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234 photos and 9 illustrations tagged zoo, from 23 members of Flickr Commons.

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• lincolnparkzoo
• historic
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• sydney
• australia
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• nature
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• “taronga
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• mammal
• dierentuin
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• The Field Museum Library 66 photos & illustrations
• Royal Australian Historical Society 53 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 32 photos & illustrations
• Nationaal Archief 32 photos & illustrations
• State Library of New South Wales 8 photos & illustrations
• British Library 7 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 6 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 6 photos & illustrations
• The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland 5 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 4 photos & illustrations
• Library Company of Philadelphia 4 photos & illustrations
• Powerhouse Museum 3 photos & illustrations

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Map of the National Zoological Park, Washington D.C.

from Smithsonian Institution

• Pixel Wrangler said:

  A copy of this map was reportedly found in the backpack of Rusty the Red Panda.

• Smithsonian Institution said:

  Ha! Nice one, @Pixel Wrangler.

What a wonderful bird is the Pelican

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 17 older comments, and then…
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Do you remember the old saying/verse? What a wonderful bird is the Pelican His mouth can hold more than his bellycan!

• beachcomber australia said:

  ... Mr. Merritt was perhaps best known for a limerick he wrote in 1913 for a signed column: A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak Food enough for a week, But I'm damned if I see how the helican. From - www.nytimes.com/1972/01/11/archives/d-l-merritt-wrote-lim....

• beachcomber australia said:

  American white pelican ? Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_white_pelican
  

• Niall McAuley said:

  Looking at the 25", this could be Dublin Zoo, near one of today's elephant pools Check the fencing behind this stag in this definitely-Dublin-Zoo pic in the nli catalogue from the Independent 1934-35: IND H 2893

• Niall McAuley said:

  Fashions would say earliest is 1920s. The two women are wearing very similar dresses and gloves, with different hats and shoes - sisters?

Helsinki Zoo, Korkeasaari (Högholmen), 1898

from The Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

• Tangible Popcorn said:

  cutee picture ^_^