yeah, it's a Shoebill. Certainly not extinct, they still have specimens in London Zoo, and in Cincinnati Zoo, Ohio. Cites listed it as Vulnerable, meaning that its habitat is under threat, but it is not verging on extinct yet. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoebill for more information :)
Great Pics.. I remember washing and feeding the elephants in Dublin Zoo back in the 70's when I was a kid. I used to bring my little sister with me during the school holidays and we did it with long brushes and fed the penguins too. People think Im lying when I tell them I did it, but like the above pics, you could really get up close and personal in those days before personal insurance and the modern "claim culture" took hold. Ah.... The good old days ! LOL Valerie - Dublin- Ireland
I have just recovered a load of old pics from my parents old house and these are very similar - they really are great, and though some of them appear to have been contrived they are nontheless great icons of a time gone by. Where do you see Rhinos in a pen like that
Wow. What's most amazing is how trumendousely far zoos have come in recent years. I would hate to be an animal in one of those pens back then. Terrible conditions, but what great archives!
The shoebill is not extinct, but is almost prehistoric. There is a breeding pair at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo.
I have to disagree, they don't seem . . . "right" . . . they seem sad. That humans, the "compassionate, intelligent species" would alow such domination over our once-wild cousins. At least we have made progress.
In case anyone cares, the group of people looking at the penguins passing,include the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. (The two girls without hats!) I would estimate about 1936-7
always some douchebag has to say they're fake. It's par for the course with posting comments on the internet. And #11 is not a Dodo bird, it is the shoebill. Look it up on wikipedia.
I am sorry to dissapoiny u ppl but some of these picture are 100% fakes.It they were taken at that time,some pics wouldnt look like that.For instance the jumping thingy above the guardian is far too sharpley taken,imposible fot the techology of that period.Next is that fax on turtles back,it is too focused as it was implemented from a higher res pic.Samo goes for that record player that stands out near a lions cage.The creator choosed B+W to make pics look more realistic.BTW nooone that likes animals climb their backs to wash them,it was done with large scalings.The pic with the panda is also imposible cuz kids were never alowed to enter cages,neither were those litle animals let out side of it.Imagine what would happen to a child playing with a lion cub next to its mother....fake XD
you mean the gazelle? I don't know much about the capabilities of the technology of that period so I can't really argue with you about it. But I can tell you that the elephant wouldn't mind a man standing on his back and brushing him. Just look at the Indian elephant and their "companions".
yea but the Indian elephants and their mahuts(companions) are together for a very long time...in fact most of those elephants are with their mahuts since birth...therefore, they have a very close relationship and thus trust their mahuts a lot and allow them to do many things..
that's true. But who knows how long this elephants knows her(think it's a she) caretaker and besides if had an itch on the back, wouldn't you allow someone to scratch it :)
Yes,u would.But even tho some of pics are fake,some are genuine.But anyway they all look great.Even for the people that dony like animals like me. eg. I like them (pics and animals).
That is definitely not a Dodo, which has been extinct since the 17th century. It is a Shoebill aka. Whalehead. Pictures, genuine or not, still very enjoyable.
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cool photos, although the are black ans white and very dark, you feel like the people care about the animals there