The Animals of the Barcelona Zoo Fight the Heat with Ice Cream

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The chimpanzees swirl around the water in view of a summer piñata. Juices in tubes and an assortment of frozen fruits fly over the lagoon and are caught both by hands and feet. A little further, giraffes have the goal at their height and just have to stretch their necks to find a block of ice with apple and carrot that they arrive at with a slow pace. Continue reading...

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The Barcelona Zoo has recently reinforced measures to protect the animals from the heat wave, which has arrived after an atypical end to July, with rain and lower temperatures. The center's managers have activated the special protocol against the heat, which is launched when the thermometer exceeds 30°C. According to the Zoo's director, Antoni Alarcón, this year it had to be applied in June.

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If we get warm at this time imagine some of the animals in the zoo. Especially those who are not so used to these temperatures. As every year, their caregivers try to make it more bearable, as is the case with the Barcelona Zoo.

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The Barcelona Zoo has been active since the beginning of June in its protocol to help animals endure the heat in summer, a set of measures that include supplementing their diet with ice creams. The adapted diet will be especially relevant to cope with the high temperatures of the next days, for which a new wave of intense heat is foreseen in Catalonia.Continue reading....