tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post3309752572258946835..comments2024-03-16T16:21:55.763-05:00Comments on The Circus "NO SPIN ZONE": Phil Today Still Selling TicketsCasey McCoy Cainanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14611037918797096687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-49557594489569331912011-12-12T19:39:23.578-06:002011-12-12T19:39:23.578-06:00Jim,
Thank you. I sure can't figure out s...Jim,<br /> Thank you. I sure can't figure out some people getting their skivvies in a wad over the mounting of a "celebrity" dead animal. With people we display costumes, uniforms, weapons, and other assorted memorabilia to honor and remember them. An animal has none of those things, only it's physical being. <br /><br />WadeWade G. Burckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571436947092846458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5853805336568551814.post-44940469825081453262011-12-12T16:07:30.527-06:002011-12-12T16:07:30.527-06:00The 776 pounld weight has long been in dispute, ev...The 776 pounld weight has long been in dispute, even at the STL Zoo. I've heard they drove his body down to the scales in a pick-up truck, weighed it, and then weighed the truck empty. One story was that Marlin Perkins said Director Vierheller must have been sitting on Phil when they weighed him. Vierheller wasn't that big either but he was the Roland Butler of zoo promotion. Either it was case of excess promotion or really bad math.<br /><br />Phil has been popular long after his passing. The tried a few times to let the mounted Phil move on taking him off display. There was always a call for his return. He was a good sized male lowland gorilla maybe even a little chubby but no 776, especially after a period of not eating. At Animal Kingdom we have five adult male gorillas that get weighed frequently (not in a truck). They range from 400 to 500 lbs. The 500 pounder is a very large animal and drops to about 450 in the summer season.<br /><br />Two other male gorillas of the era: At his death, Gargantua weighed 312 lbs. Lincoln Park Zoo's Bushman was much larger.Jim A.noreply@blogger.com