Exotic mania [ Taste & Manners ]
… 410. Exotic animals as symbols of social status Such a crave for exoticism was also expressed by an excessively intense enthusiasm for exotic animals (lions, elephants, monkeys, crocodiles, kangaroo, turtles and so forth) which were …
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