The Most Dangerous Animal in the World

It featured a mirror and text describing the dangers humans pose to life on earth.

The exhibit allowed the human visitors to peer into the cage and see their reflection — marking them as "most dangerous".

[8] In 1963 the Corpus Christi Times called it a "startling exhibit" and said that it "stops visitors in their tracks".

[1] The Illustrated London News said what people saw in the mirror was "without a doubt, the most dangerous animal in the world".

[8] By 1968, Brookfield Zoo in Chicago had a similar display which read, "The most dangerous creature on earth is man, who destroys himself and has caused the extinction of over 100 species of animals.

The Most Dangerous Animal in the World exhibit at the Bronx Zoo (1963)