Prague Zoo at EXPO

Prague Zoo at EXPO

Prague Zoo has the unique opportunity this year to participate in the EXPO 2015 world’s fair taking place in Milan, Italy. The aim of Prague Zoo’s presentation at the fair is to introduce itself to the world and, at the same time, demonstrate the relevance of the modern zoo.

The rough-scaled python is a small arboreal python. This species was discovered in 1981 and, until 2007, was known from only ten individuals. It is a relict species: as an inhabitant of humid forests, it has survived only where such habitats persist in north-western Australia—namely in the deep gorges of the Kimberley region. Its range is among the smallest of any snake species in the world. Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo

At Prague Zoo, three snake species have reproduced that had not previously bred here. Rough-scaled pythons—originating from north-western Australia and only recently described by science—have hatched for the first time; the clutch produced two young. The remaining species are viviparous: a female Nosy Komba ground boa, a...

History

The history of Prague Zoo goes all the way back to the year 1881, when, on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie of Belgium, Count Sweerts-Sporck published an open letter in the newspapers calling for the establishment of a zoological garden in Prague.


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