AKIPRESS.COM - President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov together with his grandchildren visited the National Wildlife Museum, reports the state news agency of Turkmenistan.

The National Wildlife Museum is the largest scientific, nature-oriented and educational centre. It occupies 40 hectares and is home for 3,000 mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and other animals.

The Museum is divided into four zones: African savannah and the territory of predators in the eastern part of the park, ungulates and poultry market - in the western zone. Winter facilities with access to large paddocks under the open sky are created for each animal species. This includes spacious open-air cages, high pavilions for birds, artificial ponds, aquariums, a monkey house, a terrarium cage, a stable with hippodrome and playground for young animals.

President Gurbanguly Berdymuhamedov and his grandchildren got acquainted with the conditions created for breeding Ahalteke horses. The leader of Turkmenistan told his grandchildren many interesting facts about his favorite beautiful animals.

Then the Turkmen leader with grandchildren visited the area of ‘ships of the desert’ - arvana camels and Bactrian camels, where they received the good news - a two-humped female camel gave birth to a white camel.

The south-western part of the museum is inhabited by predatory birds, exotic inhabitants of tropical forests, numerous waterfowl and domestic poultry. High tents protected mesh and artificial lakes are filled with birds’ chatter and the noise of wings of cranes, ducks, beautiful swans, parrots, peacocks and pheasants.