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17 March 2025 - 1 September 2026
Conditions
CHF 10.- per adult, free for children under 16 years old
March 2025
Monday 17
09:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 18
09:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 19
09:30 - 16:00
Thursday 20
09:30 - 16:00
Friday 21
09:30 - 16:00
Saturday 22
09:30 - 16:00
Sunday 23
09:30 - 16:00
Monday 24
09:30 - 16:00
Tuesday 25
09:30 - 16:00
Wednesday 26
09:30 - 16:00
Thursday 27
09:30 - 16:00
Friday 28
09:30 - 16:00
Saturday 29
09:30 - 16:00
Sunday 30
09:30 - 16:00
Monday 31
09:30 - 16:00
0 to 99 years old

Autre lieu

Genève
  • Genève

Janus at the Bioparc

A long-standing partner, the Bioparc enthusiastically agreed to house our two-headed tortoise until the Museum's construction work is completed, because of its sensitivity to vibrations.
17 March 2025 - 1 September 2026
Conditions
CHF 10.- per adult, free for children under 16 years old
Muséum Genève

During this period, you can visit Janus (and his caretakers) in his new home designed especially for him! Janus is a male Testudo graeca Greek tortoise with two heads. Each head has an independent brain. The right head is dominant, while the left is more phlegmatic. This sometimes complicates the animal's movements, since the two heads don't always agree on which direction to take!
In the wild, Janus wouldn't have survived, as it doesn't have the space to protect itself from predators by hiding its heads and legs in its carapace. Thanks to captivity, Janus has benefited since birth from attentive care (optimized food, baths, massages, walks) which has given him an exceptional longevity of 26 beautiful years!

Sous-titre
A well-known resident of Geneva's Natural History Museum, Janus is now vacationing at the Bioparc.
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Other place
Bioparc - Route de Valavran 33, 1293 Bellevue
Event type
Exhibition
Target audience
General public
Event organisation
Event organized by an external organization
Organizer
Muséum de Genève
Organizer url
http://museum-geneve.ch/
Thématiques internes VdG (ne pas cocher sauf autorisation)
Nature
Labels
En plein air
Contribution service
Contributeur Externe
Campagne - ça se discute
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About the location

Autre lieu
Genève
  • Genève