Lesson 23: Famous Zoos
[00:05.49]Zoos are old!
[00:09.25]One of the world's first zoos was in Egypt,about 3,500 years ago.
[00:18.81]This zoo kept monkeys and giraffes in small cages.
[00:25.94]Only kings,queens and important people went to this zoo.
[00:33.59]No other people could go.
[00:37.85]Egypt is a country in Africa.Egypt is famous for its pyramids.
[00:45.71]What was China's first zoo?China built its first zoo about 2,500 years ago.
[00:56.89]People went to the zoo to learn about animals.
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[01:08.81]Animals in wedding clothes?Yes!
[01:14.14]Eight hundred years ago,King Frederick II kept many wild animals in his zoo.
[01:23.07]He lived in Italy.
[01:26.70]When he got married,he took elephants,camels,lions,and monkeys to his wedding.
[01:36.05]He gave them beautiful wedding clothes!Many cages have bars.
[01:44.31]Bars keep the animals inside.New cages--no bars!
[01:52.67]One hundred years ago,a new kind of zoo opened in Germany.
[01:59.82]The Hagenbeck Zoo kept animals in big cages.
[02:06.07]The cages had no bars.The Hagenbeck Zoo gave other zoos a good idea.
[02:14.71]This idea has given zoo animals a better life.
[02:20.59]FASCINATING FACT
[02:24.25]Zoos are the only places that some kinds of animals live.
[02:31.09]There are no Asian wild horses outside of zoos.
[02:36.84]Zoos also have most of the world's Siberian tigers.
[02:43.08]There are about one thousand (1000) Siberian tigers in zoos.
[02:49.85]The Siberian tiger is the biggest cat in the world.
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