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l look's iks omeboJy might start somelkiag. Bui il
iin I srrlous, These two Kiverviaw park buffalo
bluff at fighting now and then, but they're really good
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"Bob," pel raccoon at
Fairmont park, Council
Bluffs, gelt all the delicacies
bit firm friend, Prta NrUon,
park caretaker, can forage
for him. "Never scratched
me yet," affirm Pete, which
a quite tome record for any
procyonoid carnivore, other
wise known a a 'coon.
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Dick." the irinly. lose hi usual rrauch al
lunch time at Riverview and sits up to be fed.
The red fox at Riverview objected to newspaper publicity
and abaolutely refuted to pose. So tha camera man took a snap
shot aa reynard sped
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"Mike's" manner are not what they might
be. When he wants food he wants it and
doesn't hesitate to dive into a bucket after it, L
if need be. Guess what he got? There was I
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the bucket.
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They are fond of confections. See that ice cream
cone "Dick" (left) is munching. "Dick" i a ringtail
deer at Riverview park. "Pet," hi companion in the
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Lidders, park caretaker.
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No, "Jumbo" isn t in the act of snapping someone'
head off. That's merely a yawn in which he's indulg-
1 ing, preparatory to an afternoon nap. "Jumbo" makes
Riverview park his headquarters.
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This wild gray
hawk lives out at
Riverview park.
"Oscar" wouldn't get far in a beauty contest, but he's not such
a bad sort, at that, his keeners claim. He' one of the Riverview
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"Sleepy," River
iw park owl.
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T'ois is "Doll." of Riverview. She weighs 900
is said to V- the largest cinnamon hear in captivity.
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"Mabel," black
bear at Riverview
park, orders her
A sandwiches by the
pound. I he camera
man caught her par
taking of light mid
day refreshment.
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They belong to the same lodge. (Right)
Bill, buck elk, and (left) "Nancy," cow elk,
two denizens of Fairmont park. Council
Bluffs.
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Riverview park alligators took quarters at the fire station
at Twenty-fourth and Cuming streets last fall for their long
winter nap. They cauted a riot among firemen this spring
when several of them awoke ahead of schedule and crawled
upstairs from the basement in search of food. Firemen scat
tered precipitately. But Clarence Cone, one of the firemen
at the station, had later recovered sufficiently to pote for
the photographer with "Ceraldine," baby of the alli
gator crew.
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"Head down!" That's the favorite position of the 1 1
Riverview park opottum. Jf
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