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Who was the first to create a zoo and botanical garden for scientific study?

Aristotle
Galileo
Carl Linnaeus
Charles Darwin
Throughout his conquests of Asia, Alexander the Great collected many plant and animal specimens for Aristotle’s research. This allowed Aristotle to develop in Athens the first zoo and botanical garden in existence.
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