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Hackenfeller’s ape
Date of publication: 01/01/1953Summary:
An extended, fictional text written in 1953. This extract evocatively describes a Sunday summer morning in a zoo in London, where Professor Clement Darrelhyde attempts to observe the mating ritual of the rare Hackenfeller’s Ape.