tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post1290767848594760457..comments2024-03-16T16:21:55.763-05:00Comments on The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Dalia--Buenos Aires ZooCasey McCoy Cainanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611037918797096687noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-50071193670258310882015-06-25T15:30:05.276-05:002015-06-25T15:30:05.276-05:00I remember the story of Dalia. My mom used to tel...I remember the story of Dalia. My mom used to tell me about it all the time. He went mad when his partner died and started destroying the zoo. He escaped his enclosure and even twisted some pipestthat one can still see at the entrance to the zoo. I get so sad when I remember him. It wasn't his fault, but he paid dearly for itKarina A. Foglianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13239702077063220842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-7256533196426603282014-03-26T06:34:04.614-05:002014-03-26T06:34:04.614-05:00I have him as bush elephant http://elephant.se/da...I have him as bush elephant http://elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7307DanKoehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18245638586616063380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-43695762717326924902014-01-24T18:44:43.765-06:002014-01-24T18:44:43.765-06:00I would agree, this is definitely a sub-adult Afri...I would agree, this is definitely a sub-adult African forest bull.<br /><br />As the text describes a much older Indian bull there seems to have been a mix up with the picture attached.<br /><br />Regarding the female name "Dalia" it is quite possible that the zoo thought this was a cow initially and the name stuck? <br /><br />This wouldn't be the first time a gender mix up has occurred.<br /><br />The African Tembo at Brookfield in the 1930s/40s was thought to be a male all her life, but was in fact a female.<br /><br />More recently the African Timbo at Tippi Hedren's Shambala ranch was always referred to as a bull but it was clearly a stocky cow. Seen side by side with the female Kura, Timbo was about the same size. Her head profile was sharply angled, tusks weren't overly thick, and size was right for a female African.<br /><br />Her picture can be seen here:<br />http://www.chrisgallucci-theelephantman.com/images/154.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-54745219504403723622014-01-20T15:27:46.942-06:002014-01-20T15:27:46.942-06:00Strange indeed. If Dalia was born in 1883 like it ...Strange indeed. If Dalia was born in 1883 like it says in the article, he would have been 60 years old at the time of his dead in 1943. The bull in this picture does not look like a sixty year old busch elephant, he looks more like a teenaged Forrest elephant.Bjornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08773981020772397785noreply@blogger.com