Ashgabat zoo

all right [Music] because you can always find the new animals and i haven't been there for a long time like how many years maybe five six years you moved to ashgabat when 22 years ago 22 years okay so it's been a while i think it's not working now yeah they compete between in uh astana yeah one special days people come here in groups yeah have you been there yes yeah where's the cameras behind behind okay new systems the descendants of the captives the second world war here we have the map of the zoo [Music] pigs oh really okay this direction oh okay let's go let's go hey this is an interesting horse we arrived at the zoo so it's been about five or six years for you that you've been here right yes did you come to the new location or the old one new one okay and our driver atta he said i'm the first tourist to request to come to the zoo yes wow but we'll see a lot of interesting things here huh what year do you think this was built here it was built uh 15 years ago it's a lot bigger than the old one yes of course okay that's chaka shakal this is like a fox shackle is this local for turkmenistan we come across them on our way to darwaza okay sometimes yeah in the desert is this a turkmen wolf desert hey wolf you're relaxing in the shade hey what do we have here well where does the hyena come from something really yeah mountain is delicious oh wow so this hyena comes from turkmenistan i didn't realize but he looks well taken care of yeah he doesn't appear sick or anything here we have a desert cat it's from turkmenistan they live in the desert they're slightly bigger than a normal cat here we have the boar it's kind of woolly has a lot of hair yeah it's pretty uh [Music] interesting here we have the otter maybe so they come from russia originally and they were imported to turkmenistan there's so many over here of course they like water so this one's going to find some water it's called a nutria in english they seem friendly huh hey how's it going maybe it's a beaver it's a kind of liver yeah there are americans you can see the teeth species oh so strong teeth i haven't seen a beaver so close before here we have the badger it lives also in turkmenistan let's see if we can find it it might be hiding from the sun oh there it is it's in its little home oh there it is nice he's sleeping it looks like this is a normal cat hey kitty i wonder what's so interesting about you we should find the sign this one's not dangerous oh look there's another cat in the far distance turkmen cat this cat woke up from his snooze he's gonna come visit us this is just the normal house cat but it's a turkmen cat hey kitty so you're not dangerous right wow this one's safe to touch all right thanks for coming out here we have the fox there's actually four fox here now they're all curious [Music] again [Music] is [Music] me [Music] it doesn't produce oxygen oh really like other trees also this tree is like a yeah okay so this one doesn't produce oxygen [Music] oh man this is a turkmen dog very strong very big but is he dangerous no it is very friendly he's a friendly dog yes but you can only find it in turkmenistan yes their ears and tails are cut when they're very young because they take part in dog fights oh this is a drug fighter yeah but also let's say fight with wolves oh okay so there's a special type of dog we just found the two puppies extra finger here hey puppies oh this is a you're tame huh so it's a safe dog but they do uh fights with wolves okay so your special breed so his ear is also cut yes oh yeah his ears cut i see they're expensive right yes okay there's a description of the dog it's a turkmen dog the specialty is it has its tail and ears cut off during childhood and it's a fighter with wolves so it's a special dog but it's friendly otherwise helply it means dangerous dear visitors please keep water and cleanliness in our national museum of wild nature in this area they have a lion he's taking a rest over there they also have local porcupines here two of them they porcupine alrighty let's see this tree has this funny fruit looks like this it is sweet it's sweet yes but you can eat this no no it's just sweet maybe we can eat but it is new tree for us maybe wow i want to figure out the name of this so when it's ripe it looks like this and when it's not ripe it looks like this it's kind of like a fuzzy ball it's similar to apple i think it is right now this one's ripe so similar to apple maybe a quince but these are not ripe the one here is ripe well not really is that ripe that's a wrap it looks like yeah this looks interesting okay it's right it's ripe you think so you can try i'll try this yeah that's right i'm outside that's a quince stream the lion finally woke up [Music] [Music] [Music] oh here's the turkmen camels there's the horse pin here we have the pigeon [Music] this bird is pretty big i wonder what this is maybe the eagle yes some some sort of eagle golden eagle oh okay yeah here we have the pelican humongous legs and he's looking down so i can't see his bill whatever this is actually the marabou bird this is a marabou bird it's not actually a pelican it also has a big bill so i haven't seen one of these marabo birds before but they sure have a big bill that's for sure here we have the black vulture it's pretty big it's about pretty heavy too hey vulture we found the real pelican here hey pelican we got flamingos oh yeah there's the flamingos they love standing on one leg and then we got the [Music] ducks here they're just waiting for the water to come oh there's a big really big pelican over there this big one there's some more flamingos in the background so the zoo is really clean that's nice she cleans the cage really well she cleans it from other all the feathers so like cages and speak and span yeah just standing on one leg that one yeah he's good at standing at one leg he's professional that's amazing huh i cannot believe this but i just found chickens at the zoo hey chickens you're at the zoo i can't believe that here's a rooster make some noise another one do some noise he did some noise that's a lot of roosters and even though they're at the zoo they're a little scared except he made some noise all right see you later guys [Applause] more camels here we have wild donkeys that live in turkmenistan near the afghan water these ones can run fast they're native to the country they look a little bit uh horses they look like yeah okay here's an unusual camel they live in cold places yeah where do you think this one comes from from mongolia kazakhstan that area okay here we have some left-handed so they can uh withstand the cold weather no problem yeah okay hey buddy here we have the common emu hey yumu so we've seen most of the zoo now and now we're gonna go check out the museum museum is right here it's humongous and what do you say it's inside wow and this dinosaur was found in turkmenistan well that's impressive so i'm curious to see how big it is this is one section of the zoo he even has fountains it's so impressive here [Music] this here we have the dinosaur it's a humongous building it's a gorilla skeleton bare skeleton and we have some sort of another skeleton this is the saber-tooth tiger this is the zoo and we're right at the middle of it this is a replica of the dinosaur that lived in turkmenistan they found footprints from this dinosaur in the mountains for this museum they rebuilt it to show how it looks like [Music] in turkmenistan they have these lizards they're really big this is a baby one and then the big one is growing up it's about one and a half meters it's about five feet long they're so big you can find them in the desert so this is a replica and display of how big a lizard would be we might be able to find some on the way to darveza if we're lucky but they're super big and they're real lizards not iguanas this is how big they're supposed to look like so here is a sturgeon fish can you tell me the history long time ago what was a sturgeon fish called they were called the royal fish and what can you find from the fish caviar caviar you can see them in bazaar oh yeah yes okay so how much percent of the world's caviar comes from turkey 80 percent not from turkmenistan from caspian caspian sea okay okay is it cheap not very cheap not very expensive here medium yes it is much cheaper than in other countries um because we're close to the case okay turkmenistan is a really safe country right yes yes and smoking is bent in our country completely yes so you can smoke only in special places and at home okay we cannot find any cigarette butts in the streets can you smoke in your car uh no no if you have passengers you cannot spend oh okay but if you're alone you can smoke okay hey so you think turkmenistan is one of the safest countries in the world yes yeah you won't find criminals here no it's been safe since uh 1991 or even before even before okay so people is very peaceful people they're friendly too yes okay that's nice [Music] it's a big one right now we finally found the zebras and the giraffes they made a hole for the giraffes so they could be at eye level for the tourists or the people that come to visit them because the giraffes are so tall they needed to make a hole for them that's funny alpaca hey alpacas llamas [Music] that's a humongous giraffe hey zebras you guys are fun you're too short but the giraffe is just the perfect height i wonder if you can touch it [Music] hey buddy okay that's fun okay i got to touch my first giraffe [Music] here we have a snack shop we got popcorn and other fun foods to eat [Music] [Music] yes so those bicycles cost five months for 10 minutes it seats about five people it looks like seems to be really fun the cars are all white all the cars are white so it's hard to find atta he's parked somewhere here though it's um toyota camry or is it maybe a corolla i'm not sure he's coming he's coming oh there's a place you

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Length: 23min 0sec (1380 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 22 2020