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9 unusual facts about Bronx Zoo


American International Rattlesnake Museum

The museum has the largest collection of different species of live rattlesnakes in the world, which are presented in recreated habitats, and claims to host more species than the Bronx Zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo, the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., the Denver Zoo, the San Francisco Zoo, and the San Diego Zoo combined.

Bronx Zoo

In February 2010, the Bronx Zoo put an "assurance colony" of Kihansi Spray Toads.

The 13-month-old cub was found stuck in mud following a landslide in Naltar Valley in Pakistan.

Cloud rat

London Zoo, Prague Zoo, Central Park Zoo and the Bronx Zoo are the only locations outside of the Philippines where cloud rats are bred in captivity.

Jack Unruh

Among his projects are illustrations for the Congo Gorilla Forest at the Bronx Zoo.

Lion Adventure

The two lions, accompanied by Roger's inspirational story, were sold to Bronx Zoo for $15,000.

Nicole Duplaix

She discovered her passion for otters while volunteering at the Bronx Zoo, where the zoo's curator introduced her to these endangered sea and river mammals.

Turtle Conservancy

The Behler Chelonian Center is a seven acre, AZA-Certified zoological facility founded in 2004, upon the request of John L. Behler (1943-2006), the international turtle conservationist and then Curator of Herpetology at the Bronx Zoo, to provide a home for Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) established chelonian assurance colony.

Zoological Society of San Diego

Dr. Harry M. Wegeforth founded the Zoological Society of San Diego, meeting October 2, 1916, and initially following precedents set by the New York Zoological Society at the Bronx Zoo.


Jim Camacho

In 2012, Camacho composed the songs for noted Disney and Jim Henson puppeteer Noel MacNeal’s "Who Put The Trick In Trick Or Treat: Tales Of Amazing Tricksters" for the Bronx Zoo's 2012 BOO AT THE ZOO CELEBRATION.

Katharine Lane Weems

In preparation for this project, she studied animals at the Bronx Zoo in New York City and also Japanese and Chinese treatments of animals, especially those found on Han Dynasty tombs.


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E. R. Sanborn

The Bronx Zoo, led by Hornaday and the American Bison Society raised a small herd for reintroduction to their home range.

Emil Dolensek

In addition to caring for animals at the Bronx Zoo, he also cared for animals at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island and, after 1981 when the NYZS took over management of the New York City zoos, he was responsible for the health of the animals at the Central Park, Prospect Park, and Queens Zoos.