Friday, October 10, 2008

Walruses #3


!cid_X_MA1_1223580877@aol, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

Here is Carl Hagenbeck with 7 walruses in the Arctic Panorama at his Stellingen (Hamburg) zoo. This would be about 1908.

Given the high cost of feeding them, little wonder that he wanted to sell one to the Ringlings.

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