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With plenty of area and definite plans, only lack of money can 

 prevent this from becoming one of the most notable zoological gar- 

 dens in the world. 



NUREMBERG (Director, Dr. Karl Thiiter) 



At Nuremberg the zoo is built around four large lakes included in 

 the grounds and covering half the area of the park. Built over one 



Fig. 44. — Baby orang at Nuremberg. 



of the lakes is a rejiroduction of an old German lake house. As in 

 other German zoos, this zoo makes the most of its natural scenery. 

 Where scenery is lacking, they create it. So we find an artificial clifif 

 with the water tumbling over it. and along the edge of one lake a 

 great thicket of rushes with roe deer actually breeding there and 

 30 flamingoes walking along the shore. 



The lion and tiger pits are unique. One views the animals from a 

 bridge built over the lake. The lake is used by the tigers as a swim- 

 ming pool and every day they can be seen disporting in the water. The 

 sea-lion pool is enormous. At one end is an artificially-built clifif 

 from which the five sea-lions have been taught to leap into the water. 



