J. C. Levy and a Memphis Zoo elephant, year unknown. Note the "bracelet" on the left front.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Vintage Memphis Zoo
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Wade G. Burck
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3 comments:
I note the bracelet and also note it is not the standard chain bracelet. It appears to be rope. What is surrounding the rope to keep it from chafing the animal's leg? Was this a common substitution?
Radar,
I have heard of them using leather covers, and I would suppose for young elephants rope would have been used instead of chain in many cases.
Wade
If you enlarge the picture you'll see it's slices of rubber hose over chain.
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