Thursday, May 8, 2008

Cincinnati Zoo

Elephants Gretchen and Julia

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

My Dad would tell me stories about this program. If I remember correctly, after the Asian was gone, for company Gretchen was kept with a hippo. Poor hippo's back was quite scarred from "playtime." I have pictures of the cute couple somewhere. lol

Wade G. Burck said...

Ryan,
Good story. Thank you for sharing. And yes, a playful African will put some marks on things.
Wade

Anonymous said...

I was about to say that Gretchen lived with a hippo, before I saw that Ryan Easley beat me to the punch. I've seen a photograph of them together. I think when they were first introduced they were terrified of one another, but became fast friends. The hippo would bit down playfully on Gretchen's trunk.