This is the zoology department at a very famous university. Why is the statue the way it is?Answer: The statue is that of the poor zoologist Agassiz whose fate it is to be buried head first at the entrance to the department in Stanford University. His statue fell off the pedestal during the notorious 1906 San Francisco earthquake and it has been left as such as a memorial to the event. Vetti, Iam, Anand, Renuka, Srivats, anon, Schmetterling, Adi, Hirak and Rajesh got it. Well done.
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San Fransisco Earthquake
Statue of zoologist Agassiz at Stanford University as a reminder of the 1906 SF earthquake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake
Stanford University's Zoology Department. The statue stands that way as it was affected during the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
Louis Agassiz @ Stanford : SF earthquake
Stanford Univ --- statue fell from the building during an earthquake
Louis Agassiz's statue fell down from the concrete "to the abstract" during the 1906 SF earthquake.
Statue of Agaasiz at Stanford university that fell during the 1906 earthquake
Stanford - Aggasiz's statue fell from its pedestal due to the SF earthquake
San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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