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Leaping peacock An employee at a McDonald concession at the Metro Zoo hopes she's not going to ruffle any feathers but how could she resist giving scr(...)
Leaping peacock An employee at a McDonald concession at the Metro Zoo hopes she's not going to ruffle any feathers but how could she resist giving scr(...)

Leaping peacock An employee at a McDonald concession at the Metro Zoo hopes she's not going to ruffle any feathers but how could she resist giving scr(...)

Date2/9/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Leaping peacock An employee at a McDonald concession at the Metro Zoo hopes she's not going to ruffle any feathers but how could she resist giving scraps of food to a peacock that came strutting by as she was cleaning up a takeout counter; especially when the bird jumped at the chance of a nibble.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0116351F
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