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Henry the Home Run Chicken -- seen here rounding second after yet another round tripper -- was one of the stars of the I.Q. Zoo in Hot Springs, Arkansas in the 1950s. This was no mere fly-by-night roadside attraction, but the creation of two genuine, credentialed animal behaviorists. For more views...

Some more views from the I.Q. Zoo:

1. The full Henry the Home Run Chicken Card

2. One of Henry’s athletic colleagues, Rufus, the Raccoon

3. The I.Q. Zoo building

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