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"Wake up, cousin! We're going to the zoo!"

There was a Zoo in Surrey, where Harry Potter discovered that he was able to speak to snakes, and accidentally released a boa constrictor to Brazil when he made the glass of its cage vanish unknowingly using Underage magic.

The film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone identifies this zoo as the London Zoo. However, this cannot be considered canon as when Hagrid takes Harry from the Dursleys to get his school supplies in the novel, it's stated that Harry had never been to London before.^[1]
In the book, Dudley and Piers jump back when the glass vanishes. In the film, Dudley falls into the tank and is trapped when the glass reappears.
It is possible that this zoo is meant to be Chessington's World of Adventure, a zoo and adventure park located in real-world Surrey. Chessington's World of Adventure has a reptile house and a family of gorillas, like this zoo.

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 [[File:Dudley trapped PS 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Dudley in the snake cage.]]
-There was a '''Zoo''' in [[Surrey]], where [[Harry Potter]] discovered that he was able to [[Parseltongue|speak to snakes]], and accidentally released a [[Boa constrictor at the Zoo|boa constrictor]] to [[Brazil]] when he made the glass of its cage [[Vanishing Spell|vanish]] unknowingly using [[Underage magic]]. He also inadvertently trapped his [[Dudley Dursley|cousin]] in the [[snake]]'s cage as well.
+There was a '''Zoo''' in [[Surrey]], where [[Harry Potter]] discovered that he was able to [[Parseltongue|speak to snakes]], and accidentally released a [[Boa constrictor at the Zoo|boa constrictor]] to [[Brazil]] when he made the glass of its cage [[Vanishing Spell|vanish]] unknowingly using [[Underage magic]].
 ==Behind the scenes==