Bronx Zoo Birthday Frame Color:Black The great Yankee slugger George

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Bronx Zoo Birthday Frame Color:Black The great Yankee slugger GeorgeMeet Pete. (He's the one with the big mouth and the two intimidating molars.) In July 1947, when Times staff photographer Arthur Brower took this picture, Pete was celebrating his birthday with his Bronx Zoo keeper. The 44 year old hippo was, at the time, the zoo's oldest tenant. But even on his birthday, Pete preferred a mouthful of hay and three heads of cabbage to a cake and candles. And while zoo officials were hoping he'd display his diving and