Subway Mural - ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK
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A bright and colourful mural decorates the walls of the subway from the car park to the entrance of Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. Many of the animals present in the zoo are represented on the mural.
Waymark Code: WME5GC
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/06/2012
Views: 1
Against a background of clear blue sky and various vegetation are the following animals: three zebras, a hippopotamus, two cockerels, a skunk, a deer, a lion, two monkeys, a peacock, a lemur and a vulture. Continuing, a leopard, a pony, two wolves, a reindeer, a marmoset, a bear, a deer, a rhinoceros, a red panda, a sealion, a penguin, three fish and many insects. Here the mural is extended to show the animals underwater and swimming.
On the other side of the subway the mural continues with underwater scenes as well as on land. There are many fish, three sealions, a black swan, a heron, two flamingoes, two wallabies, two hippopotamuses, a crocodile, five penguins, two red birds, a vulture, an oryx, a monkey, a leopard, a tiger, a snake, an antelope, a rhinoceros, some spiders, ants and beetles.
Another part of the mural shows a displaying peacock, a deer, a monkey, a red panda, an emu, two giraffes, two chimpanzees, two elephants, a toucan, a rhinoceros, a tiger, a bear, a marmoset, an antelope, a camel, a white wallaby, two parrots, a silver marmoset, a deer, a European bison, an owl and two penguins.
When the mural finishes you emerge from the car park at the zoo entrance to see all of the animals in real life.
City: Whipsnade, Dunstable
Location Name: ZSL Whipsnade Zoo Subway
Artist: Helen Shackleton
Media: Paint on Concrete
Date: Not listed
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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