点评:Healesville zoo was another great zoological garden in Victoria we got the opportunity to visit which had some fundamental differences to any other zoo as it was dedicated to conservation efforts of Endemic and Indigenous animals and birds. We were amazed to see the well-equipped animal hospital or health centre and the activities undertaken to rescue and treat sick and injured animals. The Koala population at the zoo, each having a story behind them was an interesting area to visit. We were glad that we were in time to listen to the presentation by a keeper who gave us an insight and the very sensitive nature of the breeding and caring of joeys. We learnt about the specific bacteria that passes from the mother’s pooh to the joey that need to develop in their digestive system to digest Eucalyptus leaves and how the adults would move from one Eucalyptus tree to another when the chemical composition of the leaves change and become unsuitable for them to eat. It was an eye opener to understand how much endangered this species was. So much about other inmates too, the birds who have recovered from injury and now performing to please the visitors with their skills etc. Even though the morning bird show was cancelled due to the spotting of a wild wedge tailed eagle on a tree in the vicinity we were able to see the afternoon show which was fantastic. We were able to gather lot of information about the Red-tailed black cockatoo from a garden staff who explained to us about this bird and he was able to give us a lengthy description which was very entertaining. To see the Healesville Zoo, we consumed the whole day. The souvenir shop too was a great place to pick a few items in memory of our visit and contribute to their fight against extinction.
翻译:希尔斯维尔动物园是维多利亚州另一个很棒的动物园,我们有幸参观了它,与其他动物园相比,它有一些根本区别,因为它致力于保护当地特有和本土的动物和鸟类。我们惊讶地看到设备齐全的动物医院或健康中心,以及为救助和治疗生病和受伤的动物而开展的活动。动物园里的考拉种群,每只背后都有一个故事,是一个值得参观的有趣地方。我们很高兴能及时听取饲养员的介绍,他让我们深入了解了饲养和照顾幼崽的非常敏感的性质。我们了解到从母亲的粪便传给幼崽的特定细菌,这些细菌需要在幼崽的消化系统中发育以消化桉树叶,以及当树叶的化学成分发生变化并变得不适合它们食用时,成年幼崽如何从一棵桉树转移到另一棵桉树。了解这个物种濒临灭绝的程度真是令人大开眼界。其他囚犯也有很多信息,那些已经从伤病中恢复过来的鸟儿现在正在表演,用它们的技能取悦游客等等。尽管早上的鸟类表演因在附近的一棵树上发现一只野生楔尾鹰而被取消,但我们还是能够看到下午的表演,非常精彩。我们从花园工作人员那里收集了很多关于红尾黑凤头鹦鹉的信息,他向我们介绍了这种鸟,并给我们做了一个非常有趣的长篇描述。为了参观希尔斯维尔动物园,我们花了一整天的时间。纪念品商店也是一个很棒的地方,可以挑选一些物品来纪念我们的访问,并为它们抗击灭绝做出贡献。