The Antony Lionardo Thomassen Experience - one last trip to the Zoo/ Antony Lionardo Thomassen Oplevelsen - en sidste tur til Zoo

The Antony Lionardo Thomassen experience went on its last trip to Zoo Negara yesterday. The highlight of the day was the Reptile House with its reticulated pythons (python reticulatus).

According to the tramdriver, the elephants at Zoo Negara were caught in the jungles of  Pahang (a state in Peninsular Malaysia).  Furthermore the Zoo has bred many of the savanah animals especially the zebras and giraffes. In fact, they supply the other Malaysian zoos with these animals.

At the Reptile House we got to touch an eight month old reticulated python. Very Cool! The keeper also pointed out that their adult reticulated python was uncoiled because it was going to shed its skin. It takes the snake about halv an hour to shed all its skin. It starts by rubbing its snout on rocks to loosen the skin around the head. Then it continues rubbing its body againts the rocks until all of the skin is off.

ALT's closing remark "And how many times can we thank Zoo Negara..."

Antony Lionardo Thomassen Oplevelsen var på dennes sidste tur til Zoo i går. Dagens højpunk var Krybdyrhuset med netpytoner (pyton reticulatus).

I følge vores chauffør på trolleybussen, blev begge Zoo Negaras elefanter fanget i junglen i den malaysiske delstat, Pahang. Endvidere har zooen avlet mange af savannedyr, især giraffer og zebraer. Faktisk har de forsynet de andre malaysiske zooer med disse dyr. 

I krybdyrhuset fik vi lov til at røre en otte måneders netpyton. Herre sejt! Dyrpasseren fortalte også at den voksne netpyton lå udstrakt fordi den skulle skifte ham. Det tager slangen ca. en halv time til at skifte ham. Slangen begynder med at gnide sit hoved mod en stor sten for at løsne huden ved hovedet. Derefter forsætter den med at gnide sin krop mod stenen og jorden inden huden er kommet helt af.

ALT afsluttende bemærkning"Hvor mange gang kan vi takke Zoo Negara..."

One of the three asian elephants (elephas maximus indicus) from the jungles of Malaysia. En af de tre asiatisk elefanter (elephas maximus indicus) fra den malaysiske jungle.

The young reticulated python was a little nervous, so we had to touch it carefully. Den lille netpyton var lidt spændt, så vi skulle røre den forsigtig.

The adult reticulated python uncoiled and ready to start shedding its skin. Den voksne netpyton udstrakte og klar til at skifte ham.