Do you
know that a pack of dinosaurs has stomped its way into Singapore Zoo and River
Safari?
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| Come meet T-Rex at Zoo-rassic Park, happening in Singapore Zoo this holiday season |
Come face-to-face with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Spinosaurus, Stegosaurus,
Triceratops and a host of their prehistoric cousins this year-end for a
fun-filled, immersive discovery adventure and observe interesting parallels with
the parks’ living collections and learn valuable lessons about saving today’s
species from extinction.
In a unique display that does not involve living
animals, Singapore Zoo and River Safari present a lifelike animatronics
collection of pre-historic creatures at Zoo-rassic Park during weekends between
Nov 26 and Dec 18.
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| Don't miss that Velociraptor lurking in the bushes! |
Dinosaurs disappeared from the face of the earth in the
fifth extinction and now animal species are being wiped out at an unprecedented
rate. In the last 50 years, we have lost
67 per cent of the world’s biodiversity.
Through the Zoo-rassic Park
experience, Singapore Zoo aims to raise awareness on this issue and rally
visitors to do something to save the world’s biodiversity before it’s too late.
Journey through the Same Same But Different Trail to learn about convergent evolution
and be amazed by how the animals of today like giraffes, rhinos and bats, share
similar features and behaviours with these relics of the past.
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| Look out for the Compsognathus! |
You can also try your hand at being a
paleontologist by excavating dinosaur fossils! Escorted by the dinosaur keeper
into the realm of past giants, you cannot miss the opportunity to capture photo
mementoes with the towering T-Rex and Velociraptor friends.
On a misty walk in an exciting outdoor
environment, look out for dinosaurs peeping at you through the foliage and
unlock an interactive experience to learn fun facts about their relationship to
other animals in the zoo through a Visual Discovery app, Blippar.
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| Zoo-rassic Park activities are on now till Dec 18, 2016 |
Some Zoo-rassic Park residents have made
their way to the freshwater attraction to meet their old friends in River Safari.
Continue your
prehistoric learning journey in Singapore Zoo’s sister park, River Safari, to
learn about living fossils in the Extinction
Escapees Trail.
Here you will
discover ancient animals like the Alligator Snapping Turtle, Indian Gharial and
Giant Chinese Salamander that still exists now!
While dinosaur-themed
activities happen during weekends between Nov 26 and Dec 18, you can still
catch the dinosaurs grazing in their new home at Singapore Zoo and River Safari
until May 2017.
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| Come meet Sunny the hornbill at Jurong Bird Park |
Then hop over to Jurong
Bird Park to meet the park’s animal icon, Sunny the hornbill, who’s also
the ambassador for all threatened bird species that need our help and
protection.
Jurong Bird Park, which started with just five hornbill species
when the park opened in 1971, is now home to the largest collection of
Southeast Asian hornbills in the world.
Of the 18 hornbill species in the park, 11 are native to Southeast Asia.
Visitors can participate in many hornbill-focused activities between now and
Dec 11 including meeting Sunny the hornbill, feeding hornbills, doing craft
activities, writing love notes for the Hornbill Love Mail and learning about
them in the daily Hornbill Chit-Chat
sessions.
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| Enjoy Twilight Encounters with Chawang and his family! |
In the evening, head to the Night
Safari to enjoy festive cheer with
the Paw-some Parade where quirky
costumed animal characters will parade down the entrance to jump start your
night of animal encounters over Fridays and Saturdays between now and Dec 10.
This
year-end, Night Safari presents Twilight
Encounters in activities themed around Chawang, the park’s famous
elephant.
Take a ride on the tram to
meet the elephant family and be awed by the sheer size and power of the
majestic Chawang with the latest addition to the family, baby Neha.
Get ready
for some Jumbo-sized Fun when you
meet the Chawang mascot and be enthralled by the grace and finesse of
fluorescent light show performers in Illumi-night
as they dance and twirl with their lighted props against the dark backdrop of
night.
For a chance to win a pair of adult
ParkHopper tickets valued at approx. RM420 per package, take part in a simple
online contest. Just answer True or
False to two questions:
2. Sunny the hornbill is Jurong Bird Park's new animal icon.
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| Don't miss this opportunity to come face-to-face with T-Rex! |
The contest to win ten [10] pairs of
ParkHopper tickets, closes on Dec 1 so send your answers to email: corpcomms.szg@wrs.com.sg with your full name, IC number, email
address and telephone number. Winners
will be notified by email.
Managed
by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, world-leading zoological institutions –
Singapore Zoo, River Safari, Jurong Bird Park and Night Safari – aim to inspire
people to value and conserve biodiversity by providing meaningful and memorable
wildlife experiences at their parks.
Website: www.wrs.com.sg
For more
information on Dino-mite admission combo tickets, visit www.zoo.com.sg/zoorasic-park/
Photos are courtesy of Wildlife Reserves Singapore
A version of this was published in The New Straits Times, Life & Times on 24 November 2016
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