Teddy Roosevelt on safari, Khartoum, 1910. After deciding not to run for a third term as President,
Teddy Roosevelt on safari, Khartoum, 1910. After deciding not to run for a third term as President, Teddy his son and 250 other porters and guides went on safari throughout British East Africa, the Belgian Congo and Khartoum to collect specimens for the Smithsonian. The entire group “collected” 1,100 specimens. Teddy and his son alone bagged 512 including 17 lion, 11 elephant and 20 rhinoceros. At one point, Teddy shot a rhino that was charging at him by shooting through the beast’s neck into its heart. -- source link
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