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Title: "Andy" the orang-utan in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 them.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-431

Title: 350 lbs. of friendly gorilla in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-439

Title: Barbary ape--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-397

Title: Black-tailed rattlesnake--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-241

Title: Carrot oil colors flamingos in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-289

Title: Cuban crocodile
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-233

Title: Hand-reared tiger cub in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-343

Title: Hippopotamus--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-537

Title: Lion and cub--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 photographed on Lion Island--part of the large African Plains complex in the Bronx Zoo.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-333

Title: Lions on "Lion Island" in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-337

Title: Lowland gorilla--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-437

Title: Polar bear--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 Circle. These bears are extensively hunted and conservationists are much concerned about their survival.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-361

Title: Rare okapis from Africa in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-555

Title: Scarlet ibis--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 are black.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-291

Title: Snow leopard--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 strict protective measures are taken it may soon be extinct.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-305

Title: Takins--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-563

Title: Timber wolf--Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 habitat exhibit for wolves is a large, heavily-wooded, barless enclosure called Wolf Wood.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-297

Title: Two real "dragon lizards" in the Bronx Zoo
Description: 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 U.S.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-247

Title: Violet-necked cassowary
Description: 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 its head is used in fending off obstructions as the huge bird rushes through thick underbrush.
Type: still image
Genre: Postcards
Local Identifier: 2016-pc-275