Golden 3

Chimp playing with plastic bottles

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June 7th 2005
This past weekend we went to the zoo. It was a great experience! The zoo is mainly well kept with lots of gardens and ponds. It surprised me, though that some animals had large living spaces and other tiny cages... Some seemed happy, other looked sad and lonely. Anyways, we learned a lot. We learned that there are more than 500 species of gold fish in China (some pics of the weird ones) cou ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more