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"Andy" the orang-utan in the Bronx Zoo
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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 them.
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2016-pc-431
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350 lbs. of friendly gorilla in the Bronx Zoo
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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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2016-pc-439
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A giant lobster
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Back caption: A Giant Lobster. 38 inches long; weight 21 pounds. Captured off Sandy Hook, N. J. Received New York Aquarium Sept. 1913. The longest known specimen.
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2016-pc-723
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A small aquarium with water plants
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Front caption: How to care for an Aquarium. Use pure water, which should not be changed; it is better to introduce water plants, which will supply oxygen for aeration. Put fine washed gravel or coarse sand in the bottom to hold roots of the plants. Keep the aquarium in the light but not in sunshine; it should be in a room where the temperature is uniform, 50 to 60 degrees. A ten-gallon aquarium is easier to manage than one of smaller size. Do not crowd the specimens; a few small fishes will thrive better than several large ones. A rectangular or round aquarium is better than a globe. Feed moderately as waste food will foul the water. It is best to buy prepared foods. Put in a few fresh-water snails to eat green moss off the glass, and a couple of tadpoles to help clean up waste food. Take out refuse with a rubber syphon. Destroy fishes which become diseased. Get an aquarium book and study important details; the New York Aquarium can supply "The Care of Home Aquaria" for 25 cents a copy.
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2016-pc-725
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Admission ticket to opening of African Plains exhibit
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Admission ticket for the opening of the African Plains exhibit at the New York Zoological Park on May 1, 1941 including a map of the park.
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African elephant "Kartoum"
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Front caption: African elephant "Kartoum" / (largest African elephant in captivity) / New York Zoological Park
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2016-pc-451
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Alligator and Snapping Turtle, or, Alligator and Spotted Turtle
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Front caption: How to care for Turtles and Small Alligators. Cold-blooded reptiles such as turtles and alligators cannot thrive in captivity during the winter months without a temperature of 75 to 85 degrees. They require permanently warm water and also a dry place upon which they can crawl to enjoy the heat of the sun. Some kinds of turtles feed only under water, but for most of them the water need be only a few inches deep. Alligators and snapping turtles are flesh eaters and may be provided with minnows, frogs, tadpoles, worms, grubs, crayfish, shrimps, small crabs, either live or dead. They will also eat chopped meat, fish, clams and oysters. Many kinds of turtles will eat the above foods,as well as snails, small aquatic mollusks and insects. Others like tender green vegetables such as tomatoes, lettuce, celery and various water plants. The wood turtle, box tortoise and other kinds usually found on dry land, eat berries and mushrooms as well as many of the foods already mentioned. Turtles should be supplied with a variety of foods until those most suitable are ascertained. A Madagascar tortoise at the New York Aquarium has long been fed on bits of apple, peach and banana. Turtles and alligators will feed freely enough when their quarters are kept permanently warm. They need access to sand, earth, warm water and sunshine.
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2016-pc-757
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American elk, or wapiti
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Back caption: American elk, or wapiti / Western North America / Bronx Zoo American Photography Contest by Max Moskowitz
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2016-pc-525
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American wapiti (elk)
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Front caption: American wapiti (elk) / Antlers in "velvet" about two months' growth / New York Zoological Park
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2016-pc-521
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Angel fish, squirrel fish and spanish hogfish
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Back caption: Angel fish, Squirrel fish and Spanish hogfish, at the Government Aquarium and Museum, Bermuda. Painted by Dr. Andrey Avinoff, eminent naturalist, entomologist, artist, and late Director of the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa.
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2016-pc-797
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Atlantic cowfish
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Atlantic cowfish / Lactophrys tricornis
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2016-pc-667
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Atlantic walrus
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Back caption: New York Aquarium / (Stage One, on the ocean front at Coney Island) / Atlantic walrus / Odobenus rosmarus
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2016-pc-663
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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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