CHG_CANON wrote:
Thank you fotofinish! The news at Brookfield is that Ramar, at age 50 and retired as sire to a few of the Brookfield gorillas, passed away last week. In reading about camels, they don't seem to be so domesticated as to be cool on teeth cleaning. Glad you enjoyed.
Sad to hear about Ramar...on the lighter side, funniest Zoo story I ever heard happened to my mother’s friend who was paged on the loud speakers about her car at Brookfield one afternoon. Apparently, when giving the elephants a daily walk, one decided to take a rest and sat down on her car. The Zoo apologized and said their insurance would cover it and since the car was driveable, she got on the highway to head home. There was a huge 20 car pileup on the road, but she managed to get around it and continue on. Of course, she was soon pulled over by the police for leaving the scene of an accident. She said “You aren’t going to believe this officer, I wasn’t in that accident, an elephant sat on my car!” And he replied “You’re right lady, I don’t believe you.” And he took her into the station!
I think this happened in the early 60’s.