On Showmeelephants, Radar ponders who was responsible for listing the African Elephants on the Santiago Zoo's official web site as Order Artiodactyla and Family Hippopotamidae, rather than Order Proboscidea and Family Elephantidea. I am not sure but probably the same person who decided that "mint" was a more natural color for the horrid elephant building then the mud brown color(they need to dump a pile of rubble on top of it, ala Brookfield.) Probably also the same person who said, "let's try to think of a new, never before used elephant name this time. I know, how about Jumbo?"
I do not know if she was named prior to or following arrival, but "Protea" is the National Flower of South Africa.
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ReplyDeleteYou know it had to be prior to arrival, if "Jumbo" was the best they could come up with for the male. LOL Protea is actually a nice name.
Wade