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Black-tailed rattlesnake--Bronx Zoo
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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 tail of a newly-born rattler, and a segment is added with each shedding.
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2016-pc-241
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Carrot oil colors flamingos in the Bronx Zoo
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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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2016-pc-289
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Cheetah
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Front caption: Cheetah. Known also as the "hunting leopard," it is one of the world's swiftest animals and is used to hunt game in India. / New York Zoological Park
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2016-pc-313
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Cuban crocodile
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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 the brink of extinction. The Cuban crocodile is very rare.
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2016-pc-233
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Duck-billed platypus
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / The duck-billed platypus / One of the great curiosities of the animal world--a mammal that lays eggs. Outside its native Australia and Tasmania, it has been exhibited only in the Bronx Zoo.
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2016-pc-391
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Hippopotamus
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Back caption: Hippopotamus / Africa / Bronx Zoo Amateur Photography Contest by Edward L. Reichers
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2016-pc-539
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Hippopotamus--Bronx Zoo
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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 protects the hippo's skin--in the hot sun or in the water.
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2016-pc-537
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Indian leopard-cat
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / Indian leopard-cat / This pretty cat from southeastern Asia ranges in color from gray to reddish. It is a forest-dwelling cat, and feeds on small mammals and birds in the wild.
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2016-pc-303
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Lowland gorilla
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / Lowland gorilla / This male Lowland Gorilla from central Africa weighed 438 pounds at the age of about 12 years. Gorillas habitually walk on all fours, as shown in this picture.
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2016-pc-435
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Lowland gorilla--Bronx Zoo
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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 unless forced to defend itself or its family. Gorillas are vegetarians in the wild.
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2016-pc-437
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Nubian giraffe
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Back caption: Nubian giraffe / East Africa / Bronx Zoo Amateur Photography Contest by Morris Cowen
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2016-pc-643
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Orang-utan
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Front caption: Orang-utan. When young, the orang is one of the most docile and affectionate of the great apes. It possesses great strength. New York Zoological Park
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2016-pc-427
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Rare okapis from Africa in the Bronx Zoo
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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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2016-pc-555
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Shoebill
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Back caption: Shoebill / Tropical Africa / New York Zoological Park
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2016-pc-285
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Shoebill "stork"
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Front caption: Shoebill "stork," a rare bird both in his native Africa and in captivity. This was the first specimen exhibited in America.
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2016-pc-281
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Takins--Bronx Zoo
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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 the rocky hillsides they frequent in the wild.
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2016-pc-563
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Tibetan yak
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Back caption: Tibetan yak / Highlands of Central Asia / Bronx Zoo Amateur Photography Contest by Dr. Macdonald Browne
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2016-pc-485
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Warthog
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Back caption: Warthog / Africa
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2016-pc-573
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Young chimpanzee
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / Young chimpanzee / Most familiar of the anthropoid, or man-like, apes is the Chimpanzee of central Africa. Up to the age of about 7 years they are friendly and tractable animals.
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2016-pc-401
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Barbary ape--Bronx Zoo
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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 introduced to Gibralter by the Moors during their early invasions of Spain. This is a female and her young.
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2016-pc-397
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Grant's zebra and foal
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Back caption: New York Zoological Park (Bronx Zoo) / Grant's zebra and foal / The most vividly and heavily striped of the several kinds of Zebras is this one. Zebras come from the plains regions of Africa. Young are often born in the Zoo.
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2016-pc-569
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