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6 unusual facts about London Zoo


Gnathostoma spinigerum

The first described case of gnathostomiasis was in a young tiger that died in the London Zoo in 1835.

Hamlyn's monkey

The name "Hamlyn's monkey" and the scientific epithet "hamlyni" come from the animal dealer who first brought this species to the London Zoo.

Hooded Pitta

In the London Zoo, they are kept in a large walk through aviary in the restored Blackburn Pavilion bird house, while at the Durrell Wildlife park they are in a large walk-through exhibit with birds such as Palawan Peacock-Pheasants and White-rumped Shamas.

Hugh Casson

Their projects included various corporate headquarters buildings, university campuses, the Elephant House at London Zoo, a building for the Royal College of Art (where Casson was Professor of Interior Design from 1955 to 1975, and later served as Provost), and the masterplanning and design of the Sidgwick Avenue arts faculty buildings for the University of Cambridge.

The Naked Ape

Desmond Morris, the author, who formerly was the Curator of mammals at London Zoo, said his book was intended to popularise and demystify science.

Warwolves

The Warwolves were defeated and captured by Excalibur, and were interred in a transparent cage in the London Zoo, where they became a popular attraction despite their dangerous nature.


Barbary lion

The lions in the Tower of London were transferred to more humane conditions at the London Zoo in 1835 on the orders of the Duke of Wellington.

Bessie Callender

Callender's process began with observing animals in either the Jardin des Plantes or the London Zoo.

Cedric Price

As a working architect, he was associated with Maxwell Fry and Denys Lasdun before he started his own practice in 1960, working with The Earl of Snowdon and Frank Newby on the design of the Aviary at London Zoo (1961).

Cloud rat

London Zoo, Prague Zoo, Central Park Zoo and the Bronx Zoo are the only locations outside of the Philippines where cloud rats are bred in captivity.

Cribb

The series portrayed life in Victorian England, and the programmes included many real historical events such as the publication of Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat and the sale of London Zoo's famous elephant, Jumbo, to Barnum and Bailey's Circus.

Pestival

Pestival 2009 also hosted the symposium How insect are we? at ZSL London Zoo, chaired by New Scientist editor Roger Highfield.

Peter Shepheard

He became best known for many landscape projects such as London Zoo, Bessborough Gardens, Bunhill Fields in the City, the restoration of Vanessa Bell's garden at Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex and various gardens in the United States including Central Green at the University of Pennsylvania campus and the Morris Arboretum.

Winnipeg the Bear

Winnipeg's eventual destination was to have been the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, but at the end of the War, Colebourn decided to allow Winnie to remain at the London Zoo, where she was much loved for her playfulness and gentleness.


see also

Gillian Avery

Characters from The Warden's Niece reappear in The Elephant War (1960), about the attempt to prevent sale of Jumbo by the London Zoo to P. T. Barnum, and in The Italian Spring (1962).