I do actually now have a *lot* of photos of the Beijing zoo, so given that I’m unlikely to find a useful forum for many outside the zoo review I though I should just stick them up here while it’s vaguely relevant. Photos again by myself and Roger Close.
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Nephila! I find their distribution to be an interesting biogeographic puzzle.
Yeah I have a real soft spot for them having seen them by the million in Madagascar. This was not an exhibit but sat in the bushes next to one of the avaries.
That spider looks kind of similar to one that eats birds (apparently Australian: http://sciencejunkies.com/media//2008/10/bird_eating_spider.jpg)
Thanks for the photos. This is one of Asia’s leading zoos, so I truly hope to get there someday.
Allen Nyhuis, Coauthor: America’s Best Zoos