Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London by John Simons

Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London

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John Simons

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Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London tells the remarkable story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first 'star' animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo.In 1850, a baby hippopotamus arrived in England, thought to be the first in Europe since ...

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