Barcelona Zoo

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The zoo in Barcelona (Catalan Zoològic Parc de Barcelona, Spanish Parque Zoológico de Barcelona) is a zoo with 7,500 animals from 502 species. He is on a 13 acre site in the Parc de la Ciutadella, which had previously been used for the 1888 World's Fair in Barcelona. The zoo was opened in September 1892.

Areas

The animals at the zoo in Barcelona are housed the areas Aquarama, Komodo, Titi Monkey Gallery, Small Gallery Primates, Gorilla Enclosure, Palmeral, Aviary, Reptile House, the farm and other enclosures.

The Aquarama is a dolphinarium in the next four bottlenose dolphins also terrariums with frogs, toads and other amphibians are seen. The Komodo is home to Komodo dragons, barking deer, rice finches, doves collar and two-color fruit pigeons.

In the Titi Monkey Gallery Springtamarine, White -headed Capuchin, pygmy marmoset, golden-headed lion tamarin, Kaiserschnurrbarttamarine, Rothandtamarine and tamarins are seen. The Small Primates Gallery shows Brazzameerkatzen, Small white nose monkeys, Large White nose monkeys, pygmy monkeys, Barbary apes, the siamang and Halsbandmangaben.

In the Gorilla Enclosure today there is a group of seven gorillas. Here was also the home of the most famous animal of the zoo, the world's only known albino gorilla Floquet de Neu (Catalan for " Snow Maiden ", in Spanish " Copito de Nieve "). Floquet de Neu met on November 1, 1966 in Barcelona and lived 37 years in the zoo of Barcelona. In 2001, skin cancer was diagnosed at him, which could not be cured, and he had to be euthanized in 2003. He was so popular that he is the emblem of the zoo today.