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Go to the Main Page of Omoriyama Zoo |
Omoriyama Zoo is where we can talk with animals. Let' take a walk in the park. You will feel that you and animals communicate each other with eye contacts. From JR Akita station, the bus (Araya line) will take you to the zoo in 30 minutes. Akita Omoriyama Zoo opens everyday from March 20 to November 30, and most of the weekend during winter. |
Reeves's muntjac a common small deer in Taiwan |
Shin and Kirara the timber wolf | The two wolves howl together along with the music when the zoo close. |
Her name is Raisa. She was born in April, 1991. She is easy going girl. |
The snow leopard lives in the mountains at high altitude in central and south Asia. |
Snow leopard has a long flexible tail which is useful to keep the balance in the mountain area. |
Bone Garden Can you guess what the skull is? |
Japanese Macaque |
Ural Owl |
Young Markhor |
She drinks water without making any wave on the water so quietly. I wander if the way is not to be found by predators. |
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Caribou |
He was trying to stretch out to the fresh green grass out side of the fence. |
Common Marmoset | They live in the rainforest in Brazil. | Their main foods are insects and fruits. |
White-throated Capuchin, Their natural habitat is the rainforest in Central America and north of South America. |
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Prairie dog They live on the prairie east of the Rockey Mountains in North America. |
Canadian Beaver The 4 beavers are the great family. |
They live in Canada, USA and northern Mexico. They sometimes tap the water surface with the flat tails to make noise. That is the way to appeal their territories. |
Bactrial Camel
It is one of the endangered species. The wild camel's population is less than 1,000. The wild camel has tow corn shaped humps which are in the same size. |
Some wild camels were found from where more than 40 atmospheric nuclear tests had been carried. The camels had survived the powerful nuclear tests and produced its' offspring normally after that. |
Oriental Stork The stork delivered babys to... |
Porcupine. The little porcupine runs quickly around her mothre porcupine. The spine were very soft when the baby was born, then got harder and shaper in about a week. |
The baby is behind the shield. Can you see her? |
A stork came to Amur Tiger Family, too. They were about 2 weeks old. Photograph: Akita Omoriyama Zoo |
The tiger's tongue. The surface of the tongue looks very bumpy and delicate. Photograph: Akita Omoriyama Zoo |
They grew up and very active on a snowy day. Photograph: Akita Omoriyama Zoo |