Auto Safari Zoo 1989 - Rabbit village

Rabbits in the 'petting zoo' next to the safari park.

All I have to say about this exhibit is - huh?

It's odd indeed - but mind you that this is on a Spanish tourist island in the 1980s!

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Forgive my poor old eyes, but aren't a lot of those Rabbits actually ducks?

Zoochat members will know that I'm not the best in taxonomy and species identification ... but I THINK you may be right

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There we are then, a carefully chosen mix of bird and mammal species in a human-themed habitat. It's just as well rabbits don't burrow, and ducks can't swim, otherwise this carefully designed exhibit might not meet their requirements or serve any educational purpose.

I'm suprised if you guys have not come across rabbit (or guinea pig) villages before - I've seen many in smaller, more family-orientated places (Birmingham Nature Centre has one, for example). It's not to my taste, I should add, but they're really not that uncommon, and generally are fine for their inhabitants.

I'm not so sure about the ducks, but of course there could easily be a pool out of shot (and I wouldn't even be sure these aren't free-ranging ducks that have gatecrashed).

Another example:
http://www.zoochat.com/835/vy-kov-zoo-march-2009-a-67715/