Advertisement

Zoo animals enjoy ice lollies to cool off in Spain's heatwave

Fiona Govan
Fiona Govan - [email protected]
Zoo animals enjoy ice lollies to cool off in Spain's heatwave
A chimp slurps on frozen fruit as temperatures soar across Spain. Photo: Bioparc Valencia

Vegetable ice-cream, iced fruit and for the carnivores among them, generous helpings of frozen meat, this is how zoo animals across Spain have kept their cool this week.

Advertisement

With a heatwave gripping Spain zoo keepers came up with inventive ways to treat those in their care.

Gorillas swinging from giant fruit lollies, hippos munching on frozen watermelons and lions chewing on frozen chicken drumsticks, these were just some of the delights for visitors at Valencia’s Bioparc, a safari park in eastern Spain this week.

Watch a video from Bioparc here:

While many of the mammals are accustomed to such temperatures in their natural habitat, others are not.

Madrid’s giant pandas, one of the zoo’s star attraction are kept inside in air conditioned quarters for most of the day during summer when temperatures outside become dangerously hot.

 

More

Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.

Please log in to leave a comment.

See Also