The contents of the zoo handwritten newspaper are very brief.

Zoo is a place for collecting and raising all kinds of animals, conducting scientific research and ex-situ conservation for public viewing, popularization of science, publicity and protection education. Zoos have two basic characteristics: one is to raise and manage wild animals (poultry, domestic animals, pets and other non-domestic animals), and the other is to be open to the public. The place that meets these two basic characteristics is a zoo in a broad sense, including aquariums and specialized zoos. In a narrow sense, zoos refer to urban zoos and wild zoos. The basic function of the zoo is the comprehensive protection of wild animals and the protection education of the public.

2. What are the types of zoos?

According to its subordinate nature, more than half of the world zoos belong to national or local governments, some belong to local zoological societies, and a few belong to enterprises or private individuals. According to its content nature, it can be divided into the following categories.

Special zoo

That is, a zoo that specializes in raising and exhibiting a certain animal. For example, separate aquariums generally specialize in raising aquatic animals such as fish, shrimp, crabs and shellfish, but some also have amphibians, mainly displaying marine animals. The United States, Germany, Australia and so on all have special zoos that specialize in raising reptiles. The crocodile lake in Beilan, Thailand is famous for raising more than 20,000 crocodiles. In addition to the exhibition, leather raw materials are also provided. In addition, there are German and Singapore bird gardens and other types.

Regional zoo

In addition to displaying all kinds of animals and zoos specially for children, there are also some zoos with geographical features, such as desert zoos in California and Arizona, and swamp parks in Florida that display some animals.

botanical garden

Zoo and Botanical Garden is a new type of urban educational and cultural facilities. For example, there are animal and plant parks in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Nagasaki, Kinshasa and Duvali, France.

Zoo animal-hippo;

Hippos live in tropical Africa, which is rich in aquatic plants. They usually consist of more than 65,438+00 animals, and sometimes they can form hundreds of large groups. Most hippopotamus individuals are adult males who have been expelled from the group. Almost all of them are in the water during the day, feeding on aquatic plants, and the daily intake is above 100 kg. When aquatic plants are scarce, they go ashore to feed on plants or crops at night. Gentle temperament, afraid of cold and warm, good at swimming, can sneak along the bottom of the river for 5 ~ 10 minutes; During the mating season, there is a struggle between males, and the pregnancy is about 8 months, and each child 1 offspring. Lactation 1 year, sexual maturity of 4-5 years old, life expectancy of 30-40 years. Distributed in Africa.