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Erkrath

Neandertal Aurochs Enclosure

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Erkrath

Neandertal Aurochs Enclosure

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Neandertal Aurochs Enclosure

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This Highlight is in a protected area

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Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Alex Otto

May 10, 2020

Unfortunately, the enclosures are often empty. So do not promise children too much beforehand to avoid disappointment.

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PeterH65 (a.k.a. "Waldorf")

April 30, 2020

The auroch enclosure is located directly at this highlight.

"... The great cattle, the European auroch, was once the largest land mammal in Europe. Until humans took this wildlife away and wiped it out, it was widespread across large parts of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
The aurochs (Latin: Bos primigenius), also called Ur, Urrind or Urus, were - along with the Wisent - the rulers of the European meadows and forests. The wild animals had a quaint strength and were almost two meters high and with their huge horns up to a ton in weight.
The last wild auroch died about 400 years ago in the Polish forests of Jaktorówka. Soon there were zoologists first plans to spread the ancestors of today's domestic cattle back to Europe by breeding ... "
derauerochs.de/wissenswertes/auerochsen-in-deutschland

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Carlo63

August 27, 2023

Stately animals are the aurochs and the bison. Definitely worth a visit, like the Neandertal in general.

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Location: Erkrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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