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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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Diablo was a 23-foot-long, 200-pound python at the Zoo in the 1920s. Children’s Zoo keeper Richard Schwartz tells the incredible story of how this snake became famous at feeding time.

“Feeding Diablo” is the eleventh selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Zoo switchboard operator Myrna Womack tells the story of how the Zoo’s first elephants got here from India.

“Feeding Diablo” is the tenth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Wild Animal Park educator Peggy Schneider relates the story of the then state-of-the-art grotto enclosures in the 1920s.

“Barless Cages” is the ninth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Zoo keeper Ron Ringer recalls the story of his encounter with a feisty baby rhinoceros.

“Baby Rhino with an Attitude” is the eighth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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A guest services representative, relates the story of how Belle Benchley got the Zoo’s first gorillas, M’Bongo and N’Gagi.

“First Gorillas” is the seventh selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Mother Meerkat, also known as Vik Cowan, San Diego Zoo educator, shows us her favorite Zoo ambassador, Bahati.

“Mother Meerkat” is the sixth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Long-time Wild Animal Park employee Joyce Romero recalls her lifelong love for the Zoo and Park.

“Joyce’s Memories” is the fifth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Web site editor Debbie Andreen tells the story of the woman who ran the Zoo for over 25 years!

“Belle Benchley” is the fourth selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.

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Wild Animal Park education specialist Pam Meisner tells how Dr. Harry Wegeforth financed the Zoo’s first elephants in 1923.

“White Elephants” is the third selection of our 90th Birthday Podcasts series. Download all the 90th Birthday videos here.