I complain a lot about Singapore from the other stuff I write, but Singapore’s Mandai Zoo is perhaps one of the best zoos in the world (along with the perhaps the best Bird Park as well.)
While it may not be able to compare with those national parks where animals are allowed to roam free, the animals in the Singapore Zoological Gardens at least looked healthy and lively in their enclosures. They are also well taken care of, because a lot of these animals have bred while in captivity.
On the other hand, I can’t said the same for the animals in another Zoo which I visited, but I won’t say more about that zoo to sing Singapore’s own praises. Above which, I do not want to say bad things about it because that would be ungrateful to the host and friend who showed me around the place in perhaps one of the most unhappy times in my life.
I took these photos back in 2003 and have placed them on Picasa. There are not too many of them since I am a really lousy photographer. But I still hope you will enjoy the slide show.
Darn… where did the Polar Bear photo go? It was turning green with algae, probably because it was spending too much time trying to cool itself in the water.
Zoo Visit 2003
* Click on the picture to view the album
And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…
I don’t think the algae will harm Inuka anyway. But I am quite sure I read something on the papers about the zoo spending some money to remove the algae…
Actually, it is very normal for Polar Bears to have algae grow on them when they are kept in the tropics. The algae does not harm the bears. Learnt that when I visited the Singapore Zoo
Actually, no. There’s ANOTHER guy called Daji who also has this problem with Opera.
are you trying to suan me with your quote: And it doesn’t work in Opera so give up…
Hahaha!