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At nine kilograms, Durin is the largest Tasmanian devil ever kept at Prague Zoo. Photo Oliver Le Que, Prague Zoo

Since Thursday it has been possible to see four new Tasmanian devils at Prague Zoo. The males Elrond and Durin and the females Faline and Sandra Dee inhabit the Darwin Crater exhibit in the zoo’s lower grounds. Although he bears the name of Tolkien's dwarf, Durin is actually the largest devil ever kept at Prague Zoo. The four...

History

The history of Prague Zoo goes all the way back to the year 1881, when, on the occasion of the wedding of Crown Prince Rudolf and Princess Stephanie of Belgium, Count Sweerts-Sporck published an open letter in the newspapers calling for the establishment of a zoological garden in Prague.


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