Rome Bioparco battles August heat with frozen fruit and swimming pools.
Authorities at Rome's Bioparco are ensuring the zoo's residents are coping with the summer heat by providing the animals with swimming pools and refreshing frozen fruit.
For those who venture outside there are new shaded areas as well as swimming pools for elephants, tigers, hippos, wolves and bears.
Photos: Bioparco Archive - Massimiliano Di Giovanni.
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Rome's zoo animals cool off with frozen fruit
00100 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy