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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, July 22, I960
News from Old Berne
t!erne Zoological park, which
measures 13 hectares, is situated
partly in the woods and partly on
the steep slope down to the Aare,
forming a most attractive section
of the immediate neighborhood of
Berne.
It is a few minutes from the sta
tion by motorbus T. Most of the
animals are European wild spe-
dies, which live in Switzerland or
lived here in former times.
The visitor can observe, in spac
ious preserves, graceful doe deer
and dignified red deer or the
smaller fallow deer, which have
white spots in summer; also orig
inal elks (moose), the largest deer
in Europe, which are to be seen in
very few zoological gardens in
Europe. Reindeer, which came to
Switzerland in prehistoric times,
are also well represented.
Especially popular are the wild
animals of the mountains, in parti
cular the marmots, which are kept
in the open, but also chamois, etc.,
in the enclosures on the bank of
the Aare; kids which leap from
rock to rock are especially attrac
tive.
As there are only about 150 spe-
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cimens of the European bison ex-
istant, each of which costs a
small fortune, the Berne zoological
park has to be content with the
American bison. They reproduce
themselves so well in Dahlholzli
that the park has become one of
the largest breeding grounds for
bisons in Switzerland.
Their neighbors are the wild
boars, whose numerous young with
their black-yellow stripes, consti
tute a special attraction in spring.
Foxes and badgers, which are to
be found in the last two enclosures
on the Aare, are objects of great
interest.
Of the smaller mammals, how
ever, the otters are the greatest
attraction. The graceful swimming
of these water martens are truly
remarkable.
Domestic animals are also rep
resented, especially ponies and
“dwarf” donkeys, on which chil
dren can ride on any fine Sunday
during the warm season. The Hun
garian sheep, the dwarf goats, rab
bits and guinea pigs also have ma
ny friends among the children.
Behind the big Tierpark restau
rant, there is another enclosure
with a great fishpond for water-
fowl and large waders. Numerous
native and foreign ducks and geese
disport themselves in the pond; a
group of long-necked, graceful
flamingoes strut about in the water
and white and black storks, cranes
and herons may be encountered in
the fields and on the paths.
In the vivarium, the largest
building in the wood, Swiss fauna
are supplemented by a number of
interesting foreign animals. Hun
dreds of birds are to be found in
the spacious outer and inner avia
ries.
Giant and venomous snakes and
tropical lizards are to be seen in
Ihe “terrarium” section The aqua
rium contains four sea-water tanks
full of glorious coral fish and a
number of cold fresh water tanks
with specimens of our native fish,
while in automatically heated fresh
water tanks live a large number of
tropical and sub-tropical river fish,
some of them very rare.
Finally, we may mention the uni
versally popular “capuchin mon
key’ ’and the rare “wooly mon
key,” whose antics are an unend
ing source of enjoyment to visitors.
Mirror Mirth
Some people don’t mind the lies
told about them. What worries
them is the truth.
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Men have less courage than
women. Imagine a man with ten
cents in his pocket trying on ten
suits of clothes.
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Singers who can carry a tune
generally carry it too far.
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A person learning how to drive
has made considerable progress
when the road begins to turn when
he does.
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The secret of successful writing
lies in striking the right keys on
the typewriter.
The reason Uncle Sam wears a
tall hat is so that he can pass it
around.
In running the government It’s
not the overhead that matters, it’s
the underhand.
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When two men in a business al
ways agree, one of them le
essary.
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Too much of the uplift in this
country is confined to ndses. ;;
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If you want to know tl^> yWo
of money, try and hdfniW idhlt:
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An onion Can make pel^Jle’erjl,
but. there is no vegetable that can
make them laugh. ,
Domestic use of fluoieuned to«
bacco is expected to rise 2 l^j^'Cent
this year.
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Since 1905
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