Zoos
Sir Stamford Raffles and Sir Humphrey Davy founded the London zoological Society in 1826 so to promote the study of ecology. In 1828 the London zoo was founded for the study of animal species in Regents Park but was only open to members of the ZSL. In 1847 it opened to the general paying public due the high maintenance costs
It was also at the London Zoo that Charles Darwin saw his first orangutan (Jenny) and watched in amazement as she had a tantrum over a withheld apple.
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