San Diego Zoo: Bald Peacocks

IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS? HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ...

YVONNE W. LARSEN, PRESIDENT / SAN DIEGO ZOO / P.O. BOX 120551 / SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92112

DEAR MS. LARSEN -- THANK YOU FOR CONTACTING ME ABOUT MY BALD PEACOCKS [BALDUS PEACOCKUS]. THEY WOULD REALLY MAKE A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR ZOO. HOW COME THEY ARE BALD? NOT TO WORRY, NOT A FEATHER WAS PLUCKED, NOR WERE THEY DUMPED IN A MYSTERIOUS SOLUTION DESIGNED TO MAKE THEIR FEATHERS FALL FROM THEIR FLESH. THEY'VE SIMPLY BEEN GENETICALLY ALTERED. EVERYBODY'S DOING IT! MY PEACOCKS STRUT AROUND REAL PROUD-LIKE, ONLY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY FEATHERS. SOME ARE SPLOTCHY, BUT NOT USUALLY CONTAGEOUS. PATRONS WILL LOVE THEM. THEY DON'T REQUIRE CAGING AND EAT MANY TYPES OF POPCORN. JUST LIKE MY PEACOCKS! ANYWAY, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RELEASE THEM ON YOUR PROPERTY? (THEY ARE GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF APARTMENT LIFE.)

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