| The Bronx Zoo is the largest metropolitan
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| | award-winning three acre home for
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| zoo in the United States, comprised of
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| | Siberian tigers; Himalayan Highlands, a
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| 265 acres of natural habitats and over
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| | one-acre habitat authentically decorated
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| 4,000 animals. The Zoo was opened on
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| | by a Tibetan monk; Baboon Reserve, with a
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| November 8, 1899 and was focused on
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| | simulated archaeological dig; the Bengali
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| conservation-something it still practices
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| | Express, a two-mile monorail ride through
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| today. The Bronx Zoo is owned and
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| | various habitats; the Aquatic Birdhouse;
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| operated by the Wildlife Conservation
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| | the Giraffe Building, and the World of
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| Society (formerly known as the New York
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| | Reptiles. The Children's Zoo features a
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| Zoological Society) and was one of the
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| | variety of interactive activities, such
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| first zoos in America that moved animals
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| | as climbing a spider's web, crawling
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| from cages to sprawling, replicated
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| | through a prairie dog tunnel, slithering
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| living environments. Species are mixed to
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| | like a lizard down a hollow tree, and, of
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| create a more realistic environment for
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| | course, a petting zoo.
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| the animals and the zoo patrons. The Zoo
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| | The zoo has a special relationship with
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| charges entry fees to assist in the
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| | bison and snow leopards. The bison model
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| upkeep and preservation of the exhibit's
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| | for the buffalo nickel was a Bronx Zoo
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| species.
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| | resident. Furthermore, many of today's
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| One of the jewels of the Bronx Zoo is the
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| | bison in the Western U.S. are descendents
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| Congo Gorilla Forest, which features over
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| | of Bronx Zoo bison. William T. Hornaday
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| 400 animals and 55 different species (and
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| | cultivated a deep interest in the
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| 22 gorillas), as well as 15,000 plants
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| | American bison, which once numbered over
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| representing 400 species. The 6.5 acre
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| | 50 million. In the 1890s, less than 1,000
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| forest is the largest man-made rainforest
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| | bison were thought to exist in the wild.
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| in the world. The Congo Gorilla Forest is
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| | In October of 1899, Hornaday acquired
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| also home to Patty Cake, the first
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| | bison for the Bronx Zoo and began to
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| gorilla ever born in New York City.
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| | build a herd. By 1907, the Bronx Zoo was
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| Additionally, the Bronx Zoo has almost an
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| | able to ship fifteen bison to Oklahoma's
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| acre of indoor Asian rainforest. Another
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| | Wichita Mountain Preserve. Shortly
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| interesting habitat is the African Planes
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| | thereafter, bison were provided to
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| habitat, where the zoo workers have
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| | Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. Many
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| integrated a number of predator/prey
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| | of the bison in the Western U.S today are
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| species separated by an elaborate system
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| | descended from the bison at the Bronx
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| of moats. Lions, zebras, giraffes, and
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| | Zoo. Likewise, the Bronx Zoo was the
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| other savannah-dwelling animals live in
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| | first zoo in the Western Hemisphere to
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| this habitat.
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| | exhibit and successfully breed snow
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| Other attractions include World of
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| | leopards; a total of 82 cubs were born
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| Darkness, an indoor exhibit devoted to
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| | between 1966 and 1999.
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| nocturnal animals; Tiger Mountain, an
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