Exotic animals find new Siberian home
Published: 15 January, 2008, 06:53
The largest zoo in Russia's Siberia is celebrating some new arrivals. Despite the temperature often plunging to well below -25 degrees, the Krasnoyarsk Flora and Fauna Park is becoming quite a haven for those used to sunnier slimates, as well as for the e
The zoo doesn't have some of the animals you would expect to see this close to the Polar Circle, like penguins. But it does have some exotic animals, like giraffes and zebras, flown in from Africa.
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