Thank you Jim A., you are absolutely right(and why wouldn't you be?) I didn't note the small buildings in the front of the Monkey house on the model until you pointed it out. I knew the location of the Elephant house, in conjunction to the Monkey house, but wasn't aware of where the Bird Houses had originally stood, before being moved.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Memorial to Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon and Inca, the last Carolina Parakeet.
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Wade G. Burck
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"Eagle-eyed" observers might notice the primate graphics in front of the former Aviary exhibits. Around 1950 the Zoo moved the birds to the former Reptile House and the monkeys to the former aviary exhibits and the reptiles to the original zoo building. The graphics shaded the glass in front of the "winter" primate cages.
When I worked in Cincinnati in the early 1960s the monkey keeper was a good ol' country boy, Lester Tidwell. Lester went back to the days when keepers often entered the cages with their charges. He went in with all the monkeys except a tough mangabey and the lion-tailed macaques. One Sunday Ed Maruska, then Gen. Curator, was touring the Zoo and saw Lester in with a pair of adult mandrills. Ed watched the male mandrill jump on Lester's back and proceed to shake him vigorously. Ed ran to Lester's defense but Lester calmly left the cage with his broom and dust pan before Ed could get to the door. An excited Ed asked Lester if he was OK, if he needed medical attention? Lester replied, "nope, that's just Charlie for ya. Sometimes he just tries to shake the s__t out of ya."
(All the tough male monkeys on the monkey run were named Charlie.)
Jim,
Great story. Thank you for sharing. If all a male mandrill does is "shake the s**t out of you", it is a great day. LOL
Wade
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