The mother only just arrived in Randers Regnskov in june of 2006, and since the gestation period of these tapirs is about 13 months, mating must have taken place a very short time after. Love at first [...] American dome on the morning of september 29 2007, they were met with a wonderful sight; The two-year-old female tapir had given birth to a healthy baby! The baby was still wet from the birth and the placenta [...] still fresh, so the birth had only just taken place. The newborn tapir was able to stand up after a short time, and soon began to suckle. The keepers have estimated its weight to be around 8 kilograms

In association with a visit in the Verde Sumaco tribe, representatives from Randers Regnskov had the opportunity to taste these luscious larvae. According to them, the larvae tasted a bit like greasy cracklings [...] This upcoming Sunday a group of the enormous Hercules beetles will be released in Randers Regnskov’s South American dome, where they will roam freely. The name of the Hercules beetles is not randomly [...] other males. Not surprisingly, the aim of these battles is to gain the females favour. To fight for a female is not without risks, though, since the battles often end with one of the males losing his head

natural scientist Charles Darwin would have been 200 years old. In that occasion Randers Regnskov pays a tribute to him by serving a piece of delicious birthday cake to the first 100 guests this day. 2009 [...] d science - just as well as gravity or as the fact that the earth is round. Even so there is still a need to talk about evolution, and this year is the perfect occasion. We are currently planning to create

lost of proud handshakes, hugs and congratulations between the co-workers in Randers Regnskov this Monday morning. Randers Regnskov has, as just the second zoo in the world, succeeded in breeding the world’s [...] - Dallas Zoo, so now we can join this very exclusive club of bushmaster breeders”, says Henrik with a big smile on his face. Absolute climatic control After 72 days of incubation, the first baby

A big group of noisy new residents has been set free in Randers Regnskov’s Asian dome. More specific, the 4 lorikeets that have been living there for quite some time have gotten 11 new friends of the same [...] And with their loud bawling, it’s easy to tell when the group is nearby. The lorikeets in Randers Regnskov can often be seen near the bowls of fruit, where they pick out the sweetest, most juicy fruit

On the 7th of April this year, Randers Regnskov's 4 meters long Albino Python snake laid more than 50 eggs! Now the eggs have started to hatch, and you can see both the remaining eggs and the already hatched [...] hatched baby snakes in the Asian Snake temple. Up till this point, the eggs have been heated in a egg hatching machine in order to provide optimal temperature and moisture conditions. Now that the first [...] the hatching machine. The young animals are not albinos like their mother because their father is a normally colored Tiger Python. In order for the parents to have albino offspring, the father would also

and yellow macaw that normally lives in the South American dome has been sent on a little holiday in Randers Regnskov’s African dome. Holiday may not be the proper word, though, since, in reality, he’s [...] broken “marriages” on his conscience. First, he broke off a well-established couple of scarlet macaws. Next, he also charmed his way into the heart of a female green-winged macaw - after which he beat up the [...] he learns to control his romantic skills, or at least until he gets a partner of his own kind with whom he can settle down and create a family of his own. The green-winged male that he beat up and sent

November where Randers Regnskov focuses on snakes. This means that on November 7th-8th, 14th-15th and 21st-22nd you have the opportunity to get a very unique family portrait taken together with a big, beautiful [...] created by a giant anaconda that twisted and turned through the landscape several years ago? On the pictures to the right you see a young green tree python, a snail eating snake, and finally a Burmese [...] it is also possible to actually taste snake meat as our guides prepare and serve free samples twice a day in these three weekends. Finally, in November there will be extra snake displays, and in the entrance

end its days as a meal for other even more greedy carnivore fish. And this is exactly what happened for one of the young arapaimas that were released in the great lake in Randers Regnskov’s South American [...] fish. It is a greedy carnivore that can reach an impressive length of more than 3 meters. It does not settle with just eating fish. Birds are among its favourite prey as well. But even a greedy carnivore [...] filled with exitement when four young arapaimas were released in the lake that also houses a couple of manatees, a large group of pacus and several other species of Amazon fish. Everything appeared okay the

The air is filled with love in Randers Regnskov’s South American dome! Right before Christmas, our saki monkey – a nice gray-haired lady – finally got herself a mate. This young black male with the [...] been in contact, but she still feels a bit hesitant to let him get too close to her. However, she has been single for quite some time, so the whole situation must be a bit over whelming for her”, says animal [...] animal keeper kristian Sørensen. After a goal-oriented ingratiation-process, however, the male finally managed to win her heart. The two sakis is now sitting very closely, they cuddle and groom each