The Sukhum webcam is installed on the Gumista bridge, which was built across the river of the same name.
This is one of the main bridges of Abkhazia, which connects the western part of the country with the capital. This building was built in the late 1940s. It suffered significantly during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict.Sukhum, whose webcams allow you to enjoy a walk online, is one of the most popular Abkhazian resorts.
It is the capital and largest city of the country. Locals consider this place the soul of Abkhazia.One of the main attractions is the Sukhumi Monkey Nursery. In addition to being a popular tourist destination, it is a functioning scientific institution. The purpose of the nursery was to study human diseases with the help of monkeys. It was decided to build it here because the climate is similar to the native conditions of primates, and also because of the large number of fruits in the vicinity.
The official founding date of the nursery is August 24, 1927. On this day, baboons and chimpanzees were brought from Guinea. At the same time, 15 primates were bought in total, but only two pairs were able to endure the long journey. Over the next 3 years, more than a hundred monkeys appeared in the nursery. Among them were orangutans, chimpanzees, baboons, hamadryas. The mortality rate turned out to be too high, so only hamadryas survived and began to reproduce.
Scientists explained the death of great primates by several factors. The first is a stone gorge in which cold winds blew. The next - then the nursery was on the outskirts of the city, so human infections often penetrated. And the last factor is also related to the location - there was a highway nearby, the dust from which fell into the territory of the institution.
Nevertheless, this did not prevent the Sukhum nursery, whose webcams are available on the site, from developing a scientific direction.
In 1958, a primatology center was opened here, which became the base for the study of oncological diseases. In addition, about 12 macaques were trained for space flights. It also created and tested vaccines against poliomyelitis, measles, hepatitis, conducted research on new antibiotics and other drugs.During the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, the nursery suffered significant losses. Out of about 2 thousand monkeys, only a few dozen managed to survive. To save the animals, some had to be sent to Russia.
Today, the monkey nursery is gradually being restored. Now there are about 300 primates. Most of them are rhesus monkeys.
This place in Sukhum, whose webcams allow you to enjoy the picturesque local nature, is worth a visit.
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