Cisarua Safari Park Has New Inhabitant

Bogor (Antara Bali) - The Taman Safari Indonesia, a park where wild animals set loose has new inhabitant the Anaconda snake from Amazon, South America to highlight the Chinese New Year of the Snake.

The child Anaconda is  put in a cage for exhibition in the park, in Cisarua, in the Bogor regency,  some 80 kilometers south of Jakarta.

The snake  will reach a  length of up to 9 meters after it has  grown up in age, Taman Safari director Jansen said here on Monday.

People visiting the park which is controlled by keepers including animal tamers, are told to remain their cars.

The park spokesman Yulius H Suprihardo said the snake was brought in to coincide with the Chinese new year of 2,564  called Year of the Snake.

Yulius said Anaconda together with hundreds of water snakes are exhibited to the visitors in cages near the "Elephant Plaza" .

Anacoda, which spends most of its time in water is placed  in a big aquarium  with red ornaments that dominate the colors of the symbols of the Chinese new year celebrations.

Yullius said Chinese believe the snake will bring luck to those watching it. (*/T007)