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First English edition

Prague : Prague Zoo, [2022]

270 stran : ilustrace (převážně barevné), portréty ; 21 cm

ISBN 978-80-88426-22-6 (brožováno)

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Foreword ...11 // Introduction ...13 // The Mystery of the Karlštejn Scorpion ...15 // What Kestrels Are Hunting for ...21 // The "New Pangolins", with Spines and a Bezoar ...23 // I Have Decided to Build a Hotel ...27 // A Dracula Parrot. Will Naphthalene Save it? ...31 // Hard Times for Prague Zoo ...34 // An Extraordinary Mouse from Southern Turkey ...38 // A Velvet Baby in a Closed Zoo ...42 // Immortal Scabbers ...46 // The Photo of the Year ...49 // How we Looked for and Found the Name // for the Orangutan Baby ...51 // The Highest Award for the Giant Rat ...54 // Snails for the Northern Caiman Lizard ...59 // A Generator instead of an Aviary ...61 // The Last Wild Horse (Hopefully) without Question Marks ...64 // A Perfect "Archer" from the Indonesian Jungle ...67 // Prague Zoo Obtained a Unique Living Fossil, // the Razor-toothed Turtle ...71 // More About the Razor-toothed Turtle ...74 // The Razor-toothed Turtle {Odontochelys haseki) ...77 // A Pedestal for the Frogmouth ...80 // A Gift from the King of Comedians to Prague Zoo ...84 // Wilderness in the Scenery of the Metropolis ...87 // We Help to Save the White-bellied Heron ...91 // A Truffle for Scabbers ...94 // The Legendary Children’s Tram Pulled out Again ...97 // Gorilla Fairy Tales in the Badwe’e Dialect ...100 // A Hamster That Rose from the Grave ...103 // The Menu of Prague Zoo ...107 // Correcting Misconceptions about the Common Viper ...110 // The First Short-beaked Echidna Puggle in Prague! ...114 // A Terrapin with a Hollywood Tale ...118 // The Secret of Alpine Longhorn Beetles from Bezděz ...123 // Pure Terror in the Eyes of Defenceless Animals ...131 // Helping Nature: a Weevil Farm ...134 // A Miracle Tree from the Forest ...139 // A Deathstalker that Could Save Lives ...142 // A Mountain Restaurant and the Amazing Bojana ...145 // The Highest Award for Prague Zoo ...151 //

A Century after Ali’s Arrival in Prague ...153 // Rare Gorillas in Eastern Congo ...157 // One of One Hundred and Nine Sad Stories ...163 // A Mystery in Melchior Goldast’s Diary ...165 // My New Hobby for Autumn and Winter ...169 // The Six-legged Offspring of Adam, Eve and Vanessa ...172 // Flip and Alang Alang Have Their Third Baby ...177 // A Column about a Column. Plague, in the Zoo ...179 // The Wombat Called Cooper ...182 // An 80-million-year-old Secret, or Memories of the 1990s ...187 // Anahita in Prague! (Really, this Time!) ...194 // The Most Beautiful Day in Eastern Congo ...197 // The Inspiring Story of the "Wombat Boy" ...203 // A Trace of Czechia in Central Africa ...206 // The Crocodile Saved at the Last Minute ...208 // How to Whistle at the Eurasian Pygmy Owl ...210 // The New Gorilla House ...214 // The Unveiled Secret of an Egyptian God ...220 // The Pangolins in Prague! ...225 // The "Flypaper" of our Great-great-grandmothers ...229 // Hey Frog! ...234 // The Last Chance for the Mountain Pygmy-possum? ...237 // // Czech Discoveries about the Platypus 242 // A Rare Toroise from the Suburbs ...24 // The Orangutans on the Run, Though Only for a While ...249 // The Return of the Wild Horses - Heading East! ...253 // The Story Continues ...25? // Index ...258 // Photographs and Illustrations

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