By Maria Domnitskaya, The Tula Zoo which has the largest collection of reptiles in Russia has held the first animal Olympic Games. The city of Tula which is 200km to the south of Moscow has become the host of the first animal Olympic Games in history. The Games were organised by the local exotarium which possesses a unique collection of reptiles counting about 600 species of snakes, lizards, tortoises and turtles, crocodiles, as well as scorpions, frogs and other animals.The animal Olympics, held at the time of the London Olympic Games, lasted for three days. A great number of spectators had a whale of a time watching the funny competitions of fluffy and prick-eared ‘athletes’. On the first day, cockroaches and mice ran a short-distance round. On the second day, frogs competed in long jumps and polecats in sprint. On the final day, the winner-runners – a polecat, a mouse and a cockroach – met in the ‘clash of the titans’. To make things fair, the distance for each of them was determined by their size. The cockroach was the first to reach the finish. The fans had expected this, Tatiana Babkina from the exotarium’s press-service told The Voice of Russia. Tags: Opinion & Analysis, Society, Olympic Games , animals, Russia, Читать далее, Source: Voice of Russia.
