90th Birthday: “I Need Fleas!”

Posted at 1:16 pm November 30, 2006 by Dennis Corbran

Celebrating 90 years: San Diego Zoofeeding diabloWindows Media version | Quicktime version

The Zoo’s director received a strange request in a telegram she received in 1938. San Diego Zoo Visitor Assistance Officer Octavio Naranjo tells the story of the Zoo’s flea trade that summer.

“I Need Fleas!” is the twelfth and final selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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