So, is it tasty?
(Rhinoceros iguana - Cyclura cornuta - at Cologne Zoo)
(February 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Reptilien, #reptiles, #Leguane, #Nashornleguan, #Rhinoceros_iguana, #animals, #Tiere, #Kölner_Zoo

A young Asiatic lion in Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #Großkatzen, #Löwen, #lions, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

The last days of this year's China Light Show at Cologne Zoo have begun.
(January 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#China_Lights, #Illuminations, #Drachen, #dragon, #Kölner_Zoo

Come on, let's go for a swim.
(Hippos in the hippodome of Cologne Zoo)
(October 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Flußpferde, #hippos, #animals, #Hippodom, #Kölner_Zoo

Rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) in Cologne Zoo.
(January 2017)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Reptilien, #reptiles, #Echsen, #Leguane, #Nashornleguan, #Rhinoceros_iguana, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Pink pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Wasservögel, #Rosapelikane, #pink_pelicans, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Father lion at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #Großkatzen, #Löwen, #lions, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

One of two cheetahs at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #Großkatzen, #cats, #Geparden, #cheetahs, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Spotted whistling ducks (Dendrocygna guttata) in the rainforest house of Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Enten, #Tüpfelpfeifgans, #Spotted_whistling_ducks, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Tapirs, ready to be illuminated at the China Lights Show at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Tierattrappen, #Animal_dummies, #China_Lights, #Tapire, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

White storks and a grey hron in Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel,#birds, #Weißstörche, #white_storks, #grey_herons, #Graureiher, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

I would say this is a Malayan sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) at Cologne Zoo; however, the explanatory plaque refers to it as a spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) - in any case, it is a bear.
(October 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bären, #bears, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

A rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) at Cologne Zoo - an endangered species from the Caribbean.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Echsen, #Reptilien, #reptiles, Nashornleguan, #rhinoceros_iguana, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Nagetiere, #rodents, #Capybaras, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

White stork (Ciconia ciconia) at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Vögel, #birds, #Störche, #Weißstorch, #storks, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Lowland tapir or South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) at Cologne Zoo.
(October 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Tapire, #Flachlandtapire, #Lowland_tapirs, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Cheetahs at Cologne Zoo.
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #Großkatzen, 'Geparden, #cheetahs, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Everyone wanted to be in the photo (Bactrian camels at Cologne Zoo).
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Trampeltiere, #Bactrian_camels, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

A young Asian elephant at Cologne Zoo.
(October 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Elefanten, #Asian_Elefants, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo

Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) at mealtime
(November 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Katzen, #cats, #Geoffroys_cat, #animals, #Kölner_Zoo