BIOPARC Valencia receives one of the 100 most harmful invasive species in the world and begins the summer with births of different species.
Summer has begun this week and BIOPARC Valencia has had a lively start. We have seen the savannah emerge for the first time at three babies impala (Aepyceros melampus) that, with only a few weeks, they already run under the watchful eye of the adults of their herd among the other antelopes and the group of Giraffes. In the same area the striking sacred ibises (Threskiornis aethiopicus) They have also increased their family.
A few meters away, in the aviary, five new rock hyrax hatchlings (Procavia capensis) They play very close to their parents and, next to them, several chicks of Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii) and one Cape Curlew (Burhinus capensis). And also in the Kopje area the striped mongooses (Mungos mungo).
Four copies of myocastor coypus, included in the list of the 100 most dangerous invasive alien species on the planet.
On the other hand, a new species, el coypu (myocastor coypus), has arrived these days at the park from Gaiazoo (Holland). These four males, after a period of acclimatization, will join the the educational exhibition “the cycle of life”, that premieres new schedule of summer taking place every day at 14pm and 18pm.
El coypu It is a large semi-aquatic rodent that looks somewhere between a beaver and an otter that, originally from South America, has become a problem for the African continent by expanding its population and affecting native ecosystems, which is why it is already included. in the list of 100 of the world's most harmful invasive alien species according International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The reason for their arrival at the Valencian park is precisely to emphasize the serious consequences that uncontrolled trade in non-native species can have and to show how these foreign specimens can colonize a territory and affect the balance of biodiversity.
On these days, the longest of the year, the visiting time is increased since, from the 27th, it opens until 21 hours and services in the park are improved and increased.
Yesterday, the 23rd, the edition of summer of “Africa Expedition” for boys and girls among 5 and 12 years that will end on July 23. So from Monday to Friday the little ones can enjoy a different holiday, in contact with nature and doing recreational-training activities.
