Rome zoo cools tigers down with meat-flavoured lollies
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Giant meat-flavoured ice lollies for the tigers and lions and frozen fruit and watermelons for the monkeys: Rome's main zoo is resorting to some resourceful methods to battle the current heatwave.
With temperatures hitting nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the Italian capital, zookeepers said in a statement on Tuesday that they were trying to help some of the 1,000 animals "confront the torrid heat."
Tigers and lions can be seen pawing at that giant lollies about the size of the carnivores' heads, while monkeys are being given bamboo canes filled with yoghurt and frozen fruit as well as watermelons to cool themselves down.
"These tools are also a way of enriching their environment and allow the animals to sharpen their skills at finding food," the zookeepers said.
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no offense... but why is a string attached to the ... ... ... strange looking lolli...
and the pale pink color... doesn't goes well with the string...
kinda looks like a giant ... ... ... tampxx.......
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Originally posted by ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~:
no offense... but why is a string attached to the ... ... ... strange looking lolli...
and the pale pink color... doesn't goes well with the string...
kinda looks like a giant ... ... ... tampxx.......
.....most likely the string is used to pull back the unfinished lolli, don't think the zookeeper wants to go in and pick it up