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San Diego Zoo

San Diego Zoo
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About San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in San Diego, California, United States, located in Balboa Park. It began with a collection of animals left over from the 1915 Panama–California Exposition that were brought together by its founder, Dr. Harry M. Wegeforth. The zoo was a pioneer in the concept of open-air, cage-less exhibits that recreate natural animal habitats.

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This Houdini impersonator was dubbed Harry Houdini, and it was an orangutan from Borneo who lived in San Diego Zoo and whose real name was Ken Allen.

from No Such Thing As A Bacon Scented Sleep Mask, 2020-11-13 at 00:25:17 · read transcript

Other times San Diego Zoo came up

  1. Film that needed a gorilla Get Charles Gamora on set now And he'd done a bit of He'd seen, he was very convincing in his suit And he was the right sort of height And he was, you know, he'd been to the San Diego Zoo And sort of observed them And so he was trying to do it properly He was going method Anyway, in 30 years he was in 43 films 39 of which involved him being a gorilla Right The others, he.

    No Such Thing As A Tuna Macchiato, 2025-05-15 · listen

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