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Zoo animals fed ice cream
27/07/2006 12:42 - (SA)
Zurich - Zookeepers in the Swiss
financial centre of Zurich are feeding animals a diet of frozen
berries, meat and bones to help them stay cool in the sweltering
summer heat.
The "alternative ice cream" offered to animals instead of
their usual fare has been a big hit with large cats, apes and
wolves, Zurich Zoo said in a statement. "The ice cream should at
least offer the animals a temporary way to cool down," it said.
The unusually high temperatures which have hit most of
Europe are poised to make this July the hottest in Switzerland
since 1983, experts say.
- Reuters
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