Unit 3

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A story about a day in the life of Andy, a baby orangutan at the Bronx Zoo.

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Film on animal behavior research at the Bronx Zoo. Includes discussions of behavior experiments involving of cock-of-the-rock, toucan, aligator (French horn response), giant tortoises, lions, and elephants.

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2 parts: 1) Children's Day at the Bronx Zoo: Footage of Children's Zoo and events on Baird Court with education animals. 2) Safari to Borneo, Photographed by F. Wayne King: Footage of NYZS Members' trip to Borneo.

Scope and Contents A travelogue featuring New York Aquarium researchers traveling to Mexico to study rare blind fish. "The Blind fishes of La Cueva Chica: the story of a New York Aquarium Expedition. Photographed by Sam Dunton and William Bridges. In 1936 a new kind of blind cavefish was reported in Mexico. Little was known about it aside from the fact that it lived inside a warm water cave. We set out to learn what we could as the natural occurrence of an eyeless condition is always of considerable scientific...

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TV segment focusing on birds and other animals in Florida's wetlands. "ABC TV Productions. Thanks to the Florida Game and Fish Organization"--Film credits.

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"An Adventure with Andy. Publisher: New York Zoological Society, Released by McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959. A story about a day in the life of a baby orangutan at the Bronx Zoo in New York"--Worldcat. See WCS Archives Collection 2008 for script.

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Year in review film that starts with Helen Martini caring for a young animal and shows footage of the indoor tiger holding area at the zoo. Reel also includes footage of animal crates used for transporting animals. "Around the year in the zoo. Old friends and new in the New York Zoological Park 1954. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Adapted and Narrated by William Bridges"--Film credits.

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Year in review film featuring footage of zebra stables, Mongolian horses, zookeepers with owls, snakes and lizards in the Reptile House. "Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the NY Zoological Park. Directed and Narrated by William Bridges Curator of Publications. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

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Year in review film featuring walrus, sea lions, chimps and the staff who care for them. "Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the NY Zoological Park. Directed and Narrated by William Bridges Curator of Publications. Photographed by Sam Dunton"--Film credits.

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Year in review film showcasing zookeepers caring for elephants in the winter cold, Mongolian horses and ostriches. "Around the year in the zoo. Interesting animals and events in the New York Zoological Park. Photographed by Sam Dunton. Directed and Narrated by William Bridges Curator of Publications. Production Associate Herbert J. Knobloch Assistant Curator of Education"--Film credits.