Word: mangabey
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...misspellings that nobody ever noticed. One notice allowed that the black bears are "excellent swimers." Another, for the red fox, whose Latin name Vulpes fulva was spelled Vulpes Tulva, explained: "Range: Forrest regions in the temperate and sub-artic parts of both old and new world." The cherry-headed mangabey, read another sign, makes "speach-like sounds," while the eland runs in "large heards." The bear is famed for "it's strength and ferocity," and ostriches for "there keen sight and wary nature." Acting Zoo Director Vincent M. Mc-Namara promised that the signs would be replaced-when...
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