A Victorian-era crowd dressed in formal gowns and top hats admires a tall giraffe inside a fenced enclosure at the London Zoo in Regent's Park, with classical pavilion architecture, leafy trees, and a peacock in the foreground.

The Wonder of the Menagerie: London Zoo, the Victorian Imagination, and the Giraffe That Changed Everything

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In 1836, four giraffes arrived at the Zoological Gardens of Regent’s Park and London went wild. This is the story of the Victorian zoo — the wonder it provoked, the science it advanced, and the giraffe named Zarafa who started it all.

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