Elephant Shrews Charm Visitors With Funny Expressions

Run by the North of England Zoological Society, Chester Zoo is a zoological garden at Upton-by-Chester, Chester – about 38 miles from Liverpool, in the north of England. TripAdvisor named it the UK's best zoo in July 2015, and the 7th best worldwide. Genetically-speaking, the round-eared elephant-shrew is more similar to the elephant than other shrews. (Photo: Chester Zoo). Chester Zoo was opened by George Mottershead OBE (1894-1978) and his family in 1931. In 1903, Mr. Mottershead had been taken to Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in Manchester, and disliked seeing all those animals cooped up in cages.