DEATH OF MALE HIPPOPOTAMUS AT THE ZOO Chaka, the adult male hippopotamus at the Auckland Zoo, who has died as the result of swallowing a tennis ball thrown to him by a visitor. Chaka and his mate Bella created a world's record by producing in captivity a family of six. The dead hippopotamus, who had been at the zoo since 1925, was 17 years old.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22859, 14 October 1937, Page 10
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65DEATH OF MALE HIPPOPOTAMUS AT THE ZOO Chaka, the adult male hippopotamus at the Auckland Zoo, who has died as the result of swallowing a tennis ball thrown to him by a visitor. Chaka and his mate Bella created a world's record by producing in captivity a family of six. The dead hippopotamus, who had been at the zoo since 1925, was 17 years old. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22859, 14 October 1937, Page 10
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