprising since we choose the national holiday to go to the zoo. Ok, going today was my idea, I admit ^_^

27. People, however, were much easier to spot, which is not surprising since we choose the national holiday to go to the zoo. Ok, going today was my idea, I admit ^_^. Full image: 2592×1944 pixels, 4 MiB.