Record Instance/Occurrence - One set of related data field values associated with a specific record typeâequivalent to an SQL row. Record Type - A collection of closely related data fieldsâequivalent to an SQL table. Similar to a C struct, a record type is defined by a set of closely related data fields.
The first group of animals moves from the Griffith Park Zoo to the new location. November 28, 1966: The Los Angeles Zoo opens. Among the animals at the Zoo on opening day was American alligator Methuselah, who passed away in 2010. 1967: Two three-month-old polar bear cubs arrive at the Zoo. Bruno died of cancer in 1996, but Sweetheart went on to set a longevity record for polar bears in captivity. 1967: The L.A. Zoo acquires a pair of extremely rare Arabian oryx, the beginning of one of the Zooâs most successful breeding programs.
Captured by a river in the spring of 1861 in what is now Mali, Jumbo was eventually taken, by way of a French zoo, to the London Zoological Society. There the bull elephant became a hugely popular attraction, ferrying a dozen children at a time around the garden. His name quickly became a synonym for anything gigantic. In 1882 the zoo set off a nationalist controversy after it agreed to sell Jumbo to the American entrepreneur and showman P.T. Barnum for $10,000.