Reptilandia Park
Monday, January 15th, 2007Reptilandia Park,
as you might have noticed from the name is a park for reptiles in the municipality of Gáldar, part of Gran Canarias' north shore.
This great park shows a large variety of reptilian species such as poisonous snakes, tarantulas, giant turtles, iguanas, crocodiles, alligators etc... With 10.000m² of ground it offers a lagre amount of different terrariums in which the species' origal habitats are recreated. The park is open every day from 11:00 till 17:00 and feeding time is around 15:00.
This park is the largest of all 7 isles and famous for holding the largest saurians alive in an open terrarium: The Komodo Dragons. Jim Pether, director of this park, was also the one to manage this species to breed in captivity for the first time in europe. 2 and a half years ago, 17 youngs were born from which
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