If you are born in the 80s like me, you'd have grown up knowing Ah Meng the Orangutan, and Xin Xing and An An the 2 pandas whom China loaned to us for a mere 100 days.
This time, Kai Kai and Jia Jia will be here for 10 years as part of forging political ties between Singapore and China.
Prehistoric fish: alligator gar.
Mekong River: pictured below are the Mekong giant catfish (the largest freshwater fish), and the giant freshwater stingray. |
Yangtze river: China's longest river is home to some of the world's most critically endangered wildlife. Catch sight of the world's largest amphibian, the Chinese Giant Salamander, as well as the rarely seen Yangtze alligator. |
Yangtze alligator.
Then we went to the much-raved about Panda enclosure, the Giant Panda Forest!
Top: Zebra tank from Bugis Village Shorts: Salmon pink scallop shorts from Love Bonito Bag: Louis Vuitton Trevi PM Slippers: Tory Burch |
We were lucky that we managed to catch both Kai Kai and Jia Jia because I heard they sometimes go into hiding. All that walking is making everyone hungry. Let's go to Mama Panda Kitchen! |
After lunch, we walked on to the Amazon Flooded Forest, showcasing the annual flooding of the Amazon Forest. |
On our way out, back to the car, we came across a pair of Peacocks, with the male showing off to the female. So pretty! |
Other rivers of the world:
Ganges River in India, with the Indian Gharial, a fish-eating crocodile, and the Goonch catfish which is a maneater.
River Nile: the lifeblood of ancient Egyptian civilisation is a habitat for creatures both spectacular and savage. Brace yourself for the razor-sharp teeth of the tigerfish and monstrous appetite of the Nile Perch.
Congo river: look out for schools of rainbow-colored fishes like Congo tetra, kribernsis and jewel cichlid.
Murray River: featuring the Murray cod, Australia's largest freshwater fish, and the Australian Lungfish, a rare living fossil with ancestors older than the dinosaurs!