Kianga en Ceasar artis IMG_1572 by safi kok

A pair of wild coots built a nest right next to the Amsterdam zoo's African savannah. I'm 1000% sure they'll at some point try to intimidate a giraffe that gets too close to their chicks.

Artis Library, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (19th century library)

a special kind of torture is when a content creator you really like tries something different and you love it so much but the general audience doesn’t like it as much, and so you have to live with the pain and suffering of knowing they probably won’t ever give you that thing you loved again because it just didn’t get the right numbers. does anyone understand

Nijlpaardenhuis (1967) at Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by Mart Kamerling

Four Legged Friends

A collection of four-legged (minus the monkey with two arms and two legs) from Artis, the Amsterdam Zoo

Rode Panda by Nick Dijkstra

Accidentally hit on a cis guy but it's ok he's cool💕

Meerkats at Artis #meerkat #stokstaartje #artis #zoo #dierentuin #instagood #amsterdam #dieren #animals (at Artis Royal Zoo - Amsterdam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTncmWqXBT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Today's photo with the most hits: this leaf insect, in Amsterdam Zoo.

I witnessed some primate non-excellence yesterday, as the male chimpanzees at the Amsterdam zoo were having a brawl. It's something chimps do from time to time, both in zoos and in the wild, but it's still intense to see in real life.

Amsterdam Artis zoo

Hiding in a Zoo

Hiding in a Zoo

I had heard the story of the ‘Zookeeper’s wife’ about the lady who saved hundreds of Polish Jews by hiding them in in the Warsaw Zoo. However I had not been aware that Artis Zoo in Amsterdam also had hidden Dutch Jews and resistance fighters. ARTIS was founded under the name Natura Artis Magistra by Westerman, Werlemann and Wijsmuller in 1838, with the objective of “Promoting the knowledge of…

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Animal of the Day!

Quagga (Equus quagga quagga)

(Photo from London Zoo)

Extinction Date- 1883

Habitat- Southern Africa

Size (Weight/Length)- 300 kg; 2.5 m

Diet- Grasses; Leaves

Cool Facts- The quagga was a subspecies of plains zebra that lacked stripes on its back half. Unfortunately, we don’t know a whole lot about quagga behavior. It is believed they gathered in herds of up to 50 individuals and spent their lives constantly on the move as they searched for fresh grass. It is unknown why quagga lacked stripes on their booty, although it could have been for dissuading biting flies from landing on them. Quagga have been found in cave art going back to the Pleistocene and were important to the San people of Southern Africa. Overhunting of quagga by colonists resulted in their population plummeting. The last quagga died in Amsterdam’s Natura Artis Magistra zoo, resulting in the only photographs of a quagga. Plains zebras today are threatened from competition for grass with livestock and habitat loss. Conservationists are making plans for sustainable livestock practices and wildlife corridors for plains zebras with the hope of their population making a full recovery.

Rating- 12/10 (A captive breeding program was attempted but unfortunately failed.)

Birds of a Feather

Bird friends from Artis (the Amsterdam Zoo)

Dembe by Nick Dijkstra