2018Children's Stamp - Baby Zoo - First Day Cover
2018 Children's Stamp - Baby Zoo - First Day Cover for only GBP £1.12

The Belgrade Zoological Garden welcomed its first inhabitants back in 1936, and today it spreads over an area of seven acres of the Belgrade Fortress, and has more than 200 species and 1200 animals. According to the number of natural reproductions, the Belgrade Zoo is at the very top of Europe today.Baby Zoo, within the Belgrade Zoo, was built in 1995 and has been home to various types of baby animals for years. It instantly became a favourite place for visitors, especially the youngest ones. They can see babies of all kinds here and sometimes even have direct contact with some of them. Here, children can play with baby goats, raccoon babies, baby servals, and various other species to whom the Baby Zoo is a temporary home.
Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)Patagonian mara is a large South American rodent that inhabits Argentina, and its natural habitat is the forest. Mara resembles a rabbit; it has recognizable long ears and long limbs. The adult mara reaches between 69 and 75 cm with a tail of 4-5 cm, and weighs 8-16 kg.
Couples remain together for a lifetime, often in groups of up to 29 pairs, which gives them better protection against predators. While one couple visits their young, other couples protect them by circling around the litter. They mate from August to January. Females’ gestation period lasts for 100 days and the offspring come to the world in burrows, where there can be from one to 22 litters. The cubs remain in the den for the first three weeks of their lives, and after 13 weeks they are ready for independent life.
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)Black swan is a bird of black feathers and a bright red beak, inhabiting the southeast and southwest of Australia. It can grow up to 1.4 m and weighs between 6 and 9 kg, with a wing span of 1.6 to 2 m.
These birds spend their entire life with the same partner. They nest from February to September, occasionally in large colonies. Usually a female makes a nest in which she lays 5-6 eggs, on which both male and female lie from 35 to 48 days. Baby birds don’t leave the nest for the first 2-3 weeks of life. They are able to fly already at six months old, but they stay with their parents for about nine months.
Black swans came to various countries as decorative birds in the 19thth century, but in time they escaped and formed stable populations in the wild.
Arctic Wolf (Canis lupus arctos)Polar, Arctic or White Wolf inhabits North Canada, Alaska and parts of Greenland, the most inhospitable polar regions of the world, which not even Eskimos inhabit. White fur is very soft and dense, with long hair. Their ears are round and small, and the muzzle and limbs are shorter, making their bodies seem bulky. The crude conditions in which they live have led to a very intense bonds within the pack, which is made up of 7-10 wolfs, although there may be up to 30 in one pack.
They mate in March, and pregnant wolves leave the pack in search of a suitable den where they will bring the cubs to the world. At birth, cubs are blind, deaf, helpless and completely dependent on their mother. Already a month after birth, small wolves can start eating flesh, and from that moment on, the pack begins to take part in their upbringing.
Miniature goat (Capra hircus)The miniature goat is a small breed of domestic goat, originating from West Africa, Cameroon. A very intelligent and vigorous animal of modest demands, which is extremely easy to breed, reaches a height of 40 (females) to 58 cm (males), and can weigh up to 40 kg. After five months of pregnancy, the female goat gives birth to one to four kids, who, just like real goats, jump to their feet immediately after birth, searching for the teat to feed on their mother's milk.
Due to its good-natured character, the miniature goat is an attraction for the youngest visitors of the zoo, and in the Belgrade zoo they are roaming free, outside of the cage.
Motifs on stamps and envelopes: photographs of Zoran Rajić, Marija Bojović and Nadežda Skočajić.
Expert collaboration: Srboljub Aleksić, director of the Belgrade Zoological Garden.
Artistic realization: MA Nadežda Skočajić, academic graphic artist.
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