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Cutest inhabitant you'll find in the zoo is this little duckling, still in all his fluffiness
Cutest inhabitant you'll find in the zoo is this little duckling, still in all his fluffiness

Cutest inhabitant you'll find in the zoo is this little duckling, still in all his fluffiness

Date5/22/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cutest inhabitant you'll find in the zoo is this little duckling; still in all his fluffiness. Here he's standing on a match box while he reaches that flat bill of his into a glass of water
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116409F
Looking and laughing at the almost continous performance staged by inhabitants of Riverdale zoo monkey house, these youngsters, all about three years (...)
Looking and laughing at the almost continous performance staged by inhabitants of Riverdale zoo monkey house, these youngsters, all about three years (...)
5/8/1948
Franca Valenti, 2, holds out a tidbit to a Canada goose, one of the zoo's many itinerant inhabitants
Franca Valenti, 2, holds out a tidbit to a Canada goose, one of the zoo's many itinerant inhabitants
8/1/1968
These warm spring days are just the thing for lazin' in the sun, and residents of Metro Zoo were among the first to find out. A picture of total relax(...)
These warm spring days are just the thing for lazin' in the sun, and residents of Metro Zoo were among the first to find out. A picture of total relax(...)
4/13/1977
These warm spring days are just the thing for lazin' in the sun, and residents of Metro Zoo were among the first to find out. A picture of total relax(...)
These warm spring days are just the thing for lazin' in the sun, and residents of Metro Zoo were among the first to find out. A picture of total relax(...)
4/15/1977
Orphan finds a home. The Metro Zoo has welcomed a new resident - a 5- to 6-month-old female polar bear. Her mother was shot near Repulse Bay, Northwes(...)
Orphan finds a home. The Metro Zoo has welcomed a new resident - a 5- to 6-month-old female polar bear. Her mother was shot near Repulse Bay, Northwes(...)
5/30/1981
New rhino at zoo. An as yet unnamed male baby rhino and his mom, Pistol, sunned themselves at the Metro zoo yesterday. The new baby was born Feb. 27, (...)
New rhino at zoo. An as yet unnamed male baby rhino and his mom, Pistol, sunned themselves at the Metro zoo yesterday. The new baby was born Feb. 27, (...)
4/30/1985
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
11/22/1980
More than Mr. Pooh Can Bear. Mr. Pooh, the 5-year-old polar bear at the Riverdale Zoo was reluctant to leave for his new home in the Metro Zoo yesterd(...)
More than Mr. Pooh Can Bear. Mr. Pooh, the 5-year-old polar bear at the Riverdale Zoo was reluctant to leave for his new home in the Metro Zoo yesterd(...)
10/17/1974
Going ape for visitors. Giving the folks a show, Mias, a 350-pound orang-outang at Metro zoo, hangs on to some bars and appears to be doing a little j(...)
Going ape for visitors. Giving the folks a show, Mias, a 350-pound orang-outang at Metro zoo, hangs on to some bars and appears to be doing a little j(...)
4/28/1975
Taking a bath in his private pool at the zoo, this European brown bear is a favorite of young and old who delight in watching his antics in his outdoo(...)
Taking a bath in his private pool at the zoo, this European brown bear is a favorite of young and old who delight in watching his antics in his outdoo(...)
5/8/1948
A ghost tiger cub making his public debut takes a swipe at his mother, Kivali, yesterday at the Metro zoo
A ghost tiger cub making his public debut takes a swipe at his mother, Kivali, yesterday at the Metro zoo
4/14/1988
Strangest sight of all at the zoo was this zebra which appears to have six legs
Strangest sight of all at the zoo was this zebra which appears to have six legs
11/29/1974