Der Blaue Himmel: Kölner Zoo

14.3.2014 was the last day i stay in Cologne and i decided to pay a visit to Cologne Zoo. It doesn't make sense that i have been stay in Cologne for 9 weeks and never been to their zoo!! well, it makes sense actually, first, the price isn't that cheap (if you convert it to Ringgit M'sia); second, by paying entrance fee for zoo is actually covertly supporting caging animal (according to someone who anti-zoo). After all, i still went to the zoo, if not, i wouldn't able to write this post..hehehe...I AM A ZOO LOVER!!! to be honest, i really love zoo..and after watching life of Pi, i by his statement that actually some animals prefer to stay in zoo ( if i remember it correctly..teheee....)

so, if you are a student, you have to pay "only" 12 € instead f 17,50€. They have different pricing depends on which day you visit. I will not say it is cheap but it is actually worth for the money. This zoo will open from 0900- 1800 in summer and 0900- 1700 in winter, not much different though.Yet it is advisable to visit zoo in summer because I've been to Taiwan zoo in winter and all animals just hide themselves in somewhere that we couldn't see then =( You van take line 18 direction Thielenbruch to station Zoo/ Flora or you can do it in a very tourist way, take bimmelbahn which you can find on the west side of Cologne Dom. It departs every 30 minutes from 0930 and you have a look at the essence of Cologne, such as Rhein river, chocolate museum and so on.

Enough for those information which you can actually search online (lol, 我真的是多此一舉，就想要寫得自己好像很專業似的) so, this zoo features over 7,000 animals of more than 700 species on more than 20 hectares (don't ask me how big it is, it is really huge!! it took me five hours to see all the exhibits and I don't even use 5 minutes on some exhibits) SERIOUSLY~~~~ this zoo has a lot of special animals that are in danger of becoming extinct, so 12 € is reasonable.

1. Camel: well, you might say it is not special but hey, they supposed to live in deserts and now they are in Germany, country with weather that same as women's mood (i mean, we are flexible..lol..no discrimination ok, PEACE~~)

2. Hippopotamus: if i spell it correctly..kakakaka...not special?? what about three hippos together?? special enough right..lol.. they are the third largest land mammal which comes after elephant and rhinoceros and even though they look like pig, their closest relative are actually whale, porpoises etc (cetaceans). hippo is also amphibian but it is not a good swimmer.

3. Blonde hair little girl.. no no no, i am just joking.. hahaha..

Sitatunga: it is a swamp-dwelling antelope which exists in Africa and southern part of Sahara. It weights from 40- 120 kg and its height is around 75- 125 cm. To avoid itself from sinking into the swampy area, their paarhufe (蹄) can be widely spread and is especially long. Apart from that, they are good swimmer, unlike hippo.hoho.. When they are in danger, they flee or escape to the water by dive in as deep as they can. 俗稱的借水遁嗎？哈哈

4. Lemur which is sleeping, cute isn't it? 98% of their dietary made up from bamboo and out of 28 types of bamboos that exist in their living zone, they eat only 3 types. Since bamboos contain little energy, they have to intake a lot of it and they reduce their energy consumption by moving slowly and sleep always. So, don't say they are lazy, they are clever!!