The Corona period did not upset the cycle of nature in the Hagenbeck Zoo. There have been offspring in all districts in the past few months.
Hamburg – cute, clumsy, curious, playful and sleepy – there are currently many baby animals in the enclosures and territories in Hamburg’s Hagenbeck Zoo.
“We already have a lot of young animals this year. We’re doing pretty well with offspring this summer. We are happy about that and of course the visitors too, ”said animal keeper Sebastian Behrens.
He is also responsible for Emil, the baby kangaroo, who was born in January. As a newborn baby the size of a gummy bear, the red giant kangaroo had climbed into its mum’s pouch, as is usual for kangaroos, and sucked onto a teat there for four months. Emil is now leaving the bag and curiously exploring the world. “The special thing about the little one is that he is relatively trusting. He comes up to us nurses relatively quickly and sniffs. “
The youngest offspring include flamingo chicks, a gentoo penguin and a mustache tamarin. But also the prairie bison, the stag goat antelopes, the monkeys, the giant rabbits and the zebras have had offspring in the past few weeks.
The corona crisis also had an impact on the animals, said Pfleger Behrens. Especially the petting goats would have been astonished. “They were a little irritated and yelled at every zookeeper” Give me something to eat and feed and stroke me! “, Which of course we couldn’t manage in that time.” The big cats would also be happy that they finally got something to eat again Have to watch. dpa
