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Whipsnade Zoo
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU6 2LF
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
LU6 2LF
United Kingdom
Bedfordshire
LU6 2LF
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
LU6 2LF
United Kingdom
T: 01582 872171
W: Whipsnade Zoo web page
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Snowy owl
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Snowy owls live in cold, snowy places. Their feathers help to keep them warm and they even have feathers covering their feet and nostrils. The colour of snowy owls' feathers...
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Sloth bear
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Sloth bears come from the forests and grasslands of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. They eat a lot of termites but will also feed on ants, birds, eggs,...
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Reticulated giraffe
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Not all giraffes are the same. There are thought to be nine types, each with a different coat pattern. Whipsnade's are reticulated (meaning their pattern is 'like a net') -...
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Reeve's muntjac
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Reeve's muntjac are chestnut brown and have a dark shape on their foreheads. The males have small antlers and the mark on their foreheads is a clear V. The sharp upper canine...
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Red-necked (Bennet's) wallaby
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Wallabies are marsupials (mar-soop-ee-ulz) so the babies (joeys) are born looking like pink beans - very tiny and undeveloped - and crawl to the mother's pouch to complete their...
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Red river hog
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
These pigs live in Western and Central Africa, in forested areas. They spend most of the day hidden from predators in the long grass and come out at night to feed on grasses...
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Red panda
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
It is cold and damp where the red panda lives, but its thick coat of long outer hairs over a thick wooly undercoat keeps it warm. Even the soles of its feet are covered in hair!...
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Pygmy hippo
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
The pygmy hippo's eyes, nose and ears are on the top of its head, so it can be almost completely under water and still see, smell and hear what is going on around it. Pygmy...
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Przewalski's horse
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
The Przewalski's (shuv-als-keys) horse is a great success story for conservation. For some time it was classified as extinct in the wild (meaning there were none left), having...
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Peafowl
Whipsnade Zoo
Whipsnade Zoo
Common peafowl live in open forest, scrub and grassland in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This species is also known as the Indian or blue peafowl. Peafowl eat seeds,...
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