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| | Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden |
 | | The zoo’s collection was very small, originally consisting of just eight monkeys, two grizzly bears, three deer, six raccoons, two elk, a buffalo, a hyena, a tiger, an alligator, a circus elephant, and over four hundred birds, including a talking crow. |
 | | The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden eventually purchased the sixty-six acres of land, further straining the organization’s budget. |
 | | It is also known as the “world’s sexiest zoo,” because more than fifty percent of the fl rhinoceroses, white Bengal tigers, and lowland gorillas currently in captivity were born at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. |
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