Randers Tropical Zoo
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Randers Tropical Zoo is a Danish
indoor zoo
in Randers
, located in three big domes, with the biomes of Africa, Asia and South America. The domes contain animals from the biomes, and most of the animal live free in the domes. In addition there are many reptiles, a snakeyard with free harmless snakes, and a saltwater aquarium with tropical fish.
The zoo started with two domes (Africa and Asia); the third being built later.
The climate inside the domes is controlled by computers, because the length of daylight hours varies much more in Denmark than in tropical latitudes.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
indoor zoo
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....
in Randers
Randers
Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
, located in three big domes, with the biomes of Africa, Asia and South America. The domes contain animals from the biomes, and most of the animal live free in the domes. In addition there are many reptiles, a snakeyard with free harmless snakes, and a saltwater aquarium with tropical fish.
The zoo started with two domes (Africa and Asia); the third being built later.
The climate inside the domes is controlled by computers, because the length of daylight hours varies much more in Denmark than in tropical latitudes.