Zoos: Quick Facts

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A snow leopard at Marwell Zoo, England.

Portrait of Louis XVI by Antoine-Francois Callet, 1786, showing the king in a red coat with royal decorations, against a dark background.

Jumbo's skeleton

Winnie the Pooh, with Christopher Robin and Piglet.

Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913).

A tiger stands on its hind legs, pressing its front paws and body against the wire fence of a zoo enclosure, with greenery and trees visible in the background.

A reticulated giraffe.

Leafcutter ants.

Asian elephants.

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