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GaiaZOO
Sign in to saveGaiaZOO is a Dutch zoo located in Kerkrade. It opened in 2005 as GaiaPark with approximately 80 different species. In 2014, the zoo had approximately 100 different species.
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- Instance of
- zoo
- Named after
- Gaia
- Country
- Netherlands
- Located in
- Kerkrade
- Official website
- www.gaiazoo.nl/en
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- Commons category
- Gaiazoo Kerkrade
- phone number
- +31-45-567-6070
- social media followers
- 5020
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GaiaZOO is a Dutch zoo located in Kerkrade. It opened in 2005 as GaiaPark with approximately 80 different species. In 2014, the zoo had approximately 100 different species.
== Naming == GaiaZOO is named after Gaia, the Greek goddess of the Earth. It also refers to the Gaia hypothesis which proposes the Earth is one big living organism. This organism includes all of Earth's fauna, flora, water, sky and surface.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “GaiaZOO” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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