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AU‘MOST DANGEROUS’ ISSSHOWN IN ZOO MIRRORJudgeConstlatorit ha ordertice.ftNEW YORK, April 27 The male (and female) animal got their own billing Friday at the Bronx Zoo.Appropriately, or inappropriately, enough, the “exhibit’' was in the zoo’s ape house.What stopped the visitors in their tracks was a sign above bars reading: “The most dangerous animal in the world.”The barred “cage” is really a mirror. At the bottom are these words: “You are looking at the most dangerous animatnlerinlt;To-?htatthemeCotton FestivalQueen ContestJudge Securedin the world. It atone of all the animals that ever lived ran exterminate (and has) entire species of animals. Now it has achieved the power to wipe out all life on earth.A-or H-bombs, anyone?The adults, who pause and see their own mirrored image behind bars, and then read the “message,” experience a bit of a jolt.But, as Joseph A. Davis Jr., curator of mammals, put it: “They take it the way we want them to. It hits them to stop and think . .The youngsters? Here’s a sampling of comment:“Hey, look at me, Hymie, I’mJor law 1 to tic end in wanRe.statecase;dangerous.Navarro County Cotton Festi* val announced it will have a top judge for the Festival Queen’s Contest.The big festival will be held\Tnnrtav. Mnv fi with Muvtivrn“Joe, I always said you belong in a zoo.”“If I’m an animal, when do they feed me?County Townsftro IrJninn InTexadal imcr Clerr Tht.v. isideagaiiUnthwideSanpentoperTVJuneby :Sen.Anteies*thenthe
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Sat, Apr 27, 1963
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