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Visitor Increase

When
1850
Where
London Zoo
Part of
Hippopotamus Obaysch arrives at London Zoo

Visitor numbers at London Zoo in 1850 were double those of the previous year.

The number of visitors to the Zoo in 1850 was double the previous year. In the same period, Obaysch, the first hippopotamus seen in Europe since Ancient Rome, was present at the zoo.

Sources

  1. Obaysch Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15

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