{"id":21523,"date":"2023-01-17T16:21:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=222948"},"modified":"2023-01-17T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T15:35:16","slug":"parachuting-monkeys-volcanic-eruptions-an-extraordinary-victorian-zoo","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/parachuting-monkeys-volcanic-eruptions-an-extraordinary-victorian-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Parachuting monkeys &#038; volcanic eruptions: an extraordinary Victorian zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Rob Attar\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 17 January 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>With parachuting monkeys, volcanic eruptions and performances of Beethoven\u2019s symphonies, Surrey Zoo was no ordinary Victorian attraction. 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