Back caption: Cuban Crocodile--Bronx Zoo / Today's crocodiles, alligators, and the gavial are among the largest living reptiles. Destruction of habitat and hide hunting are bringing crocodilians to th...
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Back caption: Scarlet ibis--Bronx Zoo / This brilliantly-colored bird has been greatly reduced in number by hunters. These ibises have bred and reared young at the Bronx Zoo. When hatched, the young a...
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Back caption: Polar bear--Bronx Zoo / The polar bear's white coat, sometimes washed with yellow, has a protective value against a background of the snow and ice in its native home above the Arctic Cir...
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Back caption: Lions on "Lion Island" in the Bronx Zoo / As part of the African Plains exhibit in the Bronx Zoo, these male Lions live together on a moated island overlooking other African animals.
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Back caption: Hand-reared tiger cub in the Bronx Zoo / "Dacca II," the 31st cub born to the Bronx Zoo's famous Tiger, Dacca, was hand-reared by Keeper Helen Martini in her own home.
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Back caption: These Komodo Monitors, or "Dragon Lizards," are the largest lizards in the world, reaching 10 ft. in length. They came to the Bronx Zoo from the East Indies, and are the only ones in the...
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Back caption: Snow leopard--Bronx Zoo / The snow leopard, or ounce, from the high mountains of central Asia is one of the most beautiful of the big cats. It is hunted for its luxuriant fur and unless ...
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Back caption: Carrot oil colors flamingos in the Bronx Zoo / Carrot oil has been added to the diet of Flamingos in the Bronx Zoo to insure normal red color of their feathers when the birds molt.
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Back caption: 350 lbs. of friendly gorilla in the Bronx Zoo / "Oka," the big female Lowland Gorilla in the Bronx Zoo, enjoys playing with the keeper who has taken care of her most of her life.
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Back caption: Hippopotamus--Bronx Zoo / There is an old superstition that a hippopotamus "sweats blood." Actually the body pores exude drops of brownish oil, which appear reddish in sunlight. This oil...
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Back caption: Takins--Bronx Zoo / Takins are "goat-antelopes," extremely rare in zoos. They live in the mountains of northestern Burma and nearby areas of China. Takins look clumsy but are agile on th...
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Back caption: Violet-necked cassowary--Bronx Zoo / This cassowary, from the Island of Aru, west of New Guinea, reaches a height of over five feet. The cassowary is flightless and the bony casque on it...
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Back caption: Lowland gorilla--Bronx Zoo / The gorilla, largest of the great apes, has a bad reputation. However, tales of its fearsome deeds in Africa are largely fictional. Actually it is harmless u...
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Back caption: Timber wolf--Bronx Zoo / Once common in North America, Europe, and most of Asia east of Japan, the wolf has now been exterminated over most of its former range. The Bronx Zoo's natural h...
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Back caption: Rare okapis from Africa in the Bronx Zoo / The Okapi, only living relative of the Giraffe, lives in the dark forests of the Belgian Congo. The Bronx Zoo has a pair.
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Back caption: Barbary ape--Bronx Zoo / This monkey is found in the extreme northern part of Africa and on the Rock of Gibralter. It is the only monkey to be listed from Europe where it was probably in...
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Back caption: "Andy" the orang-utan in the Bronx Zoo / "Andy," a magnificent specimen of adult male Orang-utan, came to the Bronx Zoo when he was a baby. He likes to stare at Zoo visitors and wave at ...
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Back caption: Black-tailed rattlesnake--Bronx Zoo / Rattlesnakes are found only in the New World, particularly in the United States and Mexico. The "rattle" starts with a simple hard button on the tai...
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Back caption: Lion and cub--Bronx Zoo / The dominant big cat of Africa is the lion. On the East African plains herds of antelope and zebra provide food for these predators. This adult and cub were pho...
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