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  1. 1JumboJumboJumbo the elephant London Zoo first showed Jumbo in 1865. Children rode on the African elephant, and many Londoners opposed his sale to P. T. Barnum. He left for the United States in 1882. The outcry was a measure of how much the public felt attached to an animal the zoo could sell.0
  2. 2Martha (passenger pigeon)Martha (passenger pigeon)Martha the passenger pigeon At the Cincinnati Zoo, visitors stood in long lines for a bird believed to be the last of her species. Martha died there in 1914, four years after the last males at the zoo. Her preserved body went to the Smithsonian, where one small specimen became the public face of a…0
  3. 3Winnipeg (bear)Winnipeg (bear)Winnie the black bear A Canadian army veterinarian left a young black bear at London Zoo in 1914. Winnie, named for Winnipeg, was one of the animals Christopher Robin Milne visited. He gave her name to his stuffed bear, and his father, A. A. Milne, used it for the bear in his stories.0
  4. 4ObayschObayschObaysch the hippopotamus Obaysch arrived in London in 1850 after being captured near an island in the Nile. His arrival drew unusually large crowds to the zoo, and Queen Victoria came to see him. In this early photograph, he rests by the water while visitors gather behind a row of bars.0
  5. 5Zarafa (giraffe)Zarafa (giraffe)Zarafa the giraffe A diplomatic gift to Charles X, this giraffe reached Paris in 1827 after wintering in Marseille and walking north. The Jardin des Plantes drew crowds to see her. A watercolor made that year presents her with an attendant, a record of how Paris commemorated the first giraffe seen…0
  6. 6Snowflake (gorilla)Snowflake (gorilla)Snowflake the gorilla Pictures of the young gorilla’s white hair and pink skin spread well beyond Barcelona. Snowflake arrived at Barcelona Zoo from Equatorial Guinea in 1966, and his appearance in National Geographic the following year helped make him famous internationally. Barcelona knew him by…0
  7. 7Knautschke the hippopotamusKnautschke the hippopotamusWhen bombing destroyed the zoo’s pool during the Second World War, keepers poured water over Knautschke several times a day. Berliners donated food. The hippo survived and became one of Zoo Berlin’s most popular residents. The 1952 photograph shows him back in an outdoor pool with people watching…0
  8. 8Jessie the elephantJessie the elephantJessie gave rides to generations of Sydney children at Moore Park Zoo and later at Taronga. In 1916, she crossed Sydney Harbour by ferry during the move to the new zoo. The photograph of her crossing captures one of the hardest jobs in moving an entire zoo and a moment Taronga later commemorated.0
  9. 9Smokey BearSmokey BearThe fire-prevention character already existed when a real black bear cub survived a wildfire in New Mexico in 1950. Given the name Smokey, he spent the rest of his life at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. His fan mail became so heavy that the bear received a ZIP code of his own.0
  10. 10Chi Chi (giant panda)Chi Chi (giant panda)Chi Chi the giant panda Chi Chi was a London Zoo attraction when the World Wildlife Fund was founded in 1961. The panda helped inspire its mark, which could be printed in black and white. The zoo’s photograph shows the animal behind a drawing that became familiar around the world.0