The Man in the Zoo

Radio Diaries : #47: The Man in the Zoo Image
Radio Diaries : #47: The Man in the Zoo Image

The Man in the Zoo

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In 1906, New York’s Bronx Zoo was the largest zoo in the world. That year, the zoo introduced a new exhibit that would quickly became its most popular attraction. In the monkey house, right next to an orangutan, there was a man…inside a cage.