Riverdale zoo's new gorilla likes to nibble on human legs

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Riverdale zoo's new gorilla likes to nibble on human legs

Date7/13/1965

Names

Teskey, Frank (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

Format

Picture

Notes

Original Toronto Star caption: Riverdale zoo's new gorilla likes to nibble on human legs. He found photographer a toothsome bt. Sam Heaney watches over him

Subject

Zoos

Medium

Photographs

Language

English

ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116419F

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