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The Rhino with Glue-On Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients

Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima (eds.), Delacorte Press, 2008, 312 p., $22.

By Science News

Personal essays from more than two dozen dedicated veterinarians who care for exotic animals in U.S. zoos.

THE RHINO WITH GLUE-ON SHOES

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