With its magnificent domes, balustrades and columns, its minarets and archways, the oriental city looks colourful and bursting with life. Palm trees and exotic trees grow between the impressive buildings. But there are no human inhabitants to be seen. Instead, the animal world has conquered the city: Parrots, peacocks and snakes, giraffes, leopards and monkeys move freely between the houses, as if it were the most normal thing on earth.