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Time for a snooze

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Time for a snooze

Date6/4/1993

Names

McConnell, Colin (photographer)

Metropolitan Toronto Zoo (subject)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Time for a snooze: A lunch of apples and carrots; a drink from a hose and a cool pool nearby puts Samson; one of three new river hippos at the Metro zoo; in a very relaxed mood; so relaxed; in fact; that he was sound asleep a minute later.

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Photographs

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)

Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)

Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116242F

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