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This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors, though one of the cubs seems to be offering some o(...)
This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors, though one of the cubs seems to be offering some o(...)

This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors, though one of the cubs seems to be offering some o(...)

Date12/27/1971
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  • This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors, though one of the cubs seems to be offering some o(...)
  • This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors; though one of the cubs seems to be offering some objections. The animal's along with other big cats at the Ontario Zoological Park; are living under the kinds of climatic conditions experienced by their remote ancestors amid the ice fields that covered the earth in the pleistocene period 2;000;000 years ago.
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Original Toronto Star caption: This lion family at Wasaga Beach appears to be content despite spending the winter months outdoors; though one of the cubs seems to be offering some objections. The animal's along with other big cats at the Ontario Zoological Park; are living under the kinds of climatic conditions experienced by their remote ancestors amid the ice fields that covered the earth in the pleistocene period 2;000;000 years ago.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0020024F
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      Cover features: title and composition information surrounding an inset drawing of six lions rep ...
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