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See the animals at the Bronx Zoo is ranked #32 out of 38 things to do in New York City. See pictures and our review of See the animals at the Bronx Zoo.

The new king vulture chick, which is yet to be named, is the first of its kind to be hatched at the Bronx Zoo since the 1990s.

The tortoise first landed at the Bronx Zoo in the first year of The Great Depression in 1929 and was eventually moved to Zoo Miami in 1981, where he has resided since.

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