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Rostock (dpa / mv) - According to zoo director Udo Nagel, most of the animals in the Rostock zoo get along well with the winter weather.
For the polar bears in particular, it is the weather that comes closest to their nature, said Nagel on Thursday of the dpa.
You are currently in a resting phase and have really eaten bacon.
“You stand there and think the weather is good.
But they don't frolic. "
With the other animals, the cold is less of a problem.
The animals that are native to the African steppe, for example, can also handle sub-zero temperatures well.
Without human intervention, however, there could be danger on slippery surfaces and frozen ponds.
Humboldt penguins could get under a closed ice sheet and drown.
Because these penguins know no ice in their natural habitat.
"But we take care," said Nagel.
In such a case, the penguins would be removed from the pond early.
"It's a wonderful winter landscape," said Nagel and at the same time regretted that no visitors are allowed to the zoo due to the contact restrictions in the corona crisis.
The pandemic had already caused a drop in visitors of almost ten percent last year.
With around 589,000, around 63,000 fewer visitors came to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's largest zoo.
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