Animals... Who do we imagine as soon as we hear this word?

Perhaps your faithful friend - a dog? Or maybe a squirrel or a hare? Or a butterfly? All these are representatives of the animal kingdom.

I love animals very much! Is it possible not to love them? I have a parrot Gosha and a guinea pig Dusya at home. Two years ago I got an Irish Setter dog named Early. Wonderful friend!

I always wanted to have many animals. But every living creature needs special conditions of detention. Such conditions are created in the zoo...

The Moscow Zoo is over 140 years old. Located in the very center of our capital, it has become a home to many animals from all over the globe. Its collection includes 6094 representatives of 1001 species of animals. The Moscow Zoo (zoo) was organized by the Russian Imperial Society for the Acclimatization of Animals and Plants in 1864. One of the main initiators of its creation was Moscow University professor Anatoly Petrovich Bogdanov. He called the zoo a “living open-air museum.” The zoo was financed from proceeds from the entrance fee, as well as donations from the Imperial Family.

Over its almost one and a half century history, the zoo has changed a lot, especially in recent years, when its general reconstruction began. New premises for animals have appeared, for example, a unique “Exotarium” has been created - a pavilion with marine aquariums. New pavilions have been opened: “House of Birds”, “Night World”, “Heat-loving Ungulates”, “Heat-Loving Cats”, “Pinnipeds”, “Primates”, “Fauna of Indonesia”. A special “Children's Zoo” is open for the youngest visitors.

The Presnensky Ponds are located on the territory of the zoo, and the Big Pond has been preserved since the Moscow Zoo was created in 1864.

Everything you can see at the zoo is amazing. I carefully examined the animals, studied the information about them that is located on the tablets. We visited the Dolphinarium, where I really enjoyed it. I watched with interest the penguins, who either went into the water or climbed out onto the shore and, in my opinion, were surprised that people were watching them.

I liked all the animals. I want to share information about some.

BENDET'S KANGAROO belongs to the group of medium-sized kangaroos, which are also called wallabies. Inhabits forest edges and forest outskirts. Like all kangaroos, it moves in large leaps, pushing off the ground with its powerful hind legs. The baby kangaroo is born tiny and immediately moves into its mother's pouch, where milk is first injected into its mouth. The baby kangaroo uses the bag for several months and, even being almost the size of an adult animal, hides in the bag when in danger.

BROWN BEAR is found in Europe, Asia, North America, in dense forests with windbreaks, swamps, lawns, and ponds. It feeds on berries, fruits, nuts, green plants, insects, fish, and carrion. Eating oats in the fields. This is a huge beast. On average, brown bears weigh 200-250 kg, and the largest weighs 750 kg. The brown bear only seems clumsy. This powerful predator runs quite fast and swims well. When walking and running, he places his feet with his toes inward, which is why he received the popular name “clubfoot.”

WHITE TIGER is a color variation of the Bengal tiger. Sometimes these tigers are called albinos, but this is incorrect, since they only lack the red color, while the black color remains, and their eyes are not red, like those of albinos, but blue. It is clear that such tigers cannot live in the wild, but they decorate many zoos.

PRZHEWALSKY'S HORSE. Przewalski's horses have not survived in the wild, but they live well and breed in many zoos and nurseries around the world. This animal was named in honor of the Russian traveler N.M. Przhevalsky, who first described these horses in 1879. They once lived on the semi-desert plains of Mongolia and Western China, but were destroyed there. Attempts are now being made to return the Przewalski's horse to the places in Mongolia where it previously lived.

PINK FLAMINGO. THESE amazingly beautiful birds with a powerful curved beak inhabit shallow salt lakes and sea shoals in tropical and subtropical parts of Asia, Africa, America, and Southern Europe. Flamingos nest in large colonies, making nests in the form of a tower with a depression at the top in a swampy or flooded place. The chicks leave the nest after a few days and are then raised in a common “kindergarten” under the supervision of several adult birds.

We spent the whole day at the zoo. Time passed very quickly. It was time to go home, but I didn't want to leave. As a souvenir of my visit to the zoo, they bought me a stereo magazine about the animal world. It is interesting because the photographs need to be viewed with special glasses. The animals on them seem to be alive! At home I often look at a magazine. And every time I want to visit the amazing world again and again - the Zoo.

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