1968 Press Photo Bushbaby With Newly Born Baby Owned By Victor Lowndes

The Unexpected Baby: On the first December, Mr.Victor Lowndes went to Harrods-who promised to get anything from a tape recorder to a shrunken head-and bought a bushbaby, an Australian squirrel-like animal with sharp teeth and bulging eyes. The man in the pet department said it was a male. Mr Lowndes called the pet Mr. Bushbaby. It took up its bedroom and bared its teeth to all-comers. On Christmas day Mr. Bushbaby gave birth to a baby bushbaby. Weight 2-3 ozs; length 1 in; colour fawn,. Mr Bushbaby, hurriedly renamed Momma Bushbaby carries the baby in her mouth and leaves it in the corner of the bookcase. Photo shows Mother Bushbaby and baby.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 01-01-1968.



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