Hagenbecks

Malte279 · **on:** September 29, 2008, 02:40:34 PM

Hi!

As I mentioned elsewhere my Mum and I visited my sister in Hamburg this weekend. We celebrated my birthday on Saturday and I took many pictures over the weekend. I doubt most of those pictures would be of much interest to you, but on Sunday we visited "Hagenbecks", a famous zoo in Hamburg and I think some of the pictures taken there are quite nice

Right at the entrance of the zoo is the elephant enclosure just look at them... which one is the elephant?

Here is another one with my sister Maren:

Funnily enough these elephants were dancing. Just look at these videos. One of them "danced" mostly by nodding in a rhytm. The other one quite literally shook a leg

Of course the animals were not the only ones around. Here are some of the other residents lined up for their fish:

Are you reading this Littlefoot? I'm sure you will like this family:

I think some annoyance over movies being overcrowded by penguins was expressed in the GOF before, but in real live these folks are just everything but an annoyance:

And apart from all these they had a couple of specimen contradicting most scientific discoveries of recent years, but which were still funny to look at

Mumbling · **Reply #1 on:** September 29, 2008, 02:46:24 PM

Hey those are nice pictures :^.^: I'd like to visit a zoo myself sometime soon again...

Heh those bears look cute

Lillefot · **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2008, 05:07:58 PM

Wow Malte! Those pictures can tell you had a jolly good time!

That Elephant sure knows how to feel the rythm!
Tip: Add some funky music to that video!

Makes me wanna visit the Zoo! It was ages since I last did.

f-22 "raptor" ace · **Reply #3 on:** September 29, 2008, 05:13:05 PM

When I get enough money I'm gonna go to Germany.

Kor · **Reply #4 on:** September 29, 2008, 05:50:29 PM

Looks like an interesting place and that the group of you had a lot of fun there. Very well done and interesting to look at pictures too.

Vaan360 · **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2008, 06:17:23 PM

Those are some nice photos, and funny to, especially the first one
Those dancing elephant's should charge by hour, they would make more profit
It looks like you all had a great time, and for what it looks like it was a great day too.
You're making everyone want to visit the Zoo agian
:^.^:

Malte279 · **Reply #6 on:** September 29, 2008, 06:38:42 PM

Actually they sort of did charge

It is permitted to feed the elephants with fruit or vegetables. A keeper is always around to make sure the visitors don't give anything to the elephants that is not suited for them (bread, for example). The elephants are also trained to give Euro coins given to them (it is amazing how delicate little things they can hold with the "finger" on their trunk) to the keeper who in turn will give them some nice treat for elephants.

Kor · **Reply #7 on:** September 29, 2008, 11:05:22 PM

I heard they could do a lot with those, but not any detail what they could do.

kjeldo · **Reply #8 on:** October 01, 2008, 09:38:02 AM

great zoo over there in hamburg!

Amaranthine · **Reply #9 on:** October 01, 2008, 08:39:57 PM

Cool. B)

*looks at Penguins* PENGUINS!!!!!! *glomps the poor things*

Hmmm...I didn't know the dinosaurs still existed in on earth.

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Kor · **Reply #10 on:** October 01, 2008, 11:03:57 PM

Maybe it is a well kept German secret.

Littlefoot · **Reply #11 on:** October 05, 2008, 11:48:17 AM

A big awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww to the bear family *pounces all of them and hugs* how cute heheh I love these bears! Nice picture brother! Heheh someday I'm going to visit ya and we can go there to take more piccy!

Littlefoot90 · **Reply #12 on:** October 05, 2008, 11:57:33 AM

hi, Malte, have you been in the big valley or what, no fun fallen at side cooe pictures for me very much.