Perth Zoo

Perth Zoo

Perth Zoo began operations in October 1898 and now features magnificent gardens spread over 19 hecares and is home to around 1800 amimals representing 230 different exotic and Australian species. Perth Zoo is a leading conservation agency with successful breeding programs for threatened exotic and native animal species. These photos were taken during visits between 2003-2008.

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1 Welcome to Perth Zoo	2 Kangaroos	3 Feeding Time for Kangaroos
4 Kangaroos	5 Australian Dingo Australian Native Dog.	6 Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
7 Koala	8 Bush Thick-knee Burhinus grallarius	9 Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus. Often known as Jabiru and grows to 130 cm.
10 Eurasian Coot with Chick Fulica atra	11 Ducks sunbaking on Log	12 White Egret
13 Vervet (African Monkey)	14 Rothschild's Giraffe The Savannah's tallest animal.	15 Rothschild's Giraffes
16 Grant's Zebra	17 Cheetah in the Grass The name cheetah comes from an Indian word meaning 'spotted one'.	18 Sumatran Tiger
19 Slender-tailed Meerkats	20 Slender-tailed Meerkats	21 Australian Native Frangipani (Hymenosporum Flavum). Many colourful species of plants can be seen in the well-maintained gardens at Perth Zoo.
22 Orange Clivia	23 Wedding Bush (Ricinocarpos pinifolius)	24 Clivia
25 Little Penguins Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae	26 Little Penguins swimming in Pool	27 Black Swans and other Waterbirds
28 Brolga and other Waterbirds	29 Brolga and Waterbirds	30 Brolga Reflections Grus rubicundus
31 Waterbirds	32 Australian Pelicans	33 Motorbike Frog Litoria moorei
34 Malleefowl Leipoa ocellata	35 Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) Numbats (also known as Walpurti) are small marsupials, which feed almost solely on termites and consume about 20,000 per day. Because of this, they are also known as the Banded Anteater. When fully grown, they reach about 40 cms from nose to tail.	36 Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) (Walpurti) They inhabit woodlands in Western Australia which is the only state where they are found in the wild. To improve numbat numbers, they are bred in captivity at the Perth Zoo and released into selected locations.
37 Rock Wallaby	38 Dingo resting on the Rock	39 Dingo on the Rock
40 Australian Boab Tree Adansonia gregorii	41 Elephant plays with Blue Drum	42 Elephants at Play
43 Elephants Playing	44 Elephant close-up	45 Slender-tailed Meerkat on 'Sentry Duty'
46 Here comes the Sumatran Tiger	47 Face to Face with Sumatran Tiger	48 Sumatran Tiger Unfortunately, there are less than 500 Sumatran Tigers left in the wild.
49 Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) Found in the Upper Amazon basin, Pygmy Marmosets are the world’s smallest true monkeys.	50 Pygmy Marmoset (Callithrix pygmaea) The fur of this little monkey is a streaked, tawny brown on the back and drab yellow to white on the underside. Unlike most monkeys, the tails of pygmy marmosets are not prehensile - they cannot use their tails to swing from trees or grab objects.	51 Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
52 Cheetah The cheetah is the world’s fastest land animal. Over short distances, it can sprint up to 70 miles per hour.	53 Cheetah resting in the Grass	54 Cheetah close-up
55 Cheetah close-up	56 Southern White Rhinoceros	57 Southern White Rhinoceros
58 Southern White Rhinoceros	59 Rothschild's Giraffe	60 Colourful Aloe Flowers in Zoo Gardens
61 Chamelon Dragon (Chelosania brunnea)	62 Carpet python (Morelia spilota imbricata) Largest python found around the Perth hills area. Grows to approx 250cm.	63 Pilbara Death Adder (Acanthophis wellsi)
64 Dugite (Pseudonaja affinis) Most common venomous snake found in the Perth area. This reptile belongs to the brown snake family.	65 Dugite (Pseudonaja affinis) It is very shy and will avoid contact with humans at all costs. If you are bitten, then seek medical attention immediately. Grows to approx 2 metres.	66 Woma Python ( Aspidites ramsayi )
67 Olive Python (Morelia olivaceus)	68 Perentie (Varanus giganteus) The Perentie (Varanus giganteus) is the largest monitor lizard or goanna native to Australia.	69 Perentie (Varanus giganteus) The lizard can grow up to 2.5 metres (8 ft) in length although the average length is around 1.75-2 metres (5.5-6.5 ft) and weigh up to 15 kg (33 lb),maximum weight can be over 20 kg.
70 Perentie (Varanus giganteus) The largest monitor lizard or goanna native to Australia.	71 Australian Pelicans	72 Double-wattled Cassowary The Double-wattled Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is one of the largest birds in the world.
73 A Squirrel on the Pathway	74 Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata) Much of the central habitat of the radiated tortoise is also the land of the Antandroy and Mahafaly people of Madagascar. In terms of traditional social values, both tribes respect the tortoise above all animals except cattle or zebu.	75 Radiated Tortoise (Geochelone radiata) 'Tortoises bring the rains – God sends rains, not for the humans, who can look after themselves, but for the animals, like the tortoises, who need the rain and God’s help. When there are no more animals there will be no more rain'. (Mahafaly story)
76 Rothschild's Giraffes in widescreen	77 Rothschild's Giraffe Family	78 Rothschild's Giraffe Family
79 Rothschild's Giraffe 'Mum and Dad'	80 Rothschild's Giraffe 'Mum and Dad'	81 Rothschild's Giraffe 'Baby'
82 Grant's Zebra The Grant's zebra is the smallest subspecies of the Plains Zebra.	83 Grant's Zebra	84 Grant's Zebra
85 Slender-tailed Meerkat	86 Slender-tailed Meerkat	87 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) inhabits most of Africa.
88 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) The spotted hyena has the strongest jaws in the animal kingdom.	89 Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Different from most other animals, female spotted hyenas are dominant over the males and outweigh them by about 3 pounds.	90 Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas) The Hamadryas Baboon was a sacred animal to the ancient Egyptians as the attendant of Thoth, and so, is also called the Sacred Baboon.
91 Hamadryas Baboon opening Cardboard Box The Keeper had just thrown these Boxes and Pipes in for the Baboons.	92 Hamadryas Baboon playing with Box The Keeper hides Treats in Boxes and Pipes to provide stimulation and play for the animals.	93 Hamadryas Baboons with Boxes and Pipes
94 Hamadryas Baboon (Papio hamadryas)	95 Hamadryas Baboon playing with Water	96 Hamadryas Baboon finding Treats in Pipe
97 Hamadryas Baboon finding Treats in Pipe	98 Hamadryas Baboon finding Treats in Pipe	99 African Painted Dogs It is also called the African hunting dog, the Cape hunting dog, the spotted dog, or the painted wolf in English, Wildehond in Afrikaans, and Mbwa mwilu in Swahili.
100 African Painted Dog The African wild dog has a pelage with an irregular pattern of black, yellow, and white, distinctive for each individual. The scientific name Lycaon pictus is derived from the Greek for 'painted wolf'.	101 Asian Elephant	102 Asian Elephant crawling in the Sand On instruction from Keeper.
103 Keeper with Asian Elephant The Keeper stimulates the Elephants by a regular program of exercises and tricks.	104 Keeper rewards the Elephant	105 A friendly pat from the Keeper
106 Elephant doing a Hand Stand	107 Asian Elephant and Keeper	108 Galapagos Tortoise Fully grown adults can weigh over 300 kilograms (661 lb) and measure 1.2 meters (4 ft) long.
109 Galapagos Tortoise The Galápagos tortoise (or Galápagos giant tortoise), is the largest living tortoise, native to seven islands of the Galápagos archipelago.	110 Galapagos Tortoise They are very long-lived with a life expectancy in the wild estimated to be over 150 years.	111 Galapagos Tortoise close-up They have become one of the most symbolic animals of the fauna of the Galápagos Islands.
112 Galapagos Tortoise in a Hurry	113 Sumatran Orang-utan with Baby	114 Sumatran Orang-utan Mother up high on the climbing tower.
115 Baby Sumatran Orang-utan Climbing up the high tower.	116 Baby Sumatran Orang-utan Nearly to the top of the Tower.	117 Baby Sumatran Orang-utan Don't fall....
118 Baby Sumatran Orang-utan Still hanging on ...	119 Baby Sumatran Orang-utan High on the Platform ....	120 Sumatran Orang-utan Baby now safe with Mother...
121 Sumatran Orang-utan Mother and Baby exercising on the ropes...	122 Otter drying on the Rocks	123 Male Sun Bear The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), also known as the dog bear or honey bear, after its love of honey, is the smallest of the eight bear species.
124 Male Sun Bear	125 Male Sun Bear The Sun Bear is black with a golden crescent marking on its chest which, in ancient Eastern folklore, represents the sun.	126 Female Sun Bear Red Glow is a Heat Lamp in Cave.
127 Female Sun Bear finds Bag of Feed Young Baby Bear was camouflaged at rear of yard.	128 Dinner Time for Female Sun Bear Young Baby stayed at rear of yard.	129 Silvery Gibbon
130 Silvery Gibbon with small Baby She put her leg across to prevent baby falling off platform..	131 Nepalese Red Panda The red and white colouring of the Nepalese Red Panda plays and important part in its survival. It provides protection by enabling the panda to camouflage with reddish moss and white lichen found in its natural habitat.	132 Koala Active through the night and resting most of the day, the Koala spends much of its time eating eucalypt leaves.
133 Koala in the Gum Trees	134 Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat	135 Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) Australian Native Dog.
136 Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) Dingoes have pricked ears, bushy tails and a distinctive trotting gait. Their coats are typically ginger but some are sandy-yellow, red-yellow or occasionally black and tan. Most have white markings on their feet, tail tip and chest.	137 Dingo Yawning... Dingoes don’t bark, they howl. They have 3 different types of howls: moans, bark/howls and snuffs. Howling is used for long distance communications to attract pack members and repel rivals.	138 Dingo Looking... Although dingoes are often seen alone, many belong to socially interacted packs whose members meet every few days.
139 Dingo Listening... Dingo life span is 8-10 years, they grow to 60 cm high and weigh up to 15 kg.	140 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur at Play (Varecia variegata)	141 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur at Play (Varecia variegata)
142 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur at Play (Varecia variegata)	143 Long Bushy Tail of Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)	144 Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
145 Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)	146 Splendid Tree Frog (Litoria splendida)	147 Slender Tree Frog (Litoria adelaidensis)
148 Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina). The Western Swamp Tortoise is one of Australia's most endangered reptiles. It has the smallest surviving population of any Australian reptile.	149 Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina). Western Swamp Tortoises are very small, growing up to 15 centimetres in shell length.	150 Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina). The Western Swamp Tortoise is unique, with an ancestry that dates back 15-20 million years.
151 Western Swamp Tortoise (Pseudemydura umbrina). Restricted to only two wild populations, there are less than 200 endangered Western Swamp Tortoises left. These are found near Perth in Western Australia.	152 Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus). Often known as Jabiru and grows to 130 cm.	153 Brolga at water's edge (Grus rubicundus).
154 Black-necked Stork often known as Jabiru	155 Black Brittern in the Shadows	156 Pied Cormorant and Black Brittern
157 IMG 3460	158 Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni).	159 Feather Detail of Plumed Whistling-Duck
160 Young Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni).	161 Black-necked Stork often known as Jabiru	162 Black-necked Stork often known as Jabiru
163 Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)	164 Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)	165 Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)
166 Black Cormorant	167 Brolga and other water birds	168 White Egret
169 White Egret	170 Brolga (Grus rubicundus).	171 Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae). The smallest of all penguins.
172 Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae).	173 Two Little Penguins	174 Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae).
175 Bear Caves from the Past First built in 1898, these caves were used to house not only bears but foxes, dingos and jackals as well. They are a relic from a time when zoos were simply places for collecting and displaying animals as spectacles.	176 Bear Caves built in 1898 Since that time, the role of zoos has changed and animal wellbeing is of the highest importance. Today Perth Zoo's purpose is to conserve species and habitat and involve the community in conservation action.	177 Bronze Monkey Permanently resting on the seat near exit as visitors leave for home.
178 Ferry approaching Mends Street Jetty	179 Perth Skyline across the Swan River	180 Boarding Ferry at end of Day at Zoo