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ZUOROMAJO TEGMI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1950,

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PENGUIN

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PARADISE

THE formally-attired penguins of Antarc -- tièd have any goal in life-and why shouldn't they?-it's to live in the Thai. splendour of the newly-built Penguin Hou96 In the Bronx Zoo, New York.

Ideally refrigerated at 53 degrees, the

US$76,000 building contains every comfort.

for its fight-less inmates. The headwalters Alask of the bird world have their own, private:

swimming pool, 24 feet long and: eight feet, E wide. Thick glass panels allow the pamper-

ed Blackfoots, Kings and Gentoos to look out at the spectators

A wide concrete Indge

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simulating an iceberg and backed by a cobaltal blue sky keeps the tenants from becoming homesick. Behind the frosty pinnacles there

is a mass of machinery for cooling the sbr. l and recirculating purilled water,

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Visitors view the penguins through triple-glass panes which are kept frea of malsture. The public space is kept dim in contrast to the brightly-lighted Antarctic Interior. A disgulsed' incline at centre of shelf offers traction for t

the birds to climb ashore,***

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WATER from the pool is cleared and purified by this elaborate filtering Kystem

The water is recirculated from 47,500-gallon reservoir below the building,

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THE PLATE GLASS window. In front of the pool extends beneath the water line allowing the sex-birds to be observed while diving below the surface. The pool fr

Teaching a Baby Penguin the Facts of Life Becomes the Job of a Zoo Kooper When the Youngster's Mother Refuses to Take Care of Him

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