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2 comments:
Very interesting to note there is not one elephant in the studbook listed at Central Park in 1925.
Wade, what are your thoughts on the "sunken temples" seen here?
Radar,
Early on there was a discussion on the blog regarding Central Park Zoo often times, in the early days, being a "holding" facility for various circus as well as animal dealers, and many of the pictures seen from that time with large groups of elephants were actually Ringling elephants. The data base lists two elephants around the time of the 1880's, yet there are clearly more than that in this picture:
http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/2009/09/central-park-zoo-1886.html
or that data base is wrong.
My thoughts on the "sunken temples" is that they may be nutritional, illness, or conformation, and breeding. I wouldn't jump to any conclusion, other then possibly with out knowing more. Unless I wanted to slough Central Park, then I would say, poor husbandry, starvation, and illness. Those always work good for pointing a finger.
Wade
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