The Gotham City Zoo has been burglarized Two rare animals have been stolen The police have arrived They are questioning the workers at the zoo Police Commissioner Gordon has placed a call to Batman and Robin asking them to help
Someone broke into the zoo last night and stole two rare Indian The thief striped hyena cubs destroyed the zoo's security When we arrived camera system the front gates to the zoo were wide open But there was no sign of forced entry That means there won't be any visual record of what happened last night
I'll look for fingerprints on the door of the hyena's pen says Robin Good idea Robin replies Batman I'll search the area just outside the pen Robin removes a small metal container and a brush from his Utility Belt He opens the container and dips the brush into a black powder Then he lightly dusts the handle on the door to the hyena's pen to search for fingerprints All the prints on this handle overlap and are smudged Batman he calls out It looks like fingerprints won't help us solve this crime 111 FACT Investigators often use black powder to dust for fingerprints The powder sticks to any oils or other substances left behind by a person's fingers When a fingerprint is revealed it can be lifted from the surface with tape
Batman crouches down studying the dirt covered ground below him No luck here either says Batman I'm afraid the police and zookeepers have trampled the area There are no usable shoe prints Why are you looking for those Robin asks Shoe prints can help us identify the type of shoe the thief was wearing says Batman If we find a shoe print here we can compare its pattern to the bottom of a suspect's shoe 11
