At the Bioparco di Roma Easter is dedicated to the biodiversity of eggs

Visitors will be able to observe the large egg of an extinct bird, the elephant bird, and the very small egg of a hummingbird

ROME – From today until Sunday Easter The Biopark of Rome organizes numerous thematic activities, mostly focused on 'egg biodiversity', in stations located throughout the 17 hectares of the park.In the station 'Record eggs' there will be egg models of all sizes, from the large egg of an extinct bird, the elephant bird, to the very small hummingbird egg.They can be observed 'mimetic' eggs of birds that lay in nests on the ground or those that have such a shape so as not to roll away, and participate in a fun quiz game aimed at the whole family.
The recreational-educational activity 'Not just birds' consists of associating models of eggs with the animals that made them to discover that not only birds lay them.The eggs of some sharks they look like sculptures, those gods snakes those of the gods are soft, gelatinous toads, punctiform in some fish, up to mammals such as theplatypus.

The volunteers of Italian Bird Protection League (LIPU) they will set up the station 'Nest sweet nest', in which various can be observed nests of many shapes, made with different materials.Visitors will be able to learn that each nest is created primarily to protect unborn children from predators, hidden among the branches of trees or in a trunk, created by intertwining blades of grass or modeled with mud, and tells a lot about the species that built it.
By participating in'Surprise Animals' activity, after solving some Egg themed riddles, you will discover that nature always manages to amaze through the diversity of shapes and colors, the expedients implemented by living things, through evolutionary processes, in order to survive.
Furthermore, during the days, the inevitablemeeting 'He who does not adapt is lost':in the company of an educational operator they will observe each other very closely Madagascar geckos, red-legged tortoises, arrow frogs, toads, pogone, axolotl, chameleons.Furthermore, the activity of the ants inside an anthill and the art of animal mimicry stick insects.
Finally, the keepers of the Biopark will organize the animal meals to discover the ingredients of the lunch Japanese macaques (at 11.00), gods catta lemurs (at 11.30), of Asian elephants (at noon), of chimpanzee (at 2.00 pm), of California fur seals (at 3.00 pm) and gods Cape penguins (at 3.30pm).All the activities described are included in the ticket price.