News of zoos around the world have been reporting about financial woes and concerns of not being able to care for and feed the animals properly due to zero ticket revenue during the coronavirus lockdown. Some would set up virtual zoos for their visitors to keep in touch with the animals on livestreams whilst others…
Singapore Zoo
I survived Night Safari Halloween Horrors
IMPORTANT! Read this before you scroll down the page. This post contains chilling images that some viewers may find it unpleasant, especially when you are alone now, staring at this screen in the middle of the night. You’ve been warned! Even I had a hard time editing this unusual post, hearing strange noises and having…
Singapore Zoo (Part 5/5)
I love all these free-ranging monkeys, especially the chubby fellow here, the White-faced Saki. It’s a male species. It’s feeding time for the female white-faced saki monkey. This type of New World monkey feeds on fruits, seeds, nuts and insects. The Fragile Forest is one of my favourites at the Singapore Zoo. It’s pretty exciting…
Spotted by a Leopard
That day, I lost my way in the rainforest. To the shock of my life, I saw a leopard. There was nothing I could do. The first instinct was to hide myself behind some bushes. But alas! The beast spotted me, glaring deep into my eyes. My jelly legs couldn’t move at all as the…
Singapore Zoo Tropical Polar Bears
For safety reasons, parents know that they have to be watchful of their children while exploring the zoo. Somehow, it seems like some adults need “special attention” too, in case they behave like this woman who jumped into the enclosure and “initially appeared to be elated as she swam towards a bear” during the bears’…
Singapore Zoo (Part 2/5)
Let’s continue from Singapore Zoo (Part 1/5) and explore deeper into the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Tools on display in an African housing. Watch out for the Hamadryas Baboons of the Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia. It’s said to have more than 70 baboons kept in this”Great Rift Valley”. And I just learnt that…
Singapore Zoo (Part 1/5)
It has been more than a decade since I last visited the Singapore Zoo, which was then known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens. Also commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo, it is one of the best zoos in the world by Forbes, presenting an “open concept” zoo where animals are enclosed in natural settings…