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A444 road
The A444 is a primary road running between Coventry and Burton upon Trent in England, usually referred to as the "A treble four".
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Agile gibbon
The agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis), also known as the black-handed gibbon, is an Old World primate in the gibbon family.
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Aldabra giant tortoise
The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world.
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Alpaca
The Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a species of South American camelid, similar to, and often confused with the llama.
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Amur leopard
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and the Jilin Province of northeast China.
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Asian elephant
The Asian elephant, or Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus), is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed in Southeast Asia, from India and Nepal in the west to Borneo in the south.
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Bat-eared fox
The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) is a species of fox found on the African savanna, named for its large ears,.
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Black-and-white colobus
Black-and-white colobuses (or colobi) are Old World monkeys of the genus Colobus, native to Africa.
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Black-and-white ruffed lemur
The black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata) is an Endangered species of the ruffed lemur population, the more endangered one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar.
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Black-headed spider monkey
The black-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) is a species of spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, from Central and South America.
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Blackpool Zoo
Blackpool Zoo is a zoo, owned by Parques Reunidos and located in the sea-side resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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Bonobo
The bonobo (Pan paniscus), formerly called the pygmy chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf or gracile chimpanzee, is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan; the other is Pan troglodytes, or the common chimpanzee.
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Brian Blessed
Brian Blessed (born 9 October 1936) is an English actor, writer, presenter, and comedian.
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British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) (formerly the Federation of Zoological Gardens of Great Britain and Ireland) is a registered charity and the professional body representing over 100 zoos and aquariums in Britain and Ireland.
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Bush dog
The bush dog (Speothos venaticus) is a canid found in Central and South America.
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Capybara
The capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a mammal native to South America.
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Chapman's zebra
The Chapman's zebra (Equus quagga chapmani) is a subspecies of the plains zebra.
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Chimpanzee
The taxonomical genus Pan (often referred to as chimpanzees or chimps) consists of two extant species: the common chimpanzee and the bonobo.
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Clergy house
A clergy house or rectory is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of religion.
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Crane (bird)
Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes.
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Crowned lemur
The crowned lemur (Eulemur coronatus) is a lemur that is long and weighs.
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De Brazza's monkey
The De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey endemic to the wetlands of central Africa.
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Dhole
The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to Central, South and Southeast Asia.
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Dik-dik
A dik-dik is the name for any of four species of small antelope in the genus Madoqua that live in the bushlands of eastern and southern Africa.
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Donkeys in North America
Donkeys in North America constitute approximately 0.1% of the worldwide donkey population.
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Dusky leaf monkey
The dusky leaf monkey, spectacled langur, or spectacled leaf monkey (Trachypithecus obscurus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Elephant
Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.
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European Association of Zoos and Aquaria
The European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is an organisation for the European zoo and aquarium community that links over 340 member organizations in 41 countries.
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Flamingo
Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the family Phoenicopteridae, the only bird family in the order Phoenicopteriformes.
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Genetic pollution
Genetic pollution is a controversial term for uncontrolled gene flow into wild populations.
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Gibbon
Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae.
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Gorilla
Gorillas are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions is a British film production company based in London.
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Hints, Staffordshire
Hints is a small village and civil parish between Lichfield and Tamworth in Staffordshire, within Lichfield local government district.
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Howler monkey
Howler monkeys (genus Alouatta monotypic in subfamily Alouattinae) are among the largest of the New World monkeys.
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Humboldt penguin
The Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) (also termed Peruvian penguin, or patranca) is a South American penguin that breeds in coastal Chile and Peru.
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.
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Jean Morton
Jean Morton (1921 - 26 May 2012) was a British television announcer.
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.
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Madagascar
Madagascar (Madagasikara), officially the Republic of Madagascar (Repoblikan'i Madagasikara; République de Madagascar), and previously known as the Malagasy Republic, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of East Africa.
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Marmoset
The marmosets,, also known as zaris, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera Callithrix, Cebuella, Callibella and Mico.
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Meerkat
The meerkat or suricate (Suricata suricatta) is a small carnivoran belonging to the mongoose family (Herpestidae).
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Molly Badham
Molly Winifred Badham MBE (18 May 1914 – 19 October 2007) was a co-founder of Twycross Zoo.
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Muntjac
Muntjacs, also known as barking deer and Mastreani deer, are small deer of the genus Muntiacus.
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Nomascus
Nomascus is the second-most speciose genus of gibbons (family Hylobatidae).
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Norton Juxta Twycross
Norton Juxta Twycross, usually known as simply "Norton" (or "Norton-Juxta"), is a small village in Leicestershire, England.
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Nyala
The lowland nyala or simply nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), is a spiral-horned antelope native to Southern Africa.
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Orangutan
The orangutans (also spelled orang-utan, orangutang, or orang-utang) are three extant species of great apes native to Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Peter Cushing
Peter Wilton Cushing (26 May 191311 August 1994) was an English actor best known for his roles in the Hammer Productions horror films of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, as well as his performance as Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars (1977).
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PG Tips
PG Tips is a brand of tea in the United Kingdom, manufactured by Unilever UK.
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Pileated gibbon
The pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) is a primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae.
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Prairie dog
Prairie dogs (genus Cynomys) are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.
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Pygmy goat
The African pygmy goat is a breed of miniature domestic goat.
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Red-faced spider monkey
The red-faced spider monkey (Ateles paniscus) also known as the Guiana spider monkey or red-faced black spider monkey, is a species of spider monkey found in the rain forests in northern South America.
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Ring-tailed lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail.
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Siamang
The siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) is an arboreal black-furred gibbon native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.
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Snow leopard
The snow leopard or ounce (Panthera uncia) is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.
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Tamarin
The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus Saguinus.
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Tapir
A tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk.
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Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to Asia.
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Tingha and Tucker
Tingha and Tucker were children's television characters on Britain's ATV network from 1962 until 1970.
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Tortoise
Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae. Testudinidae is a Family under the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira.
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Tufted deer
The tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) is a small species of deer characterized by a prominent tuft of black hair on its forehead and fang-like canines for the males.
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Two-toed sloth
Choloepus is a genus of mammals of Central and South America, within the family Megalonychidae consisting of two-toed sloths.
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Victoria crowned pigeon
The Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) is a large, bluish-grey pigeon with elegant blue lace-like crests, maroon breast, and red irises.
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Vicuña
The vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) or vicuna (both, very rarely spelled vicugna) is one of the two wild South American camelids which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco.
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Woolly monkey
The woolly monkeys are the genus Lagothrix of New World monkeys, usually placed in the family Atelidae.
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World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the "umbrella" organisation for the world zoo and aquarium community.
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Yellow-throated marten
The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) is an Asian marten species, which is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution, evidently relatively stable population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, and lack of major threats.
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Zoo
A zoo (short for zoological garden or zoological park and also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which all animals are housed within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also breed.
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