Zoological sights in Kuwait City
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Aquarium
Housed in a fine, sail-shaped building on the corniche, the mesmerising aquarium is the largest in the Middle East. A sign of contentment, perhaps, turtles perch on the back of lazy crocodiles, hedgehogs mate, prickles notwithstanding, in the adjacent eco-display, and even the aquarium's guards have taken to humming Arabic love songs. The unique intertidal display, with waves washing in at eye level, is home to shoals of black-spotted sweetlips and the ingenious mudskipper.
But the most spectacular part of the display (with giant spider crabs at 3.8m leg to leg, a living reef and fluorescent jellyfish coming in at a close second) is undoubtedly the wraparound, floor-to-ce…
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Little Jungle
A smaller zoo than Kuwait Zoo, Little Jungle, is designed for smaller children, who can pat a pony, grab a goat or kiss a camel while parents puff on a sheesha (water pipe used to smoke tobacco) and think of caterpillars instead.
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