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Up and Over! St. Louis Zoo - St. Louis, Missouri
Oofie, shown here clearing a hurdle and barrel on roller skates, is a “local boy who made good.” He was born at the St. Louis Zoo on May 6, 1945. His mother, Lady, a retired star of the Zoo’s Chimpanzee Show, rejected him at birth. The infant ape was taken to the home of a Zoo keeper where was cared for almost two years. His one word vocabulary, “oof”, suggested his name. Oofie has been in the Chimpanzee Show since 1948.
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Up and Over! - St. Louis Zoo
Oofie, shown here clearing a hurdle and barrel on roller skates, is a “local boy who made good.” He was born at the St. Louis Zoo on May 6, 1945. His mother, Lady, a retired star of the Zoo’s Chimpanzee Show, rejected him at birth. The infant ape was taken to the home of a Zoo keeper where was cared for almost two years. His one word vocabulary, “oof”, suggested his name. Oofie has been in the Chimpanzee Show since 1948.
