Ueno Zoo - 2011-09-24 (morning)

Oct 03, 2011 17:47

Now where I'm back and I actually have time again, I'll try to upload the pictures/reports one by one.

Really just a few pictures )

japan, picspam

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jo_lasalle October 3 2011, 16:13:44 UTC
We really appreciated your warning about the zoo! (If we forgot to say that, gomen!) I like zoos but I'm so used to them being decent these days -- you'll maybe get a corner somewhere that still looks like it's from 1969, but in general they have all upgraded -- that this would have shocked me.

Nice cookie, though! Creepy tree is creepy. *g*

Also, hi! :-)

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karu_chan October 3 2011, 16:36:32 UTC
Same here @modern zoos

I'm happy though, that we saved at least two people from seeing it.

Do you have ANY idea what this creepy tree might be? Ever seen something like this before? o.O

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jo_lasalle October 3 2011, 17:41:31 UTC
No, none whatsoever. It does look a bit familiar, like I've seen the type of tree-grooming that brings these results before, but even then I probably didn't know what the thing was called. I'm very useless with plants... :-)

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mit_souko October 3 2011, 20:54:26 UTC
I have seen photos of similar trees before. I believe it is a species of Adansonia [baobab] native to Africa. A common name for it is "bottle tree". Obviously, the trunk stores water for the tree.

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ina October 3 2011, 20:15:15 UTC
Oh, ich dachte ihr wusstet, dass es sich um einen alten nicht modernisierten Zoo handelt. Ich denke es fehlt ihnen an Platz.

Und könnte das vielleicht ein Affenbrotbaum sein?

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karu_chan October 3 2011, 21:00:53 UTC
Carsten meinte irgendwann im Zoo, dass er sich dunkel erinnert, irgendwo mal gelesen zu haben, dass die Gehege extrem klein sind.
Ich hatte mich nicht weiter informiert und habe mich an meinen Erfahrungen mit dem Zoo in Schwerin und Hannover orientiert, wo schon seit mind. 10 Jahren die Gehege erweitert werden und die Tiere Platz haben.

In Ueno müssten sie halt mind 2/3 der Tiere abgeben, und den vorhandenen Platz besser nutzen. Ich habe noch Fläche gesehen, die sich sinnvoller nutzen ließen. Potential ist da.
Auch mit weniger Tieren könnte der Zoo noch schön sein.

Wenn ich mir die Bilder von Google so ansehe... ja, könnte passen. Aber der ist doch so viel größer als unserer hier im Wohnzimmer ^^;;; (und die Blätter fehlen, aber sonst scheint es zu stimmen *g*)

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gensou_alice October 3 2011, 22:42:33 UTC
THAT is an epic tree.
And the cookie is cute!
But I can't go to Zoos without getting upset and ranting to my friends about how much they suck (OTL)

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gensou_alice October 3 2011, 22:45:19 UTC
Seriously, that tree! I can't stop looking at it! XD

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lovespiral October 4 2011, 01:09:39 UTC
that tree looks like a giant ginseng root :3

ahh, that's sad that the zoo wasn't all that great :/ luin_lote and i had talked about going there to see the pandas but it doesn't sound like it would be worth it if pandas are in hiding!

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karu_chan October 4 2011, 05:10:08 UTC
Sadly, not @zoo
The habitat for the pandas isn't that big to start with and the people are standing in line there (think Disneyland) to see them.
The zoo is advertising the pandas like mad, which is probably why there are sooo many people staring at the poor ones -.-;;;

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