From there we made our way to the city zoo. We saw a number of fantastic animals with lots of interesting sculptures and ornate houses. The most impressive was the domes elephant house with it teal tiles and jade green elephant head at the opening. The interior was palatial with beautiful mosaics and chandeliers. The zoo also had a model of a Hungarian farm, with an interesting hairy pig, dog, sheep, goats and geese. Small ponies were used to cart around the food and waste from the farm. We saw bears, tigers, lions, leopards, meerkat, camels, rhinos, giraffe, kangaroos, wallabies, warthogs, mara (a rodent that looks like a cross between a deer and a rabbit, which I had never seen before), wolves, vultures, owls, cranes and many others. my favourites were the armadillos who seemed to think that we were there to feed them and came running over sniffling at us. Ian was quite intrigued with watching the porcupines eat. It was a great visit.
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