Mysuru: Sweltering weather is prevailing in Mysuru and more hotter days are expected. While humans opt for air conditioners, fans and coolers, Zoo denizens are being kept cool with water sprinklers, fruits and tender coconuts and lots of water to maintain hydration level. The rising mercury levels have kept the Zoo authorities on their toes as protecting animals from summer heat is their top priority. Water is being sprinkled on animals, especially the ones in the open like elephants, giraffes, camels, lions and chimpanzees.
“Water is being sprinkled on the bodies of animals once in three hours to keep them cool and the food given to herbivorous animals contain a lot of water content which include watermelons, musk-melons, oranges, soya bean milk, mosambis, grapes and cucumbers. Chimpanzees and African apes are fed with tender coconut water and vitamin tablets to help them withstand summer heat,” Zoo Executive Director Ajit M. Kulkarni told SOM.
