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zoo

[zoo] / zu /
NOUN
parklike area in where animals are housed for exhibition
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NOUN
crowded, wild, and chaotic place
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The arrests follow a massive surge in domestic and international visitors to the zoo, driven by Punch's viral fame.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

"There are so many Indonesians who had to go all the way to China just to see baby pandas. Now they don't have to anymore," zoo director Aswin Sumampau told reporters Friday.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Mum and baby are currently resting in their enclosure at the zoo.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The zoo said the aviary, the largest on site, had been designed to offer an "unparalleled" look at Ramasees and Belladonna, and change perceptions about these birds of prey.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

“It will be perfectly safe to let me loose in the monkey house of any zoo in the world,” Roosevelt jokingly reassured them.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple




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