From close encounters to events, we offer a range of unique and wild experiences for all visitors.
You will have a specialist keeper all to yourself to ask any questions you like.
Cheetahs are excellent hunters. First of all they approach their prey very carefully until they are within a few metres, then when the time is right, they run at lightning speed. If the fleeing prey suddenly changes direction, the Cheetah can simply turn its body mid-leap. Its flexible spine makes this possible. Howeve
However, if they have no success after a few hundred metres, they have to give up
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in Perth and I regularly attended Rottnest Island as a child with my family, I have
The animals and plants at Perth Zoo are from all corners of the globe. Find out more with these excellent and informative fact sheets and explore your world.
They only have spikes around the head but have long wings and are good fliers.
The animals and plants at Perth Zoo are from all corners of the globe. Find out more with these excellent and informative fact sheets and explore your world.
Males have longer tails than females.
Keeping you across some tree changes in the Zoo!
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All of your favourite Aussie animals live in our Australian Bushwalk!
And some, like kangaroos and wallabies, have the option to roam freely throughout
Despite the camouflage spots in their fur, giraffes do not always remain undetected by predators. But they know to defend themselves and can kick really hard with their front hooves. They mainly do this if they want to protect their young, because the adult animals are normally rarely attacked. Anyone who has the oppor
They are somewhat smaller and have thin horns with a small tuft of fur on top.
