Looking through revolving windows, they were very popular in the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo.
But the visitors haven’t been around for a month, since the national coronavirus lockout began in Israel, and the animals miss watching them, zookeepers say.
The South African giraffe walks in its home in the Jerusalem Zoo Bible, which is closed due to the coronavirus disease
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“They’re sitting upstairs, they’re playing together,” said Nili Avni-Magen, the zoo’s chief veterinarian, at the primates park. “We try to make a fortune but they miss the visitors in the big front window. “
An Asian lion is standing in his dwelling place in the Bible Zoo in Jerusalem
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A sprawling site in Jerusalem, the zoo has many species of animals but it takes pride of place for the species mentioned in the Bible.
With no visitors around, the animals have to interact with their keepers, who are busy feeding and watching kangaroos, zebras and elephants.
An Asian elephant feeds on its habitat in the Jerusalem Zoo, which is closed due to coronavirus infection
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When a Reuters television crew went for a walk in the zoo, black-and-gold howler monkeys came out of their house, wanting to check
“They really miss it,” Avni-Magen said of the daily interactions with visitors. “They are seated and waiting for the zoo to reopen. “
A zookeeper feeds animals as a Persian spy deer stands beside his vehicle at the Bible Zoo in Jerusalem
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The lions seem to be the exception, getting closer to the keepers and their cement front areas now that the crowd is gone.
“They feel more secure when they see fewer people,” Avni-Magen said.