A Pelican Swallowed My Head: And Other Zoo Stories

New for Nature Lovers Founded in 1899, home to 4,000 animals and host to over two million human visitors each year, the Bronx Zoo is one of the oldest, largest and most popular zoos in the country. Former New York Zoological Society curator and current Wildlife Conservation magazine children's editor Edward Ricciuti gives readers a behind-the-scenes tour of the institution in A Pelican Swallowed My Head and Other Zoo Stories from the Wildlife Conservation Society (the Wildlife Conservation Society operates the Bronx Zoo). Notable story subjects include Samantha, the giant python who went from Borneo to the Bronx after being captured by leather traders; Bad Attitude (otherwise known as B.A.), the great horned owl who likes to claw her keepers; and the handler who accidentally got his head stuck in a pelican's pouch. (Aug.)