The Zoo animals are the animals that are kept at the Zoo and are crowd pullers as many visitors come to see them. These can be categorized under mammals, invertebrates, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians. Some animals dont have a backbone therefore they are called invertebrates. These are jellies, anemones, snails, crabs, insects, spiders and worms. Only 1% of animal species has a backbone and is thus vertebrates.
The characteristics of animals and Zoo animals are that they eat other living things, usually move from place to place, react quickly to their environment, their bodies have multiple cells and they usually reproduce. The Zoo Animals can be categorized under birds, rodents, carnivores, primates, mammals and reptiles and the animals which come under their category are the ones we see them on television or hear about them in our daily lives. These are Bears , Big Cats , Birds & Bats , Canines., Horses , Large Mammals, Small Mammals , Snakes & Reptiles , Spiders & Insects and Water Life. African Lion , Aldabra Tortoise , Arabian Oryx , Asian Elephant , Bald Eagle , Bornean Orangutan , Capybara , Cheetah .
Few other Zoo Animals that we can find are Chilean Flamingo , Coyote , Crowned Pigeon , Desert Tortoise , Fennec Fox , Galapagos Tortoise , Golden Conure , Golden Lion Tamarin, Grevy Zebra , Jaguar , Mandrill, Meerkat or Suricate and many more species.
The Zoos in U.S. that keep these Zoo animals are also few in numbers. These are Detroit zoo, Brookfield zoo, San Antonio zoo, Metro Toronto Zoo, Binder Park Zoo etc. Each has uniqueness than others. According to statistics around 2000 animals from 400 different species approximately has animal collection at the national Zoo in Virginia. Around 20% of these are threatened to be extinct species. The Phoenix Zoo has 1200 animals representing around 200 species.
The Zoo animals are also prone to heat and cold and many other influential diseases and have to be taken care of, special doctors are appointed who can take care of them. Many Zoos have timely check on their animals. There are many issues that go against these zoo animals like the global warming, seasonal changes and few other factors as well. These animals are on the verge of extinct like the tigers and white tigers.
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