Beware! When a llama is uneasy, it spits in the face of its attacker! These robust, unassuming small camels live in the South American Andes. These woolly Andes natives with their big eyes are closely related to camels, even though they do not have the typical humps. Like camels, llamas have lived in the company of man for many thousands of years. In Arnstadt’s zoological park the llamas live in a mixed group with Cameroon sheep. Currently we have a stallion and a mare in our care.
Fabulously beautiful
The gorgeous peacock is one of the most beautiful
The camel of the high mountains
Beware! When a llama is uneasy, it spits in the face
King of lemur
With their unmistakable appearance, their fox-like
King of the night
The uhu (eagle owl) has its name from its mating call,
Fallow Deer
Fallow deer were driven from Central Europe during the
Fabulously beautiful
The gorgeous peacock is one of the most beautiful birds in the world. Again and again during its mating season the vividly iridescent hen spreads out its imposing feathers in a fan. The blue peacock i
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The camel of the high mountains
Beware! When a llama is uneasy, it spits in the face of its attacker! These robust, unassuming small camels live in the South American Andes. These woolly Andes natives with their big eyes are closely
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King of lemur
With their unmistakable appearance, their fox-like faces and black and white ringed, ca. 60 centimetre long tail, they belong to the Lemur sub-species, Katta. Since 2010 they have been the darlings of
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King of the night
The uhu (eagle owl) has its name from its mating call, which sounds like "oo-hoo". And because it is the largest owl species in the world, it is called the “King of the Night”. Our European uhu ha
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Fallow Deer
Fallow deer were driven from Central Europe during the last Ice Age. They re-established themselves in their former habitat in Central Europe at the time of the great migration back from Asia Minor vi
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The camel of the high mountains
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