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Putting the bite on the boss. Perky, the 3,000-pound hippo and Marlie, his 2,000-pound mate, were feeling a little hungry yesterday. So the couple let(...)
Putting the bite on the boss. Perky, the 3,000-pound hippo and Marlie, his 2,000-pound mate, were feeling a little hungry yesterday. So the couple let(...)

Putting the bite on the boss. Perky, the 3,000-pound hippo and Marlie, his 2,000-pound mate, were feeling a little hungry yesterday. So the couple let(...)

Date4/8/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Putting the bite on the boss. Perky; the 3;000-pound hippo and Marlie; his 2;000-pound mate; were feeling a little hungry yesterday. So the couple let out a few hearty bellows for keeper Jerry Williams; then settled down to swallow several dozen loaves of raisin bread while hundred of young visitors to the Riverdale Zoo watched open-mouthed.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116431F
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