Do animals also celebrate Christmas? After all, the ox and donkey, along with the choir of angels, were the first eyewitnesses in the Bethlehem manger. The people at Hellabrunn Zoo don’t deal with this question too theoretically; they are already giving their animals decorated Christmas trees – and openly admit that they do this so that they can send heartwarming photos.
Of course, the animal trees are not decorated with candles and glass balls – instead, samples of each animal’s favorite food are hung on them. So the baboons get bananas and leeks and immediately attack them.
A Chinese muntjac enjoys nibbles.
(Photo: Jan Saurer/Hellabrunn Zoo)
The bull rhino Niko, on the other hand, initially ignored the gift, but the female Rapti happily feasted on starfruit, lemons and tomatoes.
The ibexes look at how the pack leader behaves – only then do they approach the coniferous tree decorated with fruit and vegetables.
(Photo: Jan Saurer/Hellabrunn Zoo)
The ibexes, on the other hand, waited until the pack leader had inspected the tree, then ate the fruit and vegetables. The elephants got pure tree: they eat it all up anyway.
There was a tree with fish for the maned wolf.
(Photo: Jan Saurer/Hellabrunn Zoo)
Hellabrunn Zoo is open on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Christmas holidays and New Year’s Day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.