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South American butterflies - Diergaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam/NL)

Butterflies - the most beautiful and largest butterfly paradise in Europe is Amazonica. A striking dome-shaped building (around 2,500 m2) where it is tropical warm. Thousands of colorful South American butterflies flutter around, most of them very colorful and some really huge.

 

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Diergaarde Blijdorp (Est. 1857) - also named Rotterdam Zoo, one of the oldest zoos in the Netherlands. It is operated by the Stichting Koninklijke Rotterdamse Diergaarde (‘Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundation’). Divided into several zoogeographic regions, the 26-hectare (64.25-acre) Blijdorp Zoo boasts well over 180 species. It has a zoo shop, multiple cafes, and an information centre.

See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diergaarde_Blijdorp

 

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Uploaded on August 26, 2015
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