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  1. Nov 2015
    1. The Grant story caught on in part because it highlighted what is anachronistic about zoos

      although it isn't from a scholarly source or anything, I find this deduction very persuasive.

    2. Grant once exhibited a human pygmy named Ota Benga at the Zoo; crowds of 40,000 greeted Ota Benga by jeering and poking him; eventually, he committed suicide.

      I found an article and story that goes with this if anyone is interested in hating humanity today:

  2. Oct 2015