"Bongo" Eating Lunch

(Original Caption) Ever See a Hippo Munchin' Luncheon? Washington, D.C.: His table manners would give Emily Post the heebie-jeebies, but the main thing is that "Bongo" is enjoying his fodder as the camera catches an unusual closeup of the Washington Zoo's 45-year-old hippo. "Bongo" has been a resident of the zoo since he was three years old and weighs in the vicinity of 6,000 pounds. He has a hearty appetite, despite his age and the couple of bushels of peanuts fed to him between meals by visitors.
(Original Caption) Ever See a Hippo Munchin' Luncheon? Washington, D.C.: His table manners would give Emily Post the heebie-jeebies, but the main thing is that "Bongo" is enjoying his fodder as the camera catches an unusual closeup of the Washington Zoo's 45-year-old hippo. "Bongo" has been a resident of the zoo since he was three years old and weighs in the vicinity of 6,000 pounds. He has a hearty appetite, despite his age and the couple of bushels of peanuts fed to him between meals by visitors.
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May 12, 1956
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