China - Zoo's winter warmers help chilly animals

Animals at a zoo in China are huddling next a fire and electric heaters to beat the cold weather.
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As Britain contends with its own big freeze, China is also suffering a blast of Arctic conditions and staff at Chongqing Wild Zoo have installed winter warmers to help the animals cope.

Giraffes spend all day grouped around a roaring fire, while an enormous boa constrictor has been given a blanket and a heater to stave off the cold.

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