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Mongoose in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Panda in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Jungle Cat in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Giraffe in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Mongoose in the Zoological Gardens in Berlin Germany and Aquarium Royalty Free Stock Photo

Mongoose in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe,

Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Meercats in Zoological Gardens and Aquarium in Berlin Germany. The Berlin Zoo is the most visited zoo in Europe, Royalty Free Stock Photo

Opened on 1 August 1844, the Zoologischer Garten Berlin was the first zoo in Germany. The aquarium opened in 1913. The first animals were donated by Frederick William IV, King of Prussia, from the menagerie and pheasantry of the Tiergarten. During World War II, the zoo area was completely destroyed and only 91 of 3,715 animals survived, including two lions, two hyenas, an Asian bull elephant, a hippo bull, ten hamadryas baboons, a chimpanzee, and a black stork. By the end of the war, the zoo was fortified with the Zoo flak tower, a huge flak tower that was one of the last remaining areas of German resistance against the Red Army. Following the zoo`s destruction, it and the associated Aquarium was reconstructed on the most modern principles so as to display the animals in as close to their natural environment as feasible. The Aquarium, which was built in 1913 as part of the Zoologischer Garten complex. In addition to fish and other aquatic life, it is home to most of the zoo`s reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.