
Considering the rigorous beliefs of science, the quality of a specimen should be described according to two criteria – the visual proximity to the original and the actual quantity of bodily matter preserved as object. These criteria are fulfilled to perfection in the specimens of Dr. Hagens who developed (not invented) the method of plastination [...]
Department of the Great Apes
Submitted by: Filip Van Dingenen
Bobby was born in Cameroon. As a young gorilla he arrived in Marseille at the age of tree together with the chimpanzee Toto. Exotic animals were often smuggled to the European continent by sailors. From Marseille he was brought to the nearest acclimatization station at the French Riviera. In 1928, the Berlin Zoological Garden bought Bobby from [...]